num_pages: 58
description: A fascinating new exploration of the fundamental questions of life John Gribbin examines how and when life in our Solar System began. Along the way he answers two questions: if living things are comprised of the same basic building blocks as inanimate ones what is the spark that leads to life? And should we expect to find life elsewhere in the universe? The Cosmic Origins of Life is a journey through astronomy mathematics chemistry genetics physics and metaphysics  travelling from the smallest of cells to the entire Universe. Perfect for anyone who enjoyed Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson or The Grand Design by Leonard Mlodinow and Stephen Hawking. Praise for John Gribbin: Precise yet mysterious as beautiful as a poem and as exciting as a novel  The Sunday Times Immensely readable  The Times One of the finest and most prolific writers of popular science around  The Spectator John Gribbin is an award-winning science writer best known for his book In Search of Schrodinger's Cat. He studied astrophysics under Fred Hoyle in Cambridge before working as a science journalist for Nature and later the New Scientist and is now a Visiting Fellow in Astronomy at the University of Sussex. 
language: English
title: The Cosmic Origins of Life
publisher: Endeavour Media