Covers the current scientific understanding of the creation and evolution of the universe.

'This book presents a clear, highly readable view of science's best understanding of how things in the Universe came to be the way they are. Each chapter is wri

It has often been noted that a kind of double dynamics char- terizes the development of science. On the one hand the progress in every discipline appears as the

Chaisson addresses some of the most basic issues we can contemplate: the origin of matter and the origin of life, and the ways matter, life, and radiation inter

The study of the origin and evolution of the universe encompasses many of the most fascinating questions in science. What is our place in the universe? How did