Life's solution : inevitable humans in a lonely universe /
Conway Morris, S.
Life's solution : inevitable humans in a lonely universe / Simon Conway Morris. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003. - 1 online resource (xxi, 464 pages) : illustrations, map
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-445) and indexes.
The Cambridge Sandwich -- Looking for Easter Island -- Can we break the great code? -- Universal Goo: life as a cosmic principle? -- The origin of life: straining the soup or our credulity? -- Uniquely lucky? The strangeness of Earth -- Converging on the extreme -- Seeing convergence -- Alien convergences? -- The non-prevalence of humanoids? -- Evolution bound: the ubiquity of convergence? -- Towards a theology of evolution -- Last word.
The eminent evolutionary palaeobiologist Simon Conway Morris challenges the accepted view that if the tape of life were wound back, the replay would be very different. He also asks: are we alone?
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Evolution (Biology)--Philosophy.
Convergence (Biology)
Évolution (Biologie)--Philosophie.
Convergence (Biologie)
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Evolution.
Convergence (Biology)
Evolution (Biology)--Philosophy.
Konvergenz
Evolutionstheorie
Evolutietheorie.
Convergente evolutie.
Filosofische aspecten.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
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Life's solution : inevitable humans in a lonely universe / Simon Conway Morris. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003. - 1 online resource (xxi, 464 pages) : illustrations, map
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-445) and indexes.
The Cambridge Sandwich -- Looking for Easter Island -- Can we break the great code? -- Universal Goo: life as a cosmic principle? -- The origin of life: straining the soup or our credulity? -- Uniquely lucky? The strangeness of Earth -- Converging on the extreme -- Seeing convergence -- Alien convergences? -- The non-prevalence of humanoids? -- Evolution bound: the ubiquity of convergence? -- Towards a theology of evolution -- Last word.
The eminent evolutionary palaeobiologist Simon Conway Morris challenges the accepted view that if the tape of life were wound back, the replay would be very different. He also asks: are we alone?
0511078730 (electronic bk.) 9780511078736 (electronic bk.) 0511075626 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader) 9780511075629 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader) 0511077165 9780511077166 9780511535499 (ebook) 051153549X (ebook) 9780521827041 (hardback) 0521827043 (hardback) (Cloth) 9780521603256 (paperback) 0521603250
9780511078736
OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com DBC49136-FBD0-4CB7-98DF-A441B51299E1 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Evolution (Biology)--Philosophy.
Convergence (Biology)
Évolution (Biologie)--Philosophie.
Convergence (Biologie)
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Evolution.
Convergence (Biology)
Evolution (Biology)--Philosophy.
Konvergenz
Evolutionstheorie
Evolutietheorie.
Convergente evolutie.
Filosofische aspecten.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
QH360.5 / .C66 2003eb
576.8/01