
In Memoriam: John D. Barrow
Remembering the maverick physicist who pioneered an “anthropic” approach to cosmology
Paul Davies is Regents' Professor at Arizona State University, director of the Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science and co-director of the Arizona State University Cosmology Initiative. Credit: Nick Higgins
Remembering the maverick physicist who pioneered an “anthropic” approach to cosmology
We still have no idea how easy it is for life to arise—and it may be incredibly difficult
The conclusion that the universe is teeming with biology is based on an unproved assumption
It wouldn't be easy, but it might be possible
From the fixed past to the tangible present to the undecided future, it feels as though time flows inexorably on. But that is an illusion
In pursuit of evidence that life arose on Earth more than once, scientists are searching for microbes that are radically different from all known organisms
It wouldn't be easy, but it might be possible
From the fixed past to the tangible present to the undecided future, it feels as though time flows inexorably on. But that is an illusion
It wouldn't be easy, but it might be possible
From the fixed past to the tangible present to the undecided future, it feels as though time flows inexorably on. But that is an illusion
It wouldn't be easy, but it might be possible
From the fixed past to the tangible present to the undecided future, it feels as though time flows inexorably on. But that is an illusion
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