You Are Here: A Portable History of the Universe - Hardcover

Potter, Christopher

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0091796881 ISBN 13: 9780091796884

Publisher: Hutchinson, 2009

Synopsis

You Are Here is 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 to Homo sapiens.

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.

About this title

Review:

'Wonderful stuff, the most thoughtful pop science book of the last few years...erudite, elegant and thoughtfully constructed'

Book Description:

'A wonderful, miraculous book: the whole universe bottled for your delight' Stephen Fry

About this edition

• Publisher: Hutchinson
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0091796881
• ISBN 13: 9780091796884
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304