Rees, Martin J.,  1942- <br/><br/>
Our cosmic habitat / 
Martin Rees. 
 - 1 online resource :  illustrations 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE TO THE PRINCETON SCIENCE LIBRARY EDITION -- PREFACE -- PROLOGUE �a#x80;#x9C;Could God Have Made the World Any Differently?�a#x80;#x9D; -- PART I From Big Bang to Biospheres -- 1 Planets and Stars -- 2 Life and Intelligence -- 3 Atoms, Stars and Galaxies -- 4 Extragalactic Perspective -- 5 Pregalactic History -- 6 Black Holes and Time Machines -- PART II The Beginning and the End -- 7 Deceleration or Acceleration? -- 8 The Long-Range Future -- 9 How Things Began: The First Millisecond PART III Fundamentals and Conjectures10 Cosmos and Microworld -- 11 Laws and Bylaws in the Multiverse -- APPENDIX Scales of Structure -- NOTES TO THE CHAPTERS 
<br/><br/> In a compelling new survey of the universe, the noted cosmologist probes the seeming hospitality of the universe to life, wondering whether this fact is accidental or providential. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781400888986 1400888980 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>22573/ctt1q8pjrm  JSTOR 9452383  IEEE 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cosmology.<br/>Cosmologie.<br/>cosmology.<br/>SCIENCE--Astronomy.<br/>SCIENCE--Physics--Astrophysics.<br/>Cosmology.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QB981 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>523.1