Book details of 'Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution'

Title	Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
Author(s)	Neil Degrasse Tyson, Donald Goldsmith
ISBN	0393327582
Language	English
Published	October 2005
Publisher	W. W. Norton

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"Distills complex science in clear and lively prose."—Scientific American Book ClubOrigins 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 and makes "the astonishing astronomical discoveries of recent years come alive" (Michael D. Lemonick).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. "The most informative, congenial and accessible general look at cosmology to come along since Carl Sagan's Cosmos 27 years ago," says Publishers Weekly. "The tone is informational, aimed at high clarity, and laced with giddy humor…general readers of every stripe will benefit from the authors' sophisticated, deeply knowledgeable presentation. If the casual book buyer purchases one science book this year, this should be the one." 32 pages of color illustrations. About the Author Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist and director of New York City's Hayden Planetarium. Donald Goldsmith is an astronomy writer in Berkeley, California, and the author of more than twenty books.