The Anthropic Cosmological Principle

@inproceedings{Barrow1986TheAC,
  title={The Anthropic Cosmological Principle},
  author={John D. Barrow and Frank Tipler and James L. Anderson},
  year={1986}
}
Is there any connection between the vastness of the universes of stars and galaxies and the existence of life on a small planet out in the suburbs of the Milky Way? This book shows that there is. In their classic work, John Barrow and Frank Tipler examine the question of Mankind's place in the Universe, taking the reader on a tour of many scientific disciplines and offering fascinating insights into issues such as the nature of life, the serach for extraterrestrial intelligence, and the past… 
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