Atom (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Lawrence M. Krauss
- First Published: 2001
- Type of Work: History, science, and philosophy
- Time of Work: The Big Bang to the end of time
- Setting: The universe
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy, History, Science and technology
- Subjects: Science or scientists, Astronomy or astronomers, Universe, Physics or physicists, Atoms
In Atom: An Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth . . . and Beyond, Lawrence Krauss tackles an enormous task in describing the life of an oxygen atom from its beginnings to its end. On a number of occasions, Krauss abandons the atom to relate scientific ideas, principles, and stories of exploration that are relevant to that time in the atom’s life. Although parts of the book are quite speculative, Atom is a marvelous work that records a possible history of the cosmos from beginning to end. Even though it is written with an approach similar to that taken by David...
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