THE PRIVILEGED PLANET
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THE PRIVILEGED PLANET
Authors: Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay W. Richards
Is Earth merely an insignificant speck in a vast and meaningless universe?
On the contrary. In The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos Is Designed for Discovery, Jay Richards and Guillermo Gonzalez present a staggering array of evidence that exposes the hollowness of this modern dogma. They demonstrate that our planet is exquisitely fit not only to support life, but also to give us the best view of the universe, as if Earth were designed both for life and for scientific discovery.
Readers are taken on a scientific odyssey from the wonders of water and solar eclipses to our location in the Milky Way and the beginning of cosmic time.
In The Privileged Planet you will discover:
- Why the sheer number and size of galaxies does not mean there is nothing special about Earth or its place in the universe
- How Earth is precisely positioned in the Milky Way - not only for life, but also to allow us to find answers to the greatest mysteries of the universe
- The harmony of Earth and the Moon: how they work together to sustain life on Earth as one intricate system
- How Jupiter and Satern protect Earth from cataclysmic destruction
- How the laws and constants that govern the universe must be narrowly fine-tuned for the existence of any complex life
Guillermo Gonzalez received his Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Washington and is the author of over sixty peer-reviewed scientific articles. He is assistant research professor of astronomy and physics at Iowa State University. Jay Richards received his Ph.D. with honors in philosophy and theology from Princeton Theological Seminary and is vice president and senior fellow of the Discovery Institute in Seattle.
S-990: The Privileged Planet
$30.00