The evolving universe and the origin of life :  the search for our cosmic roots / 
 Search for our cosmic roots 
Pekka Teerikorpi ... [et al.]. 
 - New York, NY :  Springer,  c2009. 
 - xvii, 508 p., [12] p. of plates :  ill. (some col.) ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 489-491) and index. 
<br/><br/>Pt.1. The widening world view. When science was born -- Science in Athens -- Planetary spheres and the size of the universe -- Medieval cosmology -- The roots of the Copernican Revolution -- The true laws of planetary motion revealed -- Galileo Galilei and his successors -- How far away are the stars? -- The scale of the solar system -- Pt.2. Physical laws of nature. Newton -- Celestial mechanics -- Nature of light -- Electricity and magnetism -- Time and space -- Curved space and gravity -- Atoms and nuclei -- Strange microworld -- Elementary particles Pt.3. The universe. Stars: cosmic fusion reactors -- The riddle of the Milky Way -- Entering the galaxy universe -- Large-scale structure of the universe -- Finite or infinite universe: cosmological models -- When it all began: big bang -- The dark side of the universe -- Active galaxies: messages through radio waves -- Origin of galaxies -- Pt.4. Life in the universe. The nature of life -- The origin of earth and its moon -- Emergence and evolution of life -- Life and our solar system -- Extrasolar planetary systems and life in other solar systems -- Human's role in the universe. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780387095332 0387095330 9780387095349 (e-ISBN) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008930766 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cosmology.<br/>Life--Origin.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QB981  / .E845 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>523.1