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1、AShortHistoryofNearlyEverythingINTRODUCTINPARTILOSTINTHECOSMOS1HOWTOBUILDAUNIVERSE2WELCOMETOTHESOLARSYSTEM3THEREVERENDEVANS’SUNIVERSEPARTIITHESIZEOFTHEEARTH4THEMEASUREOFTHINGS5THESTONE-BREAKERS6SCIENCEREDINTOOTHANDCLAW7ELEMENTALMATTERSPARTIIIANEWAGEDAWNS8EINSTEIN’SUNIVERSE9THEMIGHTYATOM10GETTINGTH
2、ELEADOUT11MUSTERMARK’SQUARKS12THEEARTHMOVESPARTIVDANGEROUSPLANET13BANG!15DANGEROUSBEAUTYPARTVLIFEITSELF16LONELYPLANET17INTOTHETROPOSPHERE18THEBOUNDINGMAIN19THERISEOFLIFE20SMALLWORLD21LIFEGOESON22GOOD-BYETOALLTHAT23THERICHNESSOFBEING24CELLS25DARWIN’SSINGULARNOTION26THESTUFFOFLIFEPARTVITHEROADTOUS27
3、ICETIME28THEMYSTERIOUSBIPED29THERESTLESSAPE30GOOD-BYEEndofdocumentAsIsithere,inearly2003,IhavebeforemeseveralpagesofmanuscriptbearingmajesticallyencouragingandtactfulnotesfromIanTattersaloftheAmericanMuseumofNaturalHistorypointingout,interalia,thatPerigueuxisnotawineproducingregion,thatitisinventi
4、vebutatouchunorthodoxofmetoitalicizetaxonomicdivisionsabovethelevelofgenusandspecies,thatIhavepersistentlymisspelledOlorgesaille,aplacethatIrecentlyvisited,andsooninsimilarveinthroughtwochaptersoftextcoveringhisareaofexpertise,earlyhumans.Goodnessknowshowmanyotherinkyembarrassmentsmaylurkinthesepa
5、gesyet,butitisthankstoDr.TattersallandallofthosewhomIamabouttomentionthattherearen'tmanyhundredsmore.Icannotbegintothankadequatelythosewhohelpedmeinthepreparationofthisbook.Iamespeciallyindebtedtothefollowing,whowereuniformlygenerousandkindlyandshowedthemostheroicreservesofpatienceinansweringonesi
6、mple,endlesslyrepeatedquestion:"I'msorry,butcanyouexplainthatagain?"IntheUnitedStates:IanTattersalloftheAmericanMuseumofNaturalHistoryinNewYork;JohnThorstensen,MaryK.Hudson,andDavidBlanchflowerofDartmouthCollegeinHanover,NewHampshire;Dr.WilliamAbduandDr.BryanMarshofDartmouth-HitchcockMedicalCenter
7、inLebanon,NewHampshire;RayAndersonandBrianWitzkeoftheIowaDepartmentofNaturalResources,Iowacity;MikeVoorhiesoftheUniversityofNebraskaandAshfallFossilBedsStateParknearOrchard,Nebraska;ChuckOffenburgerofBuenaVistaUn