From the Book - First Harper Paperbacks edition
Introduction: $1,942.29 in the bank
Part I: The journey begins: from a big bang to a rocky home. Happy birthday to everyone : the priest who discovered the beginning of time
"That's funny" : what the eye can never see
The best man at Harvard : the woman who changed how we see the stars
Catastrophes to be thankful for: how to make a world from gravity and dust
Part II: Let there be life!. Dirty snowballs and space rocks : the biggest flood of all time
The most famous experiment : the search for the origin of the molecules of life
The greatest mystery : the puzzling origin of the first cells
Part III: From sunlight to dinner plate. Light assembly required : discovering photosynthesis
Lucky breaks : from ocean scum to green planet
Planting the seeds : how greenery and its allies made us possible
Part IV: From atoms to you. So much depends on so little : what do you need to eat to survive?
Hidden in plain sight : the discovery of your master blueprint
Elements and all : what is really inside you?
Conclusion: What a long strange trip it's been