Atom by Lawrence Krauss, Little, Brown, £18.99, ISBN 0316648779
AS historians know, a device for bringing the past to life is to view events
through the eyes of someone who was there. Physicist Lawrence Krauss, author of
bestselling The Physics of Star Trek, has followed suit—with a
twist. He’s used a single atom of oxygen to lead us through the titanic history
of our Universe.
Atom has a truly astounding breadth. Krauss takes us through
particle physics, cosmology, stellar evolution and the formation of solar
systems to the evolution of life on Earth. He begins the tale with 12…
