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

“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 3 Contents 5 Introduction: A Meditation on the Origins of Science and the Science of Origins 8 Part I: The Origin of the Universe 14 1. In the Beginning 15 2. Antimatter Matters 26 3. Let the Light Shine 32 4. Let There Be Dark 42 5. Let There Be More Dark 53 6. Tension in the Cosmos! 70 7. One Universe or Many? 76 Part II: The Origin of Galaxies and Cosmic Structure 84 8. Discovering Galaxies 85 9. The Origin of Structure 94 Part III: The Origin of Stars and Planets 116 10. Dust to Dust 117 11. When Worlds Were Young 134 12. Planets beyond the Solar System 143 Part IV: The Origin of Life 154 13. Life in the Universe 155 14. The Origin of Life on Earth 161 15. Searching for Life in the Solar System 175 16. Searching for Life in the Milky Way Galaxy 202 Coda: The Search for Ourselves in the Cosmos 216 Illustrations Insert 220 Acknowledgments 274 Glossary of Selected Terms 276 Further Reading 305 Image Credits 308 Index 311 Praise for Neil deGrasse Tyson 346 Also by Neil deGrasse Tyson 348 Copyright 349 Copyright 355 Title Page 356 Dedication 357 Contents 366 Chapter 1: ‘I’m thinking’ – Oh, but are you? 367 Chapter 2: Renegade perception 393 Chapter 3: The Pushbacker sting 428 Chapter 4: ‘Covid’: The calculated catastrophe 451 Chapter 5: There is no ‘virus’ 486 Chapter 6: Sequence of deceit 513 Chapter 7: War on your mind 554 Chapter 8: ‘Reframing’ insanity 597 Chapter 9: We must have it? So what is it? 639 Chapter 10: Human 2.0 679 Chapter 11: Who controls the Cult? 703 Chapter 12: Escaping Wetiko 752 Postscript 790 Appendix: Cowan-Kaufman-Morell Statement on Virus Isolation 809 Bibliography 814 Index 816 "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. Distilling complex science into clear and lively prose, coauthors Neil deGrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith conduct a galvanizing tour of the cosmos that reveals what the universe has been up to while turning part of itself into us."--BOOK JACKET. "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."--Page [4] of cover “Who can ask for better cosmic tour guides to the universe than Drs. Tyson and Goldsmith?”—Michio Kaku, author of Hyperspace and Parallel Worlds