Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
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Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution by Neil Degrasse Tyson
Basis of the PBS Nova series: an illuminating excursion into the beginnings of the universefrom the big bang to the birth of life itself. Origins explores cosmic science's stunning new insights into the formation and evolution of our universeof the cosmos, of galaxies and galaxy clusters, of stars within galaxies, of planets that orbit those stars, and of different forms of life that take us back to the first three seconds and forward through three billion years of life on Earth to today's search for life on other planets. Drawing on the current cross-pollination of geology, biology, and astrophysics, Origins explains the thrilling daily breakthroughs in our knowledge of the universe from dark energy to life on Mars to the mysteries of space and time. Distilling complex science in clear and lively prose, co-authors Neil deGrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith conduct a galvanizing tour of the cosmos revealing what the universe has been up to while turning part of itself into us. 32 pages of color illustrations.
"Neil deGrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith dip into astronomy, physics, geology, biology and chemistry with a racy and non-mathematical styleThey encourage us to search for answers that could overturn much of what we think we already know. The task is daunting but the excitement glows from every page." Prof David Hughes, New Scientist Magazine
Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist with the American Museum of Natural History and the New York Times best-selling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. He lives in New York City. Donald Goldsmith is an astronomy writer in Berkeley, California.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393059922 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393059928 |
| Title | Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution |
| Author | Neil Degrasse Tyson |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2004-09-17 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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