Beginnings

Humans have always been fascinated by the origin of things; and this is due to many reasons, some logical and some emotional. We may almost be unable to understand the essence of anything unless we know where it came from. Among all the stories we hear, those that tell us about our origins resonate most deeply within us. In this book, the authors, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith, present the reader with a new blend of knowledge, enabling them not only to address the topic of the origin of the universe but also the origin of the largest structures created by matter, the origin of the stars that illuminate the universe, the origin of planets that provide the most likely places for the emergence of life, in addition to the origin of life itself on one or more of these planets.