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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii INTRODUCTION 1 PART I LOST IN THE COSMOS 7 1 How to Build a Universe 9 2 Welcome to the Solar System 19 3 The Reverend Evans's Universe 29 PART II THE SIZE OF THE EARTH 41 4 The Measure of Things 43 5 The Stone-Breakers 63 6 Science Red in Tooth and Claw 79 7 Elemental Matters 97 PART III A NEW AGE DAWNS 113 8 Einstein's Universe 115 9 The Mighty Atom 133 10 Getting the Lead Out 149 11 Muster Mark's Quarks 161 12 The Earth Moves 173 PART IV DANGEROUS PLANET 187 13 Bangl 189 14 The Fire Below 207 15 Dangerous Beauty 224 PART V LIFE ITSELF 237 16 Lonely Planet 239 17 Into the Troposphere 255 18 The Bounding Main 270 19 The Rise of Life 287 20 Small World 302 21 Life Goes On 321 22 Good-bye to All That 335 23 The Richness of Being 350 24 Cells 371 25 Darwin's Singular Notion 381 26 The Stuff of Life 397 PART Vl THE ROAD TO US 417 27 Ice Time 419 28 The Mysterious Biped 434 29 The Restless Ape 453 30 Good-bye 469 NOTES 479 BIBLIOGRAPHY 517 INDEX 529Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Science Popular works