Published 2018 by Prometheus Books

Your Place in the Universe: Understanding Our Big, Messy Existence. Copyright © 2018 by Paul M. Sutter. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, digital, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or conveyed via the internet or a website without prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Sutter, Paul M., 1982- author.

Title: Your place in the universe : understanding our big, messy existence / by Paul M. Sutter.

Description: Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018023961 (print) | LCCN 2018033313 (ebook) |
ISBN 9781633884731 (ebook) | ISBN 9781633884724 (hardcover)

Subjects: LCSH: Cosmology—Popular works. | Astronomy—Popular works.

Classification: LCC QB982 (ebook) | LCC QB982 .S88 2018 (print) | DDC 523.1—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018023961

Printed in the United States of America