1. Edition - September 2009
24.90 Euro
2009. XII, 216 Pages, Hardcover
- General Reading -
ISBN-10: 3-527-32577-8
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-32577-1 - Wiley-VCH, Weinheim






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Michael Köhler looks at mankind's greatest questions, about the creation of the Earth and the origin of life, providing access to the vast amount of scientific knowledge available about ourselves. From the great paradigm shifts caused by Galileo, Kepler and Darwin, to such recent concepts as the noosphere. He presents cosmological models, describes the origin of the elements and chemical compounds, reconstructing die molecular evolution, the "invention" of cells and how complex life forms and ecosystems came about. Taking stock of what we have achieved ultimately leads to the questions still unanswered today - such as whether other intelligent life is possible in our cosmos.