Martin J. Rees

An astrophysicist theorizes that the human race may not survive the twenty-first century, citing the ways in which technology could potentially destroy the human species and the universe itself with engineered viruses, nano-machines, and other threats. 100,000 first printing.

Our Final Hour

"Universe reveals space in all its awe-inspiring wonder"--Jacket.

Universe

تهرانى نسب، سعىد

Using data from very recent scientific discoveries, the author reveals the six numbers upon which all physical reality rests, from atomic structure to human tissue.

نىرو ها ى بنىادى که جهان را شکل مىدهند

شش عدد

Robert Dinwiddie

Continuing in the bestselling tradition of "Animal and Earth," this definitive guide takes readers on a tour from the solar system to the farthest limits of space. High school & older.

It Matters That One Should Understand The Provenance Of This Important And Disturbing Book.It Is Not Another Futurological Diatribe Saying That The End Is Nigh, But A Lucid, Calm, Profoundly Well-Informed Work By A Distinguished Scientist, Whose Humanity Evidenced By A Serious Ethical Commitment And A Quiet Sense Of Humour- Balances The Dispassionate Logic With Which He Surveys His Subject: The Multitude Of Threats Facing Humanity In The Twenty-First Century From Error And Terror In The Nuclear, Biological And Environmental Spheres. Literary Review

Will Civilisation Survive the Twenty-first Century?

Our Final Century

perspectivas para la humanidad

En el futuro

Our planet may be insignificant on a cosmic scale, but the evolution of intelligent life here makes it unusual, it is likely to be unique in our galaxy. Yet we may be on the verge of destroying it, of destroying ourselves - over the next century the future of life in the cosmos could be either jeopardised - or safeguarded for perpetuity.Exploring the threats of genetically engineered viruses, nanotechnology, and environmental catastrophe, Martin Rees demonstrates the risks we are taking, as well as the great difficulties of limiting them. Doomsday scenarios are familiar to us all, but rarely are they presented with such authority and knowledge as in this book.

A Scientist's Warning : how Terror, Error, and Environmental Disaster Threaten Humankind's Future in this Century - on Earth and Beyond

John Gribbin

Dark Matter, Mankind and the Coincidences of Cosmology

The Stuff of the Universe

Martin Rees

Discusses the effect that science has on important issues from health care and energy policies to space travel and advocates for better communication between scientists and ordinary people in an effort to solve today's challenges.

From Here to Infinity: A Vision for the Future of Science

Science in the twenty-first century inherits a fantastic record of accomplishment. Yet there remain enormous questions to answer - some of them revealed by those very past successes. Why is 95 per cent of the universe undetectable dark matter', and does it control the cosmos - how it began, its eventual fate and whether it is finite or infinite? Is our universe the only one, or could there be an infinity of others? Do other universes operate on different physical laws. Is there complex life in other star systems. If so, how far could it outstrip our intelligence? Could a sufficiently advanced life form even create new universes to its own design? In this playful and accessible book, Britain's best-known commentator on the most profound questions in science looks at whether they could be answered and asks, if they are, will the human brain be capable of comprehending the results? What we Still Don't Know looks beyond the edge of current scientific understanding, and poses problems for a new generation of inquiry.

What We Still Don't Know

The experimental and theoretical successes of cosmology in recent years offer the most dramatic enlargement of our concept of the universe since astronomers first realised the Sun's true place among the stars. In this groundbreaking, thought-provoking and accessible book Professor Sir Martin Rees argues that our universe is just one element in an infinite ensemble, a cosmic archipelago where impassable barriers prohibit communication between the islands. Our 'home universe' is an exceptional member of this ensemble, however, not least because it contains creatures able to observe it and contemplate its nature, past and future. One of these is Rees himself: one of the most creative and original of contemporary scientists, and a wonderful guide to the mysteries of the cosmos.

Our Universe and Others

Before the Beginning

An investigation into the origin of intelligent life on Earth, includes an exploration of the nature of dark matter, the superstring theory, and the existence of other universes

Dark Matter, Mankind, and Anthropic Cosmology

Cosmic Coincidences

John R. Gribbin

In this exploration of our relationshop with the universe, the authors search for the grand design of the universe and the meaning of the so-called coincidences that allow life to exist on our planet. They present the latest advances in understanding of the nature of dark matter, explore mini and massive black holes, brown dwarfs and novel forms of matter such as quarks and quark nuggets. They discuss the search for a unified theory of all the particles and forces of nature: cosmic strings, superstrings and the possibility of a theory of everything. The authors also speculate on the possibility of the existence of other universes and of other intelligent life in our own.

Dark Matter, Mankind and Anthropic Cosmology

The Deep Forces That Shape The Universe

Just Six Numbers

The Astronomer Royal shows how the behaviour and origins of the universe can be explained by just six numbers.

Martin J. Rees

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