The Universe Within by Neil Shubin
A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year
In The Universe Within, Neil Shubin reveals the connection between the evolution of the cosmos and the evolution of the human body.
Just as the history of the earth is written in the rocks, so too is the universe's 14-billion-year history written in the human body. Starting at the smallest level, with our very molecular composition, Shubin explores the question of why we are the way we are, tracing the formation of the planets, the moon, and the globe of Earth through the development of the organs, cells, and genes that make up human life.
Neil Shubin is the author of the best-selling Your Inner Fish, which was named the best book of the year by the National Academy of Sciences in 2009. Shubin is associate dean of biological sciences at the University of Chicago, with degrees from Columbia, Harvard, and the University of California at Berkeley. He was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences in 2011.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780307473271 |
| ISBN 10 | 0307473279 |
| Title | The Universe Within |
| Author | Neil Shubin |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2013-10-08 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
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