What's gotten into you : the story of your body's atoms, from the Big Bang through last night's dinner
Record details
- ISBN: 0063251183
- ISBN: 9780063251182
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Physical Description:
xiv, 385 pages ; 24 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-365) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The journey begins: from a big bang to a rocky home. Happy birthday to everyone: the priest who discovered the beginning of time ; "That's funny": what the eye can never see ; The best man at Harvard: the woman who changed how we see the stars ; Catastrophes to be thankful for: how to make a world from gravity and dust -- Let there be life!. Dirty snowballs and space rocks: the biggest flood of all time ; The most famous experiment: the search for the origin of the molecules of life ; The greatest mystery: the puzzling origin of the first cells -- From sunlight to dinner plate. Light assembly required: discovering photosynthesis ; Lucky breaks: from ocean scum to green planet ; Planting the seeds: how greenery and its allies made us possible -- From atoms to you. So much depends on so little: what do you need to eat to survive? ; Hidden in plain sight: the discovery of your master blueprint ; Elements and all: what is really inside you? -- Conclusion: what a long strange trip it's been. |
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Subject: | Matter Constitution Popular works Human body Composition Popular works Atoms Popular works |
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