Origins

The Scientific Story of Creation

Jim Baggott

• A one-volume account of what science has pieced together of the 13.8 billion years from the Big Bang to the emergence of human consciousness
• Draws together current thinking in cosmology, geology, evolution, and anthropology into a single, accessible account of how we got here
• Presents the scientific account of our origins, as a growing body of knowledge and a work-in-progress, compared to the many ancient mythical stories
• Highlights the many aspects concerning the early Universe, the origins of life, early evolution, and the nature and origin of human consciousness that remain uncertain

Origins

The Scientific Story of Creation

Jim Baggott

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Origins

The Scientific Story of Creation

Jim Baggott

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Origins

The Scientific Story of Creation

Jim Baggott

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The Scientific Story of Creation

Jim Baggott

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Origins

The Scientific Story of Creation

Jim Baggott

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Where did all the antihadrons go?

Describing the very 'beginning' of the Universe is a bit of a problem. Quite simply, none of our scientific theories are up to the task. We attempt to understand the evolution of space and time and all the mass and energy within it by applying Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity. This theory works extraordinarily well. But when we're dealing with objects that start to approach the infinitesimally small ' elementary particles such as quarks and electrons ' we need to reach for a completely different structure, called quantum theory.

Posted on November 24, 2015

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How did life on earth begin?

News broke in July 2015 that the Rosetta mission's Philae lander had discovered 16 'carbon and nitrogen-rich' organic compounds on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The news sparked renewed debates about whether the 'prebiotic' chemicals required for producing amino acids and nucleotides ' the essential building blocks of all life forms ' may have been delivered to Earth by cometary impacts.

Posted on October 15, 2015

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