An edition of The Copernicus complex (2014)
The Copernicus complex
our cosmic significance in a universe of planets and probabilities
By Caleb A. Scharf
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Publish Date
2014
Publisher
Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Language
eng
Pages
278
Description:
A groundbreaking revision of the Copernican Principle which is that the Earth was not the fixed point at the center of the known universe (and therefore we are not unique). Renowned astrophysicist and author Caleb Scharf argues that the principle has never been entirely true and therefore requires that we put aside our Copernican worldview and embrace the possibility that we are in a delicate balance between mediocrity and significance, order and chaos.