Details

Subject(s)

• Physics—Philosophy [Browse]
• Universe [Browse]
• Viability (Biology) [Browse]

Series

Oxford scholarship online. [More in this series]

Summary note

Do quirks of physics allow life to exist? The book starts with asking 'How did the universe come from nothing?' and continues by showing how small imbalances in nature are crucial to life's existence. It is intended for a person with some background in science, at the level taught in high school.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 6, 2025).

Contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Preface
• 1 Explosive Ideas
• 2 Why Matter Doesn't Collapse
• 3 Mirror, Mirror in the Sky
• 4 Neutrons Matter
• 5 So Much Carbon
• 6 The Left Hand of Life
• 7 It Came from Outer Space
• 8 Life in the Balance
• Epilogue
• Index.

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ISBN

• 9780197771464
• 0197771467
• 9780197771471
• 0197771475
• 9780197771457
• 0197771459

OCLC

1504692640

Doi

10.1093/9780197771471.001.0001

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