The Copernicus complex : our cosmic significance in a universe of planets and probabilities /

A groundbreaking revision of the Copernican Principle which is that the Earth was not the fixed point at the center of the known universe (and therefore we are not unique). Renowned astrophysicist and author Caleb Scharf argues that the principle has never been entirely true and therefore requires t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scharf, Caleb, 1968- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2014].
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • From microcosm to cosmos
  • The Copernicus Complex
  • The ten-billion-year spree
  • Neighbors
  • A grand illusion
  • Sugar and spice
  • Hunters of the cosmic plain
  • There's something about here
  • (In)Significance.