Origins: Speculations on the Cosmos, Earth, and Mankind

by Hubert Reeves, Yves Coppens, Joël de Rosnay, et al.

Book Overview

Three eminent scientists discuss some of mankind's most basic questions about the origins of the universe, the Earth, and humankind. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155970408X
• ISBN13: 9781559704083
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Arcade Publishing
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

A must read!

Being non-religious, this book is like the "real" Bible. A beautiful and fulfilling explanation on where we come from and our place in the universe to what we know scientifically. I believe this book approaches the true story of our existence, therefore it may be the most important book you read.

Hubert Reeves - extraordinary writer and scientist.

It is an excellent, compact source of most fascinating facts about origins of the Universe, life on Earth and dawn of humans; easy to read in the form of interviews conducted with selected top French scientists/experts in each field. Say, comparable to Fred Adams "Origins of Existence" but lighter. Other excellent books by Reeves: his classic: "The Hour of Our Delight" where he enlightens and teaches about entropy, and "Latest News From The Cosmos" - nifty plethora of mathematical equations that allow us to grasp history of the Universe.

I found this book to be amazing

first and foremost this is the first book that I have read on this topic. only recently have I had the desire to learn about cosmology. it wasn't too complex to grasp so for a first time interest it was good. I definetly plan on reading this occasionally it is just a book that I loved to read and didn't like to put down. I highly recommend it.