Fitness of the Cosmos for Life: Biochemistry and Fine-Tuning

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John D. Barrow (University of Cambridge) Simon Conway Morris (University of Cambridge)

Fitness of the Cosmos for Life

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Biochemistry and Fine-Tuning

John D. Barrow (University of Cambridge), Simon Conway Morris (University of Cambridge), Stephen J. Freeland (University of Maryland, Baltimore) , Charles L. Harper, Jr

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Cambridge University Press
06 December 2007

Astronomy, space & time; Cosmology & the universe; Biology, life sciences; Molecular biology

Series: Cambridge Astrobiology

This highly interdisciplinary 2007 book highlights many of the ways in which chemistry plays a crucial role in making life an evolutionary possibility in the universe. Cosmologists and particle physicists have often explored how the observed laws and constants of nature lie within a narrow range that allows complexity and life to evolve and adapt. Here, these anthropic considerations are diversified in a host of new ways to identify the most sensitive features of biochemistry and astrobiology. Celebrating the classic 1913 work of Lawrence J. Henderson, The Fitness of the Environment for Life, this book looks at the delicate balance between chemistry and the ambient conditions in the universe that permit complex chemical networks and structures to exist. It will appeal to a broad range of scientists, academics, and others interested in the origin and existence of life in our universe.

Edited by: John D. Barrow (University of Cambridge), Simon Conway Morris (University of Cambridge), Stephen J. Freeland (University of Maryland, Baltimore), Charles L. Harper, Jr
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 2
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 1.170kg
ISBN: 9780521871020
ISBN 10: 0521871026
Series: Cambridge Astrobiology
Pages: 526
Publication Date: 06 December 2007
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

John D. Barrow is Professor of Mathematical Sciences in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge, and Director of the Millennium Mathematics Project. He is the author of The Artful Universe Expanded (Oxford University Press, 2005) and The Infinite Book: A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless (Cape, 2005), as well as co-editor of Science and Ultimate Reality: Quantum Theory, Cosmology and Complexity (Cambridge University Press, 2004). Simon Conway Morris is Professor of Evolutionary Palaeobiology at the Earth Sciences Department, University of Cambridge. He is the author of Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe (Cambridge University Press, 2003). Stephen J. Freeland is Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. His research focuses on the evolution of the genetic code. Charles L. Harper, Jr. is an astrophysicist and planetary scientist and serves as Senior Vice President of the John Templeton Foundation. He is co-editor of Science & Ultimate Reality: Quantum Theory, Cosmology and Complexity (Cambridge University Press, 2004).

Reviews for Fitness of the Cosmos for Life: Biochemistry and Fine-Tuning

Review of the hardback: '... comprehensive ... well referenced, and adequately indexed. ... I would ... recommend it to readers who are neither scientists, nor academics, nor theologians.' The Observatory