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You are here : a portable history of the universe Cover Image Book

You are here : a portable history of the universe / Christopher Potter.

Potter, Christopher, 1959- (Author).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780061137860
  • ISBN: 0061137863
  • Physical Description: 294 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First United States edition
  • Publisher: New York : Harper, [2009]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-279) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1 Orientation 1 -- 2 26 Degrees of Separation 13 -- 3 Measure for Measure 43 -- 4 It's Not About You 59 -- 5 Going Through the Motions 81 -- 6 Other Way Out 100 -- 7 Light on the Matter 113 -- 8 Something and Nothing 150 -- 9 Hail the Birth of Stars 172 -- 10 Homing In 191 -- 11 Beginning the Begats 211 -- 12 In and Out of Africa 248 -- 13 We Are There 262.

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Subject: Cosmology > Popular works.
Science > History.
Science > Philosophy.

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  • 7 of 7 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Sandhill Regional Library.

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Moore County Library 523.109 P (Text) 48198000867198 Adult Nonfiction Available -