Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution Neil Degrasse Tyson & Donald Goldsmith

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“Who can ask for better cosmic tour guides?” —Michio Kaku Our true origins are not only human, or even terrestrial, but in fact cosmic. Drawing on recent scientific breakthroughs and cross-pollination among geology, biology, astrophysics, and cosmology, Origins illuminates the soul-stirring leaps in our understanding of the cosmos. This revised and updated edition features such startling discoveries as the now more than 5,000 detected exoplanets that promise to reveal exciting possibilities for life in the cosmos, and data from a new generation of ground-based and spaceborne observatories that have fundamentally changed what we know about the expanding universe?and maybe even the laws of physics themselves. From the first image of a galaxy’s birth to tantalizing evidence of water not only on Mars but also on the asteroid Ceres, as well as on moons of Jupiter and Saturn, coauthors Neil deGrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith conduct an exhilarating tour of the cosmos with clarity and exuberance. Title Contents Introduction: A Meditation on the Origins of Science and the Science of Origins Part I: The Origin of the Universe 1. In the Beginning 2. Antimatter Matters 3. Let the Light Shine 4. Let There Be Dark 5. Let There Be More Dark 6. Tension in the Cosmos! 7. One Universe or Many? Part II: The Origin of Galaxies and Cosmic Structure 8. Discovering Galaxies 9. The Origin of Structure Part III: The Origin of Stars and Planets 10. Dust to Dust 11. When Worlds Were Young 12. Planets beyond the Solar System Part IV: The Origin of Life 13. Life in the Universe 14. The Origin of Life on Earth 15. Searching for Life in the Solar System 16. Searching for Life in the Milky Way Galaxy Coda: The Search for Ourselves in the Cosmos Illustrations Insert Acknowledgments Glossary of Selected Terms Further Reading Image Credits Index Praise for Neil deGrasse Tyson Also by Neil deGrasse Tyson Copyright Copyright Title Page Dedication Contents Chapter 1: ‘I’m thinking’ – Oh, but are you? Chapter 2: Renegade perception Chapter 3: The Pushbacker sting Chapter 4: ‘Covid’: The calculated catastrophe Chapter 5: There is no ‘virus’ Chapter 6: Sequence of deceit Chapter 7: War on your mind Chapter 8: ‘Reframing’ insanity Chapter 9: We must have it? So what is it? Chapter 10: Human 2.0 Chapter 11: Who controls the Cult? Chapter 12: Escaping Wetiko Postscript Appendix: Cowan-Kaufman-Morell Statement on Virus Isolation Bibliography Index