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100 _aNeil deGrasse Tyson
245 _aOrigins : fourteen billion years of cosmic evolution
260 _aNew York :
_bW.W. Norton & Company,
_c2014.
300 _a345 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations (chiefly color) ;
_c21 cm
520 _aOur 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"
650 _aEvolution.
650 _aCosmology.
650 _aCosmology -- Popular works.
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999 _c1994
_d1994