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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 / 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.
Every one of us contains a billion times more atoms than there are gains of sand in the Earth's deserts. How did these elements combine to make us human? Levitt shares 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. It's also the story of the scientists who made groundbreaking discoveries-- investigations marked by fierce rivalries, obsession, heartbreak, flashes of insight, and flukes of blind luck. -- adapted from jacket

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  • ISBN: 9780063251182
  • ISBN: 0063251183
  • Physical Description: xiv, 385 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : 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.
Subject: Matter > Constitution > Popular works.
Human body > Composition > Popular works.
Atoms > Popular works.

Available copies

  • 14 of 16 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 16 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Abington Community Library 539.7 LEVITT (Text) 50687011815480 Adult Nonfiction Checked Out 04/06/2024
Albright Memorial Library 539.7 LEVITT (Text) 50686016273406 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library 539.7 LEV (Text) 33240005155851 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Cambria County Library 539.7 L666w (Text) 85131001869719 CACM Non-Fiction Available -
Harbaugh-Thomas Library (Biglerville) 539.7 LEVITT (Text)
Endowment: Ralph and Shirlee Cavaliere Named Endowment, 2023
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Highland Community Library 539.7 LEV (Text) 35610001004766 HGHM Non-Fiction Available -
Hollidaysburg Area Public Library 539.7 Dan 2023 (Text) 10HOL00048801+ Adult New Nonfiction Available -
Indian Valley Public Library 539.7 Levitt Science (Text) 39427103724241 Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction Available -
Lower Macungie Library 539.7 LEV (Text) 33400001576779 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Paul Smith Library of Southern York County Adults 539.7 LEV Nonfiction (Text) 34318001220207 Adult Area Available -


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