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Dignan bookmarked on 2008-11-10 science physics humor history fun education free math

From the Big Bang to the evolution of humans to the resignation of Richard Nixon, A Briefer History of Time is a highly irreverent, historically entertaining, and scientifically accurate overview of the 53 most important cosmic milestones of the last 14 b

  • You'll learn why--even though the Universe is expanding--it never
    gets any easier to find a parking place. And Martha Stellar will show
    you how to make a star. And you'll read a classic potboiler account of
    the origin of life on Earth ("It was a dark and stormy night. In the
    shallow tide pool, a nucleic acid base collided with a sugar
    molecule.  An amino acid
    sank beneath the murky depths . . . ."). Other great moments in Eric
    Schulman's whiz-bang collection of the universe's greatest hits are:

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  • 10 Nov 08
    dignan
    Brian Gregory

    From the Big Bang to the evolution of humans to the resignation of Richard Nixon, A Briefer History of Time is a highly irreverent, historically entertaining, and scientifically accurate overview of the 53 most important cosmic milestones of the last 14 b

    science physics humor history fun education free math

    • You'll learn why--even though the Universe is expanding--it never
      gets any easier to find a parking place. And Martha Stellar will show
      you how to make a star. And you'll read a classic potboiler account of
      the origin of life on Earth ("It was a dark and stormy night. In the
      shallow tide pool, a nucleic acid base collided with a sugar
      molecule.  An amino acid
      sank beneath the murky depths . . . ."). Other great moments in Eric
      Schulman's whiz-bang collection of the universe's greatest hits are:
  • 25 Aug 05