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Apr 1, 2001 · The story of matter and the history of the cosmos from the perspective of a single oxygen atom, told with the insight and wit of one of the most dynamic physicists and writers working today. Through this astonishing work, he manages to stoke wonder at the powers and unlikely events that conspired to create our solar system, our ecosystem, and us.
- Atom : an odyssey from the big bang to life on earth-- and beyond
pt. 1. Divine wind -- 1. The universe in an atom -- 2. The...
- Atom : an odyssey from the big bang to life on earth-- and beyond
Oct 20, 2011 · pt. 1. Divine wind -- 1. The universe in an atom -- 2. The right stuff -- 3. Time's arrow -- 4. Nature of nurture? -- 5. Ten minutes to die -- 6. One hundred million years of solitude -- 7. Things that went bump in the night -- pt. 2. Voyage -- 8. First light -- 9. A pretty big bang -- 10. The galaxy strikes back -- 11. Fire and ice -- 12 ...
Sep 1, 2001 · He has written Atom: An Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth … and Beyond for the well-educated lay reader. It is the story of the universe from the distant past to the distant future, with many topics of interest to the human race in the middle.
Apr 11, 2001 · The story of matter and the history of the cosmos from the perspective of a single oxygen atom, told with the insight and wit of one of the most dynamic physicists and writers working today.
- Lawrence M. Krauss
- Hachette+ORM, 2001
- 0759523215, 9780759523210
Starting with its emergence at the Big Bang, Krauss will show how atoms were then forged in the nuclear furnaces of stars. From there, the reader will follow the atom as it travels across the...
May 9, 2002 · Buy Atom: A Single Oxygen Atom's Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth... and Beyond Reprint by Krauss, Lawrence (ISBN: 9780316183093) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
- Lawrence Krauss
Apr 1, 2001 · See all formats and editions. 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.
- Lawrence M. Krauss
