Atom A Single Oxygen Atom's Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth... and Beyond

Taking us on a thrilling, millennia-spanning journey through the life of a single oxygen atom, the author of the national bestseller The Physics of Star Trek now traces the history of the cosmos -- from the Big Bang to the present ... and beyond. Lawrence Krauss writes with grace and wit as he explicates cutting-edge science and reveals the surprising story of matter: what it is, where it came from, and where it's going. Book jacket.

Lawrence M. Krauss's blockbuster bestseller, The Physics of Star Trek, has been translated into fourteen languages. Krauss is the Ambrose Swasey Professor of Physics, Professor of Astronomy, and Chair of the Physics Department at Case Western Reserve University. He is the only scientist to have been awarded the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Award for Public Understanding of Science (2000), the American Physical Society's Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize (2001) for outstanding contributions to physics and to the public understanding of science, and the American Institute of Physics' Andrew Gemant Award (2001) for connecting physics and culture