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" Atom : "
Lawrence M. Krauss.
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BL
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782966
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b602979
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Lawrence M. Krauss.
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Atom : : an odyssey from the big bang to life on earth-- and beyond\ Lawrence M. Krauss.
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First edition
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Boston: Little Brown & Co., [2001] ©2001
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(xii, 305 pages)
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0316144584
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: 0759523215
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: 0759563187
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: 9780316144582
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: 9780759523210
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: 9780759563186
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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Divine wind --; The universe in an atom --; The right stuff --; Time's arrow --; Nature of nurture? --; Ten minutes to die --; One hundred million years of solitude --; Things that went bump in the night --; Voyage --; First light --; A pretty big bang --; The galaxy strikes back --; Fire and ice --; Cooking with gas --; The dangerous energy game --; The wonder years --; Return --; A snowball in hell, humans, and other catastrophes --; The best of times, the worst of times --; Through a glass darkly --; Ashes to ashes --; Dust to dust.
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Atom succeeds in taking us on a vast and tumultuous ride through time and space, with contemporary science as our often-demanding guide. Yet the effort is amply rewarded, for the story sparks our sense of wonderment at the universe.
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Cosmology -- Popular works.
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Cosmology.
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SCIENCE -- Astronomy.
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QB981.L397 9999
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Lawrence Maxwell Krauss
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