Origins : fourteen billion years of cosmic evolution

By:

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2014.Description: 345 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cmISBN:

9780393350395

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

523.1 TYS

Summary: Our true origins are not just human or even terrestrial, but in fact cosmic. Drawing on recent scientific breakthroughs and the current cross-pollination among geology, biology, astrophysics, and cosmology, Origins explains the soul-stirring leaps in our understanding of the cosmos. From the first image of a galaxy birth to Spirit Rover's exploration of Mars, to the discovery of water on one of Jupiter's moons, coauthors Neil deGrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith conduct a galvanizing tour of the cosmos with clarity and exuberance"

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Our true origins are not just human or even terrestrial, but in fact cosmic. Drawing on recent scientific breakthroughs and the current cross-pollination among geology, biology, astrophysics, and cosmology, Origins explains the soul-stirring leaps in our understanding of the cosmos. From the first image of a galaxy birth to Spirit Rover's exploration of Mars, to the discovery of water on one of Jupiter's moons, coauthors Neil deGrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith conduct a galvanizing tour of the cosmos with clarity and exuberance"

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