{"product_id":"lifes-solution-inevitable-humans-in-a-lonely-universe-paperback-9780521603256","title":"Life's Solution; Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe (Paperback) 9780521603256","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLife's Solution\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eInevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA controversial challenge to current views of evolution, for the general reader.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSimon Conway Morris (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521603256, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 8 November 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e488 pages, 50 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15 x 2.8 cm, 0.68 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… he brings an awkward problem into the light with a masterly argument for the inevitable existence of humans … read twice.' New Scientist\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe assassin's bullet misses, the Archduke's carriage moves forward, and a catastrophic war is avoided. So too with the history of life. Re-run the tape of life, as Stephen J. Gould claimed, and the outcome must be entirely different: an alien world, without humans and maybe not even intelligence. The history of life is littered with accidents: any twist or turn may lead to a completely different world. Now this view is being challenged. Simon Conway Morris explores the evidence demonstrating life's almost eerie ability to navigate to a single solution, repeatedly. Eyes, brains, tools, even culture: all are very much on the cards. So if these are all evolutionary inevitabilities, where are our counterparts across the galaxy? The tape of life can only run on a suitable planet, and it seems that such Earth-like planets may be much rarer than hoped. Inevitable humans, yes, but in a lonely Universe.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Cambridge Sandwich\u003cbr\u003e 1. Looking for Easter Island\u003cbr\u003e 2. Can we break the great code?\u003cbr\u003e 3. Universal Goo: life as a cosmic principle?\u003cbr\u003e 4. The origin of life: straining the soup or our credulity?\u003cbr\u003e 5. Uniquely lucky? The strangeness of Earth\u003cbr\u003e 6. Converging on the extreme\u003cbr\u003e 7. Seeing convergence\u003cbr\u003e 8. Alien convergences?\u003cbr\u003e 9. The non-prevalence of humanoids?\u003cbr\u003e 10. Evolution bound: the ubiquity of convergence\u003cbr\u003e 11. Towards a theology of evolution\u003cbr\u003e 12. Last word.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Palaeontology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Palaeontology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Palaeontology%20%5BRBX%5D%22\"\u003eRBX\u003c\/a\u003e], Popular science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Popular science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Popular%20science%20%5BPDZ%5D%22\"\u003ePDZ\u003c\/a\u003e], Philosophy of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20science%20%5BPDA%5D%22\"\u003ePDA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46001457791256,"sku":"9780521603256","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521603256i_63bff486-bc9c-4315-9d39-af88180df2d7.jpg?v=1691370388","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/lifes-solution-inevitable-humans-in-a-lonely-universe-paperback-9780521603256","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}