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001			ocn995358696
003			OCoLC
005			20240726105043.0
008			170728s2017 maua ob 001 0 eng d
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020			_a9780674982246 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
050	0	4	_aQH325 _b.L544 2017
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aArthur, Wallace, _e1
245	1	0	_aLife through time and space /Wallace Arthur ; Illustrations by Stephen Arthur.
260			_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bHarvard University Press, _c(c)2017.
300			_a1 online resource (x, 277 pages) : _billustrations
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
520	0		_aWe all had three origins: the origin of our own individual life, the origin of life on Earth, and the origin of our planetary home from a universe that initially had neither stars nor planets. This book tells the stories of these three origins and the evolutionary processes connected with them. It tells the stories in an intertwined way; and it considers the likelihood that intelligent life-forms on other planets exist - indeed are numerous - and had their own versions of these same three origins. The evolutionary story of the universe involves the origins of stars, planets, and life. The evolutionary story of life on Earth involves the origins of cells, animals, and intelligence. The evolutionary story of an intelligent alien living on an exoplanet somewhere in the Milky Way galaxy may have those same three origins, though here we're in the realm of hypothesis. But we come firmly back to Earth for the evolutionary story of the human embryo, which involves the origin of mulberries, sausages, and brains - though the first two of these are metaphorical creatures. These stories are not told in sequence; rather, the book intertwines them. It takes the form of a series of chapter-triplets, in each of which all of the stories feature. So we begin not with the big bang but rather by gazing into the night-time sky and using the constellation of Cassiopeia to locate extra-terrestrial life. And we end not with the rarefied skies of the distant future but with the prospects for human survival - or extinction - and the world-wide clash between intolerance and enlightenment, which may help to decide our ultimate fate.-- _cProvided by publisher.
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505	0	0	_aI. From stars to embryos: Galaxy gazing -- _tHandy humans and other protopeople -- _tA human with no nerves -- _tII. Cycles of life: From celestial furnaces -- _tLife cycles: animals versus stars -- _tThe moment of conception -- _tIII. In the beginning: A universe begins -- _tThe opposite of a whimper -- _tOur internal evolution -- _tIV. Structures and functions: Spacious heavens -- _tThe ecological theater -- _tBecoming an adult -- _tV. From boulders to brains: Rubble around the sun -- _tThe very first animals -- _tHere comes the brain -- _tVI. Milestones of discovery: Exoplanets and aliens -- _tFrom Darwin to Darwinism -- _tAnalyzing the embryo -- _tVII. Endings and enlightenment: The end of the world -- _tExtinction and how to avoid it -- _tFrom embryo to enlightenment.
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650		0	_aLife _xOrigin.
650		0	_aEvolution.
650		0	_aHuman evolution.
650		0	_aLife on other planets.
650		0	_aExobiology.
650		0	_aDevelopmental biology.
650		0	_aExtraterrestrial anthropology.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
700	1		_aArthur, Stephen, _eillustrator.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1561256&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell