Red Giants and White Dwarfs by Robert Jastrow 1969 Vintage Paperback Stars Space
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This greatest of all dramas -the scientific story of the very creation of the world and evolution of life- is the subject of this highly acclaimed book- by a noted expert.
Utilizing the latest in scientific theory and discovery, illustrated with photos and drawings, RED GIANTS AND WHITE DWARFS offers enthralling illumination of the most profound questions cf the primordial past- and of a future that will see man push ever further out into the vast universe that gave him birth.
"THE STORY OF MAN'S ORIGINS GOES FAR BEYOND THE CONCEPTS OF DARWIN: IT BEGINS EARLIER THAN THE TIME OF OUR TREE-DWELLING ANCESTORS AND MUCH EARLIER THAN THE PERIOD, SEVERAL BILLION YEARS AGO, WHEN THE LOWEST FORMS OF LIFE FIRST APPEARED ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH: IT CROSSES THE THRESHOLD BETWEEN THE LIVING AND THE NONLIVING WORLDS AND GOES BAcK In TImE TO THE PARENT CLOUD OF HYDROGEN OUT OF WHICH ALL THINGS ARE DESCENDED." -from the Preface
"A Masterpiece" -Wernher von Braun
"Completely understandable to the layman" - Arthur C. Clarke
