Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
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Drawing on the current cross-pollination of geology, biology, and astrophysics, Origins makes “the astonishing astronomical discoveries of recent years come alive (Michael D. Lemonick). Origin’s explores cosmic science’s stunning new insights into the formation and evolution of our universe— of the cosmos, of galaxies and galaxy clusters, of stars within galaxies, of orbiting planets, and of different forms of life. “Distill[s] complex science in… More >>
Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
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