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The Universe Within
by Neil Shubin
Our bodies trace cosmic history: the Big Bang in our atoms, the Moon in our clocks, continental drift in our senses. Shubin zooms out.
Read it if…
you want the body connected to the cosmos.
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Skip it if…
you want fish.
Try instead: The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs →
Three things you will actually use
- Atoms came from stars.
- Clocks came from the Moon.
- Everything connects.
Do this first
Read the chapter on the Moon and biological clocks.
Our verdict
Shubin on the cosmos.
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