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Where did we come from? How did it all begin? These are the biggest questions in the universe, and New Scientist has the answers ... Introduction by Professor Stephen Hawking From what actually happened in the Big Bang to the accidental discovery of post-it notes, science is packed with surprising discoveries. Did you know, for instance, that if you were to get too close to a black hole it would suck you up like a noodle (it's called spaghettification), why your keyboard is laid out in QWERTY (it's not to make it easier to type) or whether the invention of the wheel was less important to civilisation than the bag (think about it). New Scientist does. And now they and illustrator Jennifer Daniel want to take you on a whistlestop journey from the start of our universe (through the history of stars, galaxies, meteorites, the Moon and dark energy) to our planet (through oceans and weather to oil) and life (through dinosaurs to emotions and sex) to civilisation (from cities to alcohol and cooking), knowledge (from alphabets to alchemy) ending up with technology (computers to rocket science). Witty essays explore the concepts alongside enlightening infographics that zoom from how many pe

Who reads The Origin of Almost Everything : From the Big Bang to Belly-button Fluff?

Author

New Scientist; Lawton, Graham; Hawking, Stephen; Daniel, Jennifer

Publisher

Boston, MA: Nicholas Brealey Publishing

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781857886610

Category

science

Subjects

Science, Stem

Rating

4.5 / 5 (428 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14