num_pages: 320
description: Recounts the story of matter and the history of the cosmos, for general readers. Beginning below the Earth's crust in an underground water chamber, the author moves back in time to the atom's beginnings inside an exploding star, to the Big Bang and the emergence of life on Earth. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
language: English
title: Atom : An Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth...and Beyond
titlecomplete: Atom : An Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth...and Beyond
genres: Philosophy, Biology, Physics, Science, Nonfiction, Popular Science, Space, Evolution, Astronomy, History
ratings_count: 544
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award
category: Scientist
publisher: Little, Brown