Peter Ward Knihy

Kniha je nejen životopisem naší planety jako vesmírného tělesa, ale i portrétem vzniku a vývoje života. Navíc přináší sugestivní pohled do vzdálené budoucnosti Země, založený na analýzách mladého vědního oboru zvaného astrobiologie. Geolog a zoolog Peter Ward a astronom Donald Brownlee jedni ze zakladatelů této vědy zde kombinují vypravěčské schopnosti s nesmírnou vědeckou pečlivostí. Výsledkem je vyprávění stejně poutavé jako díla science fiction, od nichž se však odlišuje věrohodností svých závěrů a předpovědí. Popis různých alternativ budoucnosti naší planety nás donutí k zamyšlení, občas při něm i zamrazí v zádech. Ačkoli některým možným scénářům nemůžeme zabránit, dobrou zprávou je, že jiným ano.

Kniha je koncipována jako kurs pro vedoucí skupin mládeže a všechny ty, kdo se podílejí na nejrůznějších programech pro volný čas mladých lidí. Jednotlivé kapitoly obsahují: náměty mapující probírané témac; cvičení, která mají čtenáři pomoci hlouběji poznat sebe sama a proniknout do problematiky; zpětnou vazbu, která obsahuje další podněty a komentáře.

Pátrání NASA po jiném životě a úsilí o jeho vytvoření v laboratoři Kniha je detailním pohledem na možnost života kdekoli ve sluneční soustavě. Probírá různé teorie vzniku života na Zemi i eventualitu jeho přenosu kometami a meteory. Zkoumá, na jakém základě může být život postaven a v jakých podmínkách se může udržet. Kniha je čtivá a nepředpokládá velké znalosti v oboru biologie, chemie a astronomie.

The book explores the significant influence of Christian youth work on the growth of the evangelical movement in the UK, positing that the engagement with young people shapes the future adult church. It raises critical questions about the current state of youth work, suggesting it may have become more defensive than evangelical, and challenges readers to consider the church's creative engagement with modern culture. The author, Peter Ward, invites a deeper discussion on the future of the church in light of these dynamics.

Can Vimp and Freya and friends rescue a Saxon slave girl from sacrifice? Seizing a longboat they set out on a hazardous voyage, dicing with death. Upsetting Aegir the Sea God, defying pirates and escaping the deadly venom of the Serpent of the World, the young Vikings are guided through fog by friendly dolphins. They land on the Saxon shore but what sort of welcome can they expect? Will hidden watchers on the cliffs view them as friend or foe?

An estimated 4.6 billion years ago, the Earth and Moon were formed in a violent impact. On this, many agree, and even more that a long time after that, life began. However, few know that the first life on the Earth may not have emerged on this planet, but could, in fact, have begun on Mars, brought here by meteorites. In this revolutionary book, leading scientists Peter Ward and Joe Kirschvink rewrite the principal account of the history of life on Earth. They show not only how the rise of animals was delayed for billions of years, but also what it was that first forced fish out of the sea and onto the land. Together, the two scientists explain how developments in the environment led to multiple Ice Ages before the emergence of dinosaurs and other giant animals, and what the true cause of these great beasts' eventual extinction was. Finally, charting the course of our own evolution, they explore whether this generation will see the end of the human species. A New History of Life proves not only that much of what we think we know should be unlearned, but also that the true history of life on Earth is much more surprising and wonderful than we could ever have imagined.

Charles Darwin's theories, first published more than 150 years ago, still set the paradigm of how we understand the evolution of life--but scientific advances of recent decades have radically altered that. Now two pioneering scientists draw on their years of experience in paleontology, biology, chemistry, and astrobiology to deliver an eye-opening narrative using a generation's worth of insights culled from new research.Writing with zest, humor, and clarity, Ward and Kirschvink show that many of our long-held beliefs about the history of life are wrong. Three central themes emerge. First, Ward and Kirschvink argue that catastrophe shaped life's history more than all other forces combined--from notorious events like the sudden extinction of dinosaurs to the recently discovered "Snowball Earth" and the "Great Oxygenation Event." Second, life consists of carbon, but oxygen, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen sulfide determined how it evolved. Third, ever since Darwin we have thought of evolution in terms of species. Yet it is the evolution of ecosystems--from deep-ocean vents to rainforests--that has formed the living world as we know it. Ward and Kirschvink tell a story of life on Earth that is at once fabulous and familiar. And in a provocative coda, they assemble discoveries from the latest cutting-edge research to imagine how the history of life might unfold deep into the future.

This is a vivid description of the second half of the life of our planet. Combining their knowledge of evolution with their understanding of the life cycle of stars and solar systems, the authors predict that the process will essentially reverse itself until only the simplest forms remain on Earth.

A visionary book for the emergent church.The church must be like water--flexible, fluid, changeable. This book is a vision for how the church can embrace the liquid nature of culture rather than just scrambling to keep afloat while sailing over it. Ward urges us to move away from the traditional notion of church as a gathering of people meeting in one place at one time to the dynamic notion of the emergent church as a series of relationships and communications. In the Liquid Church, membership is determined by participation and involvement. Liquid Church is continually on the move, flowing in response to the Spirit and the gospel of Jesus, the imagination and creativity of its leaders, and the choices and experiences of it worshippers. In this provocative, insightful, and challenging book, Pete Ward presents his vision of a Liquid Church that addresses the needs of the isolated consumer-Christian by providing connection and community, located in common cause and similar desire for God.

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