WW Norton & Co Time's Second Arrow: Evolution, Order, and a New Law of Nature

In Times Second Arrow, Robert M. Hazen and Michael L. Wong overturn more than a century of scientific canon, arguing that there must be a second arrow of timea heretofore missing law of nature that explains how the marvellously complex constituents of our universe came to be. Evolution, they boldly propose, is a universal phenomenonnot only in biology, but in the entire atomic, chemical, mineral and physical universe. Showing how a natural process of selection for increasing function has shaped the universe since its inception, they explore how this new law could possibly help us identify life on other planets andperhapseven understand the purpose and meaning of life on Earth in a new way. Elegantly written and deeply moving, Times Second Arrow reveals how our cosmic inheritance includes a drive toward wondrous invention and progressultimately revising our understanding of the universe and our place within it. Autorid: Robert M. Hazen, Michael L. Wong