- Origin, Evolution, E volution, Cosmologie
"Drawing on the current cross-pollination among geology, biology, astrophysics, and cosmology, Origins explains the soul-stirring leaps in our understanding of the universe while capturing the importance of such extraordinary events as the first image of a galaxy being born and the exploration of Martian frontiers by Spirit Rover.
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- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- First published
- 2004
- Pages
- 336
- Publisher
- Ediciones Paidós, W. W. Norton & Company, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9788449330728
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“In the beginning, there was physics.”
Born in Manhattan, New York, he earned his doctorate in astrophysics in 1991 from Columbia University. He is best known in the popular media as the host of "Origins" a mini series on PBS and "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" on FOX television network and the National Geographic channel on cable TV.
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