The Address Book: Our Place in the Scheme of Things
Tim Radford
Over the years, millions of school children must have written out their address in the same way – their house number and street, their town, their country, their continent, planet Earth, the universe…
Following this simplest of patterns, taking each line of the address as a starting point, Tim Radford explores our place in the scheme of things – why we are attached to a particular geographical place and what significance do we have when faced with the realms of astronomy and astrophysics.
Fascinating, entertaining and completely original, The Address Book tackles some of the most fundamental questions facing us, and allows us see ourselves completely afresh.
The Address Book
Our Place in the Scheme of Things
TIM RADFORD
To my family
Contents
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Title Page (#u70e546a7-58ce-5dd5-8e5a-ee37b50a9148)
Chapter One: The Number and the Street - Whose House is it Anyway?
Chapter Two: The Town - The Man from Somewhere
Chapter Three: The County - A Piece of Chalk
Chapter Four: The Country - England, Their England
Chapter Five: The Nation - How to Unite a Kingdom
Chapter Six: The Continent - An Attempt to Join Europe
Chapter Seven: The Hemisphere - A Divided World
Chapter Eight: The Planet - Down to Earth
Chapter Nine: The Solar System - Places in the Sun
Chapter Ten: The Galaxy - There Goes the Neighbourhood
Chapter Eleven: The Universe - All There is
Acknowledgements
Copyright
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