Screen LibraryThe origins of everything in 100 pages (more or less) /
"With wonder, wit, and flair--and in record time and space--geophysicist David Bercovici explains how everything came to be everywhere, from the creation of stars and galaxies to the formation of Earth's atmosphere and oceans, to the origin of life and human civilization."--
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Yale University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New Haven : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"With wonder, wit, and flair--and in record time and space--geophysicist David Bercovici explains how everything came to be everywhere, from the creation of stars and galaxies to the formation of Earth's atmosphere and oceans, to the origin of life and human civilization."-- |
| Carrier Form: | ix, 136 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-121) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780300215137 0300215134 |
| Index Number: | QB982 |
| CLC: | P159 |
| Call Number: | P159/B486 |
| Contents: | Universe and galaxies -- Stars and elements -- Solar system and planets -- Continents and Earth's interior -- Oceans and atmosphere -- Climate and habitability -- Life -- Humans and civilization. |