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The universe within : discovering the common history of rocks, planets, and people / Neil Shubin.

Shubin, Neil. (Author).

Summary:

In The Universe Within, with his trademark clarity and exuberance, Shubin takes an even more expansive approach to the question of why we look the way we do. Starting once again with fossils, he turns his gaze skyward, showing us how the entirety of the universe’s fourteen-billion-year history can be seen in our bodies. As he moves from our very molecular composition (a result of stellar events at the origin of our solar system) through the workings of our eyes, Shubin makes clear how the evolution of the cosmos has profoundly marked our own bodies.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780307378439
  • ISBN: 0307378438
  • Physical Description: x, 225 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, 2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-208) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Rocking our world -- Blasts from the past -- Lucky stars -- About time -- The ascent of big -- Connecting the dots -- Kings of the hill -- Fevers and chills -- Cold facts -- Mothers of invention.
Subject:
Geology.
Petrology.
Earth (Planet) > Origin.

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