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Author:	Christopher Potter	Publisher:	Harpercollins
ISBN-10:	0061137863	Subject:	Science & Technology
ISBN-13:	9780061137860	Topic:	--
Format:	Hardcover	Language:	English
Publication Year:	2009	Condition:	Good
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In this surprisingly concise history of everything that has ever existed (ever!), Christopher Potter coherently answers many questions that are so profound, only a five-year-old would have the fortitude to ask them: How did everything come from nothing? Will the universe become nothing again? What happened before the birth of the universe? Obviously, these questions incorporate various degrees of uncertainty, but Potter rationally considers them in terms of what we currently know, before providing possible extrapolations that could lead to future advancements in our understanding. From quasars to quarks, Potter clearly elucidates mind-boggling concepts of the very big and very small in terms that encourage comprehension. The most curious and amusing theme of his astute analysis of the universe is humanity's stubborn insistence on identifying themselves at the center of things, and the universe's persistent apathy to that desire
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Length:	294 pages
Height:	9.3 in.
Width:	6.3 in.
Thickness:	1.2 in.
Weight:	16.0 oz.

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Traces the evolution of the universe as understood by today's most cutting-edge scientific minds, in an account that covers a wide variety of interests from quarks and galaxies to the philosophy of science and humanity's role in the cosmos.
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"One of the best short surveys of science and its history in recent years." (starred review) (01/15/2009) "Any reader who has avoided science for fear of being overwhelmed will find a friendly guide in Potter,...[whose] clear and smoothly written look at the mind-boggling history of everything is both informative and provocative." (starred review) (01/19/2009) "Few intellectual adventures can match the thrill of riding this arrow as it speeds out of the fiery primal explosion that generates the rapidly inflating expanse of space....A marvelously capacious book that will attract serious readers everywhere." (starred review) (03/01/2009) "Reading YOU ARE HERE is like taking a guided tour of the universe with a private car and driver....[Potter] meditates on the origins and ascent of life through the eons, on the infinitesimally tiny atom systems within our bodies and the infinitely vast galactic systems beyond our own,...giving us in the course of a few hours' time quite an advanced education in certainties and their opposite." (03/22/2009) "Potter has written a personal, brilliant, and often amusing account of his quest to more deeply understand his cosmic address." (04/19/2009)

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You Are Here: A Portable History of the Universe

Christopher Potter

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Binding:	Hardcover
Book Condition:	Good
Jacket Condition:	Good

ISBN:	0061137863
Publication Date:	2009-03-01
Publisher:	Harper

Pages:	304
Height:	1.3000 inches
Width:	6.2000 inches
Weight:	0.9500 pounds

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