Physical Description:xv, 444 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. print
Publisher:Washington, DC : Regnery Pub. ; Lanham, MD : National Book Network [distributor], c2004.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-416) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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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