On
March 22, SWINY co-chair David Levine (@dlloydlevine) will talk with the book’s
author, Dan Levitt (@dan_levitt).
Dan notes that “all
matter—everything around us and within us—has an ultimate birthday: the day
the universe was born.” This informative, eye-opening, and eminently
readable book is the story of our atoms’ long strange journey from the Big
Bang to the creation of stars, through the assembly of Planet Earth, and
the formation of life as we know it. It’s also the story of the scientists
who made groundbreaking discoveries and unearthed extraordinary insights
into the composition of life. Behind their unexpected findings were
investigations marked by fierce rivalries, obsession, heartbreak, flashes
of insight, and flukes of blind luck. Ultimately they’ve helped us
understand the mystery of our existence: how a quadrillion atoms made of
particles from the Big Bang now animate each of our cells.
Deborah Blum,
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Poison Squad, calls What's
Gotten Into You “a story of scientific discovery, history,
dazzling egos, quiet courage, and pure unexpected insight. In other words,
the best kind of story. Don't miss it.”
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