The Privileged Planet : How Our Place in the Cosmos is Designed for Discovery

Gonzalez, Guillermo & Jay W. Richards

ISBN 10: 0895260654 / ISBN 13: 9780895260659

Published by Regnery Publishing (2004), Washington, DC, 2004

About this Item

Ex-library. Library stamps, labels and markings. Dust-jacket in clear plastic cover, taped to boards and endpapers.; xv, [3], 444, [2 (blank)] pages. Black boards with silver lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 228 x 152mm. Illustrated. "Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay Richards make a convincing case that the rare, finely-tuned conditions that allow for intelligent life on Earth are no coincidence, and that Earth was practically designed for discovery. While most scientists follow the "Copernican Principle," which displaces earth from the centre of the universe and assumes that the existence of life is unremarkable, Drs. Gonzales and Richards strongly disagree. In fact, they claim that the earth's very location is what makes it both ideal for life, and ideal for observing the world around us.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Privileged Planet : How Our Place in the Cosmos is Designed for Discovery
• Publisher: Regnery Publishing (2004), Washington, DC
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0895260654
• ISBN 13: 9780895260659
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good+
• Seller catalogs:
  • Occult
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

Earth. The Final Frontier

Contrary to popular belief, Earth is not an insignificant blip on the universe’s radar. Our world proves anything but average in Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay W. Richards’ The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos Is Designed for Discovery.

But what exactly does Earth bring to the table? How does it prove its worth among numerous planets and constellations in the vastness of the Milky Way? In The Privileged Planet, you’ll learn about the world’s:

life-sustaining capabilities
water and its miraculous makeup
protection by the planetary giants

And how our planet came into existence in the first place.

About the Author

Jay W. Richards is vice president and senior fellow of the Discovery Institute in Seattle.