The universe within discovering the common history of rocks, planets, and people
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.
| Main Author: | Shubin, Neil. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Pantheon Books,
c2013.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
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. |
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| Physical Description: |
x, 225 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-208) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780307378439 : 0307378438 |
| Author Notes: |
Neil Shubin is the author of the best-selling Your Inner Fish, which was chosen by the National Academy of Sciences as the best book of the year in 2009 . Trained at Columbia, Harvard, and the University of California at Berkeley, Shubin is associate dean of biological sciences at the University of Chicago. In 2011 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. |