You are here : a portable history of the universe
Title:
You are here : a portable history of the universe
Author:
Potter, Christopher, 1959-
ISBN:
9780061137860
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2009
Physical Description:
294 p. ; 24 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Orientation -- 26 degrees of separation -- Measure for measure -- It’s not about you -- Going through the motions -- The other way out -- Light on the matter -- Something and nothing -- Hail the birth of stars -- Homing in -- Beginning the begats -- In and out of Africa -- We are there.
Abstract:
A dazzling exploration of the universe and our relationship to it, as seen through the lens of today’s most cutting-edge scientific thinking.
Subject:
| Cosmology -- Popular works |
| Science -- History |
| Science -- Philosophy |
Summary:
A dazzling exploration of the universe and our relationship to it, as seen through the lens of today’s most cutting-edge scientific thinking.