TY - BOOK AU - Tyson,Neil deGrasse AU - Goldsmith,Donald TI - Origins: fourteen billion years of cosmic evolution SN - 0393059928 AV - QB981 .T96 2004 U1 - 523.1 22 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - W.W. Norton KW - Cosmology KW - Evolution KW - Life KW - Origin N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-325) and index; Preface : A meditation on the origins of science and the science of origins -- Overture : The greatest story ever told -- pt. 1. The origin of the universe. In the beginning -- Antimatter matters -- Let there be light -- Let there be dark -- Let there be more dark -- One universe or many? -- pt. 2. The origin of galaxies and cosmic structure. Discovering galaxies -- The origin of structure -- pt. 3. The origin of the stars. Dust to dust -- The elemental zoo -- pt. 4. The origin of planets. When worlds were young -- Between the planets -- Worlds unnumbered : planets beyond the solar system --pt. 5. The origin of life. Life in the universe -- The origin of life on Earth -- Searching for life in the solar system -- Searching for life in the Milky Way galaxy -- Coda : The search for ourselves in the cosmos ER -