The stardust revolution : the new story of our origin in the stars
Berkowitz, Jacob2021
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Three great scientific revolutions have shaped our understanding of the cosmos and our relationship to it. The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries witnessed the Copernican Revolution, which bodychecked the Earth as the pivot point of creation and joined us with the rest of the cosmos as one planet among many orbiting the Sun. Three centuries later came the second great scientific revolution: the Darwinian Revolution. It removed us from a distinct, divine biological status to place us wholly in the ebb and flow of all terrestrial life. This book describes how we're in the midst of a third great scientific revolution, five centuries in the making: the Stardust Revolution. It is the merging of the once-disparate realms of astronomy and evolutionary biology, and of the Copernican and Darwinian Revolutions, placing life in a cosmic context.
Main title:
The stardust revolution : the new story of our origin in the stars / Jacob Berkowitz.
Author:
Berkowitz, Jacob, author
Edition:
Revised edition.
Imprint:
Amherst : Prometheus Books, 2021.
Collation:
376 pages ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781633887695 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
576.839576.839 BERK
Language:
English
BRN:
1052232
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