The universe within : discovering the common history of rocks, planets, and people
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Summary
Shubin shows 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. Full description
Table of Contents:
- Rocking our world
- Blasts from the past
- Lucky stars
- About time
- The ascent of the Big
- Connecting the dots
- Kings of the hill
- Fevers and chills
- Cold facts
- Mothers of invention.