Origins: Fourteen Billion Years Of Cosmic Evolution

Neil de Grasse Tyson

W W Norton & Company Incorporated, 2004 - Science - 345 pages

"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, coauthors 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.

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Review: Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution

User Review  - Kevin Dermody - Goodreads

I really enjoyed this book, my only gripe is sometimes it coddled the mind like the author was talking to a child, and at other points it would get to specific as if it felt the reader should have a ...

Review: Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution

User Review  - Trey Nowell - Goodreads

Gave a very detailed history of everything a person of a scientific mind would want to know. Tyson has the ability unlike most in astrophysics to convey information to others of aspiring minds. I have ...

About the author

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist and director of New York City's Hayden Planetarium.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Origins: Fourteen Billion Years Of Cosmic Evolution
• Author: Neil de Grasse Tyson
• Editor: Donald Goldsmith
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated, 2004
• ISBN: 0393059928, 9780393059922
• Length: 345 pages
• Subjects: Science / Cosmology