Atom An Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth...and Beyond

This is both the story of life and the history of the cosmos, but not as you have ever read before. Best-selling science writer Lawrence Krauss takes as his narrative the twisted and improbable tale of a single atom of oxygen, a history that starts at the dawn of time, and journeys beyond the death of stars and people to the death of all matter itself. The atom at the center of this book travels a dangerous and extraordinary path: exploding supernovas, solar winds and collapsing stars preceded the rise of life on earth and one day may foretell its end. Throughout this astonishing work, Krauss manages to stoke our wonder at the powers and unlikely events that conspired to create our solar system, our ecosystem and us.Krauss, Lawrence M. is the author of 'Atom An Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth...and Beyond', published 2004 under ISBN 9780756774240 and ISBN 0756774241.