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The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life: The Search for Our Cosmic Roots
Pekka Teerikorpi
This history of science analyzes how we came to be. It starts with life's origins and tracks the universe to present day, covering astronomy, physics, chemistry and biology and offering biographical details of science's greatest thinkers.
526 pages, 345 black & white illustrations, 26 colour illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 4, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780387095332 |
| Publishers | Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
| Pages | 522 |
| Dimensions | 164 × 245 × 30 mm · 884 g |
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