a ISBN 0-521-62038-4

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number QB981

b Item number .D4313 1998

a Dewey Classification 576.8/3

a Personal name Delsemme A H

a Uniform title Origines cosmiques de la vie.

a Title Our cosmic origins :

b Remainder of title from the Big Bang to the emergence of life and intelligence /

c Statement of responsibility, etc Armand Delsemme.

h Medium BOOK

a Title proper/short title From the Big Bang to the emergence of life and intelligence

a Place of publication, distribution, etc Cambridge ;

a Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Cambridge University Press,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 1998.

a Extent xviii, 322 p. :

b Other physical details ill. ;

c Dimensions 24 cm.

a Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-312) and indexes.

a Formatted contents note Foreword / Christian de Duve and Nobel laureate -- 1. Locating humans in the Universe -- 2. The race toward complexity -- 3. The stellar alchemy of metals -- 4. The formation of the planets -- 5. The emergence of life -- 6. The history of life -- 7. The awakening of intelligence -- 8. The other worlds -- 9. Perspectives -- App. A. The standard model of the physics of elementary particles -- App. B. Symmetry in physics -- App. C. The strange role of time in relativity -- App. D. The measurement of long time spans and the age of the Universe -- App. E. The standard model of the Big Bang -- App. F. The cause of the Big Bang and inflation -- App. G. Chirality.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Cosmology

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Astronomy