Origins : fourteen billion years of cosmic evolution /
Neil deGrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith.
- First edition
- New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2004.
- 345 pages, [32] pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-325) and index.
Part I: The Origin of the Universe -- CHAPTER 1. In the Beginning -- CHAPTER 2. Antimatter Matters -- CHAPTER 3. Let There Be Light -- CHAPTER 4. Let There Be Dark -- CHAPTER 5. Let There Be More Dark -- CHAPTER 6. One Universe or Many? -- Part II: The Origin of Galaxies and Cosmic Structure -- CHAPTER 7. Discovering Galaxies -- CHAPTER 8. The Origin of Structure -- Part III: The Origin of Stars -- CHAPTER 9. Dust to Dust -- CHAPTER 10. The Elemental Zoo -- Part IV: The Origin of Planets -- CHAPTER 11. When Worlds Were Young -- CHAPTER 12 Between the Planets -- CHAPTER 13. Worlds Unnumbered: Planets Beyond the Solar System -- Part V: The Origin of Life -- CHAPTER 14. Life in the Universe -- CHAPTER 15. The Origin of Life on Earth -- CHAPTER 16. Searching for Life in the Solar System -- CHAPTER 17. Searching for Life in the Milky Way Galaxy -- CODA. The Search for Ourselves in the Cosmos -- Glossary of Selected Terms -- Further Reading -- Image Credits -- Index.
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. 32 pages of color illustrations