Cosmology, Life, and the Anthropic Principle
- 1 December 2001
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 950 (1) , 139-153
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb02133.x
Abstract
We discuss some ways in which the age, size, and structure of the Universe, together with the values of its defining constants, satisfy the necessary conditions for life. The implications for teleology and the existence of other universes are also discussed.Keywords
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