You Are Here

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This is the story of the Universe told as if the Universe were the subject of a biography. Like all biographies should, this story begins with a birth and ends with a death.

ISBN: 9780091796884 Author: Potter, Christopher Publisher: HUTCHINSON Publication Date: 5th March 2009 Imprint: Hutchinson Cover: Hardback Dewey: 523.1 (edition:22) Pages: 294 Language: English Readership: General - Trade / Code: K Category: Subject:

You Are Hereis a dazzling exploration of the universe and our relationship to it.

It is the story of how something evolved from nothing, and how something became everything. It is the story of science: the greatest story ever told.

Here, for the first time in a single span, is the life of the universe, from quarks to galaxy super-clusters, and from slime toHomosapiens.

The universe was once a moment of perfect symmetry, and is now 13.7 billion years of history. Clouds of gas were woven into whatever complexity we find in the universe today: the hierarchies of stars, or the brains of mammals.

With wit and erudition, Christopher Potter takes us on a voyage beyond even time and space, to present the state of scientific knowledge at its most up-to-date and exhilarating.

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