Edition |
Templeton Foundation Press pbk. ed. |
Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 222 pages) : illustrations |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-214) and index. |
Contents |
Blueprint for a universe -- The missing arrow -- Complexity -- Chaos -- Charting the irregular -- Self-organization -- Life : its nature -- Life : its origin and evolution -- The unfolding universe -- The source of creation -- Organizing principles -- The quantum factor -- Mind and brain -- Is there a blueprint? |
Summary |
In this critically acclaimed book, first published in 1988 and now released as an ebook, scientist and author Paul Davies explains how recent scientific advances are transforming our understanding of the emergence of complexity and organization in the universe. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Force and energy.
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Force and energy. |
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Matter.
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Matter. |
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Self-organizing systems.
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Self-organizing systems. |
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Cosmology.
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Cosmology. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Davies, P.C.W. Cosmic blueprint. Templeton Foundation Press pbk. ed. Philadelphia, Pa. : Templeton Foundation Press, 2004 1932031669 (DLC) 2004002604 (OCoLC)54374706 |
ISBN |
1599470306 (electronic book) |
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9781599470306 (electronic book) |
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1932031669 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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