Atom: An Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth...and Beyond

Atom: An Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth...and Beyond

320 pages
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Published: 1 Jan 2001
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ISBN: 9780316183093

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Publisher: Back Bay Books

Publication date: 9 May 2002

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The story of matter and the history of the cosmos from the perspective of a single oxygen atom, told with the insight and wit of one of the most dynamic physicists and writers working today.

Through this astonishing work, he manages to stoke wonder at the powers and unlikely events that conspired to create our solar system, our ecosystem, and us.