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Subtitle: An Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth...and Beyond
Edition: 1st ed edition
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: April 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780316499460
Subjects: Science; Science/Mathematics; Physics; Science / Cosmology; Life Sciences - Evolution; Cosmology
First sentence: As you wander past the Hotel de Matignon, the official residence of the French prime minister, past the art and antiques shops that crowd together amid the bustle and color of the 7th arrondissemont in Paris, you arrive at the courtyard of a grand eighteenth-century estate, whose walls protect a garden enclave from the traffic, noise, and concerns of the outside world.