Life's Solution : Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe
by Conway Morris, Simon
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- 0521827043
- ISBN 13
- 9780521827041
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Synopsis
The assassin's bullet misses, the Archduke's carriage moves forward, and a catastrophic war is avoided. So too with the history of life. Re-run the tape of life, as Stephen J. Gould claimed, and the outcome must be entirely different: an alien world, without humans and maybe not even intelligence. The history of life is littered with accidents: any twist or turn may lead to a completely different world. Now this view is being challenged. Simon Conway Morris explores the evidence demonstrating life's almost eerie ability to navigate to a single solution, repeatedly. Eyes, brains, tools, even culture: all are very much on the cards. So if these are all evolutionary inevitabilities, where are our counterparts across the galaxy? The tape of life can only run on a suitable planet, and it seems that such Earth-like planets may be much rarer than hoped. Inevitable humans, yes, but in a lonely Universe.
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- Better World Books (US)
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- GRP71084245
- Title
- Life's Solution : Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe
- Author
- Conway Morris, Simon
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0521827043
- ISBN 13
- 9780521827041
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- This edition first published
- September 8, 2003
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