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1、AShortHistoryofNearlyEverythingCONTENTSACKNOWLEDGMENTSINTRODUCTIONPARTILOSTINTHECOSMOS1HowtoBuildaUniverse2WelcometotheSolarSystem3TheReverendEvans'sUniversePARTIITHESIZEOFTHEEARTH4TheMeasureofThings5TheStone-Breakers6ScienceRedinToothandClaw7ElementalMattersPARTIIIANEWAGEDAWNS8E
2、instein'sUniverse9TheMightyAtom10GettingtheLeadOut11MusterMark'sQuarks12TheEarthMovesPARTIVDANGEROUSPLANET13Bang!14TheFireBelow15DangerousBeautyPARTVLIFEITSELF16LonelyPlanet17IntotheTroposphere18TheBoundingMain19TheRiseofLife20SmallWorld21LifeGoesOn22Good-byetoAllThat23TheRichnes
3、sofBeing24Cells25Darwin'sSingularNotion26TheStuffofLifePARTVITHEROADTOUS27IceTime28TheMysteriousBiped29TheRestlessApe30Good-byeNOTESBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEXINTRODUCTIONWelcome.Andcongratulations.Iamdelightedthatyoucouldmakeit.Gettingherewasn'teasy,Iknow.Infact,Isuspectitwasalittletoughe
4、rthanyourealize.Tobeginwith,foryoutobeherenowtrillionsofdriftingatomshadsomehowtoassembleinanintricateandintriguinglyobligingmannertocreateyou.It'sanarrangementsospecializedandparticularthatithasneverbeentriedbeforeandwillonlyexistthisonce.Forthenextmanyyears(wehope)thesetinypart
5、icleswilluncomplaininglyengageinallthebillionsofdeft,cooperativeeffortsnecessarytokeepyouintactandletyouexperiencethesupremelyagreeablebutgenerallyunderappreciatedstateknownasexistence.Whyatomstakethistroubleisabitofapuzzle.Beingyouisnotagratifyingexperienceattheatomiclevel.Foral
6、ltheirdevotedattention,youratomsdon'tactuallycareaboutyou-indeed,don'tevenknowthatyouarethere.Theydon'tevenknowthattheyarethere.Theyaremindlessparticles,afterall,andnoteventhemselvesalive.(Itisaslightlyarrestingnotionthatifyouweretopickyourselfapartwithtweezers,oneatomatatime,you
7、wouldproduceamoundoffineatomicdust,noneofwhichhadeverbeenalivebutallofwhichhadoncebeenyou.)Yetsomehowfortheperiodofyourexistencetheywillanswertoasingleoverarchingimpulse:tokeepyouyou.Thebadnewsisthatatomsarefickleandtheirtimeofdevotionisfleeting-fleetingindeed.Evenalonghumanlifeaddsu
8、ptoonlyabout650,000hours.Andwhenthatmode
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