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What's gotten into you : the story of your body's atoms, from the Big Bang through last night's dinner Cover Image Book Book

What's gotten into you : the story of your body's atoms, from the Big Bang through last night's dinner / Dan Levitt.

Levitt, Daniel, (author.).

Summary:

The awe-inspiring story of the elements that make up the human body, and how these building blocks of life traveled billions of miles across billions of years to make us who we are.--From book jacket.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063251182
  • Physical Description: xiv, 385 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-365) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The journey begins: from a big bang to a rocky home. Happy birthday to everyone: the priest who discovered the beginning of time ; "That's funny": what the eye can never see ; The best man at Harvard: the woman who changed how we see the stars ; Catastrophes to be thankful for: how to make a world from gravity and dust -- Let there be life!. Dirty snowballs and space rocks: the biggest flood of all time ; The most famous experiment: the search for the origin of the molecules of life ; The greatest mystery: the puzzling origin of the first cells -- From sunlight to dinner plate. Light assembly required: discovering photosynthesis ; Lucky breaks: from ocean scum to green planet ; Planting the seeds: how greenery and its allies made us possible -- From atoms to you. So much depends on so little: what do you need to eat to survive? ; Hidden in plain sight: the discovery of your master blueprint ; Elements and all: what is really inside you? -- Conclusion: what a long strange trip it's been.

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Subject: Matter > Constitution > Popular works.
Human body > Composition > Popular works.
Atoms > Popular works.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Sage Library System.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Union County Public Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Cook Memorial Library - La Grande . (Show)

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Cook Memorial Library - La Grande 539.12 L66 (Text) 35178001928079 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Hood River County Library 539.7 LEV 2023 (Text) 33892100893560 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
The Dalles Wasco County Library 539.7 LEV (Text) 33892006797592 Non-Fiction Available -

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