On Being : A Scientist's Exploration Of The Great Questions Of Existence

Author: Peter Atkins

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Price : $29.99 NZD
ISBN : 9780199603367
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Imprint : Oxford University Press
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Weight (g) : 0.238
Publication date : 01 March 2011
Dimensions : 204mm X 145mm X 15mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Availability date : 01 June 2011
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Dewey classification : 111.1
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In this scientific 'Credo', Peter Atkins considers the universal questions of origins, endings, birth, and death to which religions have claimed answers. With his usual economy, wit, and elegance, unswerving before awkward realities, Atkins presents what science has to say. While acknowledging the comfort some find in belief, he declares his own faith in science's capacity to reveal the deepest truths.

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An effortless read - a real page turner. - BBC Focus

Prologue; 1. Creation; 2. Evolution; 3. Birth; 4. Death; 5. Ending; Epilogue