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Gonzalez, Guillermo, 1963-
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Planets.
Cosmology.
Discoveries in science.
Solar system.
Earth (Planet)
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The privileged plane...
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The privileged planet : how our place in the cosmos is designed for discovery / Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay W. Richards.
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Gonzalez, Guillermo, 1963-
Washington, DC : Regnery Pub. ; Lanham, MD : National Book Network [distributor], c2004.
Subjects
Planets.
Cosmology.
Discoveries in science.
Solar system.
Earth (Planet)
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0413/2004000421.html
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0895260654 (acid-free paper) :
Description:
xv, 444 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Section 1: Our local environment -- Wonderful eclipses -- At home on a data recorder -- Peering down -- Peering up -- The pale blue dot in relief -- Our helpful neighbors -- Section 2: The broader universe -- Star probes -- Our galactic habitat -- Our place in cosmic time -- A universe fine-tuned for life and discovery -- Section 3: Implications -- The revisionist history of the Copernican revolution -- The Copernican principle -- The anthropic disclaimer -- SETI and the unraveling of the Copernican principle -- A universe designed for discovery -- The skeptical rejoinder.
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