Atom: An Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth...and Beyond
320 pages
|Published: 1 Jan 2001
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ISBN: 9780316183093
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Publication date: 9 May 2002
Description
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.
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.