Origins – Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution - Hardcover

Tyson, Neil De Grasse; Goldsmith, Donald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393059928 ISBN 13: 9780393059922

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2005

Synopsis

Origins explores cosmic science's stunning new insights into the formation and evolution of our universe--of 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 galvanising tour of the cosmos revealing what the universe has been up to while turning part of itself into us.

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Review:

"Neil deGrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith dip into astronomy, physics, geology, biology and chemistry with a racy and non-mathematical style. They 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

About the Author:

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON is an astrophysicist and director of New York City's Hayden Planetarium. DONALD GOLDSMITH is an astronomy writer and the author of more than twenty books.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0393059928
• ISBN 13: 9780393059922
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336