TY  - BOOK
AU  - Teerikorpi,Pekka
TI  - The evolving universe and the origin of life: the search for our cosmic roots 
SN  - 9780387095332
AV  - QB981 .E845 2009
U1  - 523.1 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Springer
KW  - Cosmology
KW  - Life
KW  - Origin
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 489-491) and index; 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
ER  -