A Hospitable Universe
Addressing Ethical and Spiritual Concerns in Light of Recent Scientific Discoveries
Published on 1. February 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-1-84540-964-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book argues that new developments in the sciences, in particular twentieth-century physics and twenty-first-century biology, suggest revising several pessimistic outlooks for the development of a scientific understanding of the relationship of humans with the universe.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Exeter
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
458 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84540-964-7 (9781845409647)
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Rodolfo Gambini
Hospitable Universe
Addressing Ethical and Spiritual Concerns in Light of Recent Scientific Discoveries
E-Book
04/2018
Andrews UK
€18.49
Available for download
Rodolfo Gambini
Hospitable Universe
Addressing Ethical and Spiritual Concerns in Light of Recent Scientific Discoveries
E-Book
04/2018
Andrews UK
€18.49
Available for download
Persons
Rodolfo Gambini is a professor at the University of the Republic in Uruguay. He is a past president of the Uruguayan Academy of Sciences and has held several high level posts in funding agencies in Uruguay. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the Trieste Physics prize and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Argentina and of the Latin American Academy of Sciences. He co-authored with Pullin a monograph on loop quantum gravity published by Oxford University Press.