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100 1 $aVidal, Clément,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe Beginning and the End :$bThe Meaning of Life in a Cosmological Perspective /$cby Clément Vidal.
264 1 $aCham :$bSpringer International Publishing :$bImprint: Springer,$c2014.
300 $aXXXIV, 379 p. 42 illus., 23 illus. in color.$bonline resource.
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490 1 $aFrontiers collection,$x1612-3018
505 0 $aPart I Overview of Worldviews -- The Six Dimensions of Philosophy -- Criteria for Worldview Comparison -- Religious, Scientific and Philosophical Worldviews -- Part II The Beginning of the Universe -- Origins of the Origin -- Capturing Free Parameters -- The Fine-Tuning Conjecture -- Part III Our Future in the Universe -- The Future of Scientific Simulations -- Cosmological Selections -- High Energy Astrobiology -- Cosmological Ethics and Immortality -- Appendix I: A Cosmic Evolutionary Worldview -- Appendix II: Argumentative Maps.
520 $aIn this fascinating journey to the edge of science, Vidal takes on big philosophical questions: Does our universe have a beginning and an end, or is it cyclic? Are we alone in the universe? What is the role of intelligent life, if any, in cosmic evolution? Grounded in science and committed to philosophical rigor, this book presents an evolutionary worldview where the rise of intelligent life is not an accident, but may well be the key to unlocking the universe's deepest mysteries. Vidal shows how the fine-tuning controversy can be advanced with computer simulations. He also explores whether natural or artificial selection could hold on a cosmic scale. In perhaps his boldest hypothesis, he argues that signs of advanced extraterrestrial civilizations are already present in our astrophysical data. His conclusions invite us to see the meaning of life, evolution, and intelligence from a novel cosmological framework that should stir debate for years to come.
650 20 $aKnowledge, Theory of.
650 10 $aPhysics.
650 0 $aPhysics.
650 0 $aGenetic epistemology.
650 0 $aAstronomy.
650 24 $aAstronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.
650 24 $aHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.
650 24 $aPopular Science in Astronomy.
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