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A 5 page book report on this examination of the cosmos first published in 2001. No additional sources are used.
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cosmos finally appears to be realistically within mans grasp. Martin Rees, the Astronomer Royal of Great Britain and a one-time director of Cambridges Institute for Astronomy, is one of
the worlds most respected cosmologists. A few years ago, he presented a series of lectures that were so popularly received, he decided to expand them into a volume he
entitled, Our Cosmic Habitat. First published by Princeton University Press in 2001, it is a fascinating exploration of worlds both known and unknown. It distinguishes itself from other
similar other texts of its type because it is easily comprehended by both scientists and nonscientists alike. The text ponders weighty topics thoroughly and understandably. Rees is not
interested in idle speculation; he seeks to explore what is really known about the cosmos, which requires making a distinction between fact and fiction. As student of science knows,
this is no easy task. Our Cosmic Habitat examines what the author has described as the "multiverse," for his inquiry has led him to conclude there is not a
single universe, but is comprised of many of them that may or may not be habitable. This enables Rees to answer the question posed in his Prologue, "Could God
Have Made the World Any Differently?" with a resounding, "Yes!" The author also makes his intentions clear in the Prologue, in which he writes, "The preeminent mystery is
why anything exists at all. What breathes life into the equations of physics, and actualized them in a real cosmos? Such questions lie beyond science, however: they are
the province of philosophers and theologians. For science, the overarching problem is to understand how a genesis event so simple that it can be described by a short recipe
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