Ian Crofton

Ian Crofton Was Born In Edinburgh And Worked For Collins In Glasgow Before Moving To London, Where He Has Been A Freelance Writer And Editor For 25 Years. Previous Books Include Brewer's Dictionary Of Curious Titles; Brewer's Britain And Ireland (With John Ayto); Brewer's Cabinet Of Curiosities And A Dictionary Of Art Quotations.

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WHERE DOES THE ENERGY COME FROM?
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next big leap came 1.8 billion years ago, when larger, more complex cells appeared. These so-called eukaryotic cells contain the DNA within a central structure, the nucleus. There are also a number of other specialist structures with particular functions. These are called organelles. The fact that some of them have their own
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chink in this theory came in the 1920s when the American astronomer Edwin Hubble observed that the further away a galaxy is from us, the faster it is receding. He concluded that the universe is expanding, and that this expansion started in a single great explosion, which became known as ‘the Big Bang’.

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