The Universe Within: The Deep History of the Human Body

The Universe Within: The Deep History of the Human Body - Paperback

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The Universe Within: The Deep History of the Human Body - Paperback

The Universe Within: The Deep History of the Human Body - Paperback

by Neil Shubin
$23.00
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Book Overview

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.
ISBN9780307473271
Author Neil Shubin
PublisherVintage
GenreEducation
FormatPaperback
PublishedOctober 2013
LanguageENG- English
Pages240
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Neil Shubin

Neil Shubin is the bestselling author of Your Inner Fish, The Universe Within, and Some Assembly Required. He is the Robert R. Bensley Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago. He was host of the Emmy Award-winning PBS miniseries Your Inner Fish. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2011. Educated at Columbia, Harvard, and the University of California, Berkeley, he lives in Chicago.

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