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Product Detail

Origins VHS/ Book set
Origins VHS/ Book set
Series: NOVA
Grade level: Grade 9+
Closed captioned: Yes
240 min on 2 VHS 336 pps in 1 Book
For home and educational use
Expected Availability: 11/24/2008
List $49.95
 

Save 15% when you buy the VHS and book together!

Origins explores cosmic science's stunning new insights into the formation and evolution of our universe - of the cosmos, of galaxies and galaxy clusters, of stars within galaxies, of planets that orbit those stars, and of different forms of life that take us back to the first three seconds and forward through three billion years of life on Earth to today's search for life on other planets. Drawing on the cross-pollination of geology, biology and astrophysics, Origins explains the thrilling daily breakthroughs in our knowledge of the universe from dark energy to life on Mars to the mysteries of space and time. Distilling complex science in clear and lively prose, coauthors Neil deGrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith conduct a galvanizing tour of the cosmos revealing what the universe has been up to while turning part of itself into us.

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Item # WG3364K
2004

Reviews

". . . a splendid NOVA mini-series on where we came from, how we got from there to here, and whether we are likely too happen on intelligent company anywhere else in the universe . . . Origins is a CSI devoted to the grandest of all mysteries." -- New York magazine
"Stylish, vivid, and brimming with enthusiasm..." -- The Hollywood Reporter
"[NOVA] has never shied away from big subjects. The four-part series Origins tackles nothing short of the creation of the universe, the birth of the planet Earth, and the stirrings of life on the planet after eons of volcanic chaos and meteorite bombardment." -- The News Tribune
"...jaw-dropping..." -- The New York Times
"Put together with a mix of spectacular effects...clever metaphors and clear, straight-forward graphics, this NOVA special manages to be both simple and mind-blowing." -- The Sacramento Bee

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