{"product_id":"9780063251205","title":"What's Gotten into You: The Story of Your Body's Atoms, from the Big Bang Through Last Night's Dinner","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eLevitt, Dan\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHarper Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of Bill Bryson, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Siddhartha Mukherjee, a wondrous, wildly ambitious, and vastly entertaining work of popular science that tells the awe-inspiring story of the elements that make up the human body, and how these building blocks of life travelled billions of miles and across billions of years to make us who we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery one of us contains a billion times more atoms than all the grains of sand in the earth’s deserts. If you weigh 150 pounds, you’ve got enough carbon to make 25 pounds of charcoal, enough salt to fill a saltshaker, enough chlorine to disinfect several backyard swimming pools, and enough iron to forge a 3-inch nail. But how did these elements combine to make us human?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll matter—everything around us and within us—has an ultimate birthday: the day the universe was born in the Big Bang. This informative, eye-opening, and eminently readable book is the story of our atoms’ long strange journey from that single moment to the creation of stars, through the assembly of Planet Earth, and the formation of life as we know it. It’s also the story of the scientists who made groundbreaking discoveries and unearthed extraordinary insights into the composition of life. Behind their unexpected findings were investigations marked by fierce rivalries, obsession, heartbreak, flashes of insight, and flukes of blind luck. Ultimately they’ve helped us understand the mystery of our existence: how a quadrillion atoms made of particles from the beginning of time now animate each of our cells.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShaped by the curious mind and bold vision of science and history documentarian Dan Levitt, this wondrous book is no less than the story of life itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis remarkable book is an epic story of science and existence, revealing:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Journey of Our Atoms:\u003c\/b\u003e Follow the building blocks of your body on an awe-inspiring odyssey from the Big Bang, through the creation of stars and Planet Earth, to the formation of life as we know it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSurprising Human Body Composition:\u003c\/b\u003e Discover how every one of us contains a billion times more atoms than all the grains of sand on Earth—enough carbon for 25 pounds of charcoal and enough iron to forge a 3-inch nail.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA History of Groundbreaking Discoveries:\u003c\/b\u003e Unearth the story of the scientists who revealed the composition of life through investigations marked by fierce rivalries, obsession, flashes of insight, and pure luck.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Ultimate Mystery of Existence:\u003c\/b\u003e Go behind the unexpected findings and groundbreaking discoveries to understand how a quadrillion atoms, born in a single instant, now animate every one of our cells.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44675286204671,"sku":"9780063251205","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780063251205_s600x595.jpg?v=1780334444","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780063251205","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}