Neil Shubin

PENELOPE BASS

7:30 pm., Friday January 18 | Free.

Powell's City of Books
1005 W Burnside St.

Sure, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young have been saying it for decades, but we really are made of stardust, and science writer Neil Shubin is exploring exactly how. His newest book, The Universe Within: Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets and People, examines how the events that formed the solar system are found in each of us. Heavy.

Where: Powell's City of Books
Phone: 228-4651
Address: 1005 W Burnside St.
Website: www.powells.com

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