Category: Physics, Earth & Space
Book Excerpt: The Big Bang and the Fine-Tuned Universe
What can we infer about the cause of the universe, about what brought it into being?
Guillermo Gonzalez Extends “Privileged Planet” Arguments to Space Travel
A skeptic might ask, “Couldn’t a more technologically advanced civilization develop new sources of fuel that require less mass?”
How a Perfect Solar Eclipse Suggests Intelligent Design
Perfect eclipses aren’t just eerie and beautiful. They’ve helped scientists test and discover things, and they are part of a larger pattern.
Recommended Reading: A Handbook of the Big Bang
Perhaps the publisher, Cambridge University Press, thought the title might help sales with a younger, hipper generation.
From Cosmos: Possible Worlds — “Most Plausible” Creation Myths
Dr. Tyson’s imagination wanders from Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, to the Cambrian explosion.