Origins
by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Donald Goldsmith, Joan Soler Chic · first published 2004
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"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.
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I didn't find The Elegant Universe all that mind blowing, but it was interesting enough since it included some modern physics (though some of it was speculative). On the other hand, Origins by Donald Goldsmith and Neil deGrasse Tyson was excellent, in case you're interested in hearing about the formation of the universe after the big bang.
on “Steven Weinberg: Science books for the general reader” ↗I'm currently reading - Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution by Neil deGrasse Tyson, so I immediately recommend it.
on “Ask HN: Book Recommendations?” ↗…the long reading list! Apart from these I've read lots on AngularJS, React, Redux, Python. * The Short Drop (The Gibson Vaughn Series) - Matthew FitzSimmons * The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins * Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution - Neil deGrasse Tyson * Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future - Ashlee Vance * Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?” ↗I'm most of the way through reading Neil deGrasse Tyson's book "Origins", and I just finished chapter 24 last night, which deals with this exact subject. By the way, it looks like the entire book is available online; this[1] is a link to the section of ch. 24 that talks…
on “Lonely ‘homeless’ planet found for the first time” ↗I've been reading Origins, by Neil deGrasse Tyson, and I have questions. He says that general relativity says that the universe as a whole cannot be stable - it has to be either expanding or contracting. (Note that we're not…
on “Ask HN: N deG Tyson's “Origins”: Universe cannot be stable?” ↗