Only a Trillion, or Marvels of Science in one edition, is a non-fiction book by Isaac Asimov. The collection of science essays was first published by Abelard-Schuman in 1957. It also includes three scientific spoof articles by the end.
The title refers to the number of atoms of astatine-215 isotope in the top 10 miles of the Earth's crust of the North and South American continents.
Contents[]
- The Atoms That Vanish
- The Explosions Within Us
- Hemoglobin and the Universe
- Victory on Paper
- The Abnormality of Being Normal
- Planets Have an Air About Them
- The Unblind Workings of Chance
- The Trapping of the Sun
- The Sea-Urchin and We
- The Sound of Panting
- The Marvellous Properties of Thiotimoline
- The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline
- The Micropsychiatric Applications of Thiotimoline
- Pâté de Foie Gras
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