The universe within
Subtitle: discovering the common history of rocks, planets, and people
By: Neil Shubin
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780307378439
Subjects: Petrology; Origin; Geology
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Rocking our world; title: Blasts from the past; title: Lucky stars; title: About time; title: In the air; title: Connecting the dots; title: Kings of the hill; title: Fevers and chills; title: Cold facts; title: Mothers of invention.