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Is there any connection between the vastness of the universes of stars and galaxies and the existence of life on a small planet out in the suburbs of the Milky Way? This book shows that there is. In their classic work, John Barrow and Frank Tipler examine the question of Mankind''s place in the Universe, taking the reader on a tour of many scientific disciplines and offering fascinating insights into issues such as the nature of life, the serach for extraterrestrial intelligence, and the past history and fate of our universe.

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The Anthropic Cosmological Principle

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A Paperback / softback by John D. Barrow, Frank J. Tipler, John A. Wheeler

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    Publisher: Oxford University Press
    Publication Date: 19/05/1988
    ISBN13: 9780192821478, 978-0192821478
    ISBN10: 0192821474
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Is there any connection between the vastness of the universes of stars and galaxies and the existence of life on a small planet out in the suburbs of the Milky Way? This book shows that there is. In their classic work, John Barrow and Frank Tipler examine the question of Mankind''s place in the Universe, taking the reader on a tour of many scientific disciplines and offering fascinating insights into issues such as the nature of life, the serach for extraterrestrial intelligence, and the past history and fate of our universe.

    Trade Review
    an engaging book ... practically a universal education in both the history of modern science and the history of the Universe ... will be much quoted, much debated and much praised * Nature *
    a feast: the kind of book which tells you everything you want to know about everything * The Economist *

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