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Sign up todayOrigins, Revised and Updated
Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
Narrator
JD Jackson
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Length
9 hours 45 minutes
Language
English
Our true origins are not only human, or even terrestrial, but in fact cosmic. Drawing on recent scientific breakthroughs and crosspollination 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.
Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist with the American Museum of Natural History and the New York Times bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. He lives in New York City.
Donald Goldsmith is an astronomy writer in Berkeley, California.
JD Jackson is a theater professor, aspiring stage director, and award-winning audiobook narrator. He is a classically trained actor, and his television and film credits include roles on House, ER, Law & Order, Hack, Sherrybaby, Diary of a City Priest, and Lucky Number Slevin. He is the recipient of more than a dozen Earphones Awards for narration and an Odyssey Honor for G. Neri’s Ghetto Cowboy, and he was also named one of AudioFile magazine’s Best Voices of the Year for 2012 and 2013. An adjunct professor at Los Angeles Southwest College, he has an MFA in theater from Temple University.
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“Who can ask for better cosmic tour guides?”
“Tyson and Goldsmith search the depths of the universe for clues to how billions of heavenly bodies, Earth, and life itself began. They energetically cover the breadth of modern cosmology.”
“Distilling complex science in clear and lively prose, Origins turns the spotlight on cosmic beginnings and shows how we got where we are today.”
“An accessible and extremely well written exploration of the deep waters of cosmology, astrophysics, and exobiology.”
“The most informative, congenia,l and accessible general look at cosmology to come along since Carl Sagan’s Cosmos series…General readers of every stripe will benefit from the authors’ sophisticated, deeply knowledgeable presentation. If the casual book buyer purchases one science book this year, this should be the one.”
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