A Universe From Nothing | 
The amazing thing is that every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust. You couldn‘t be here if stars hadn‘t exploded, because the elements...weren‘t created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars...
so-soMuch better (satisfying) than the newer 'Greatest Story,' reviewed below, but still not up to the two biographies by him I've read; for much the same reasons I related.
In 5 billion years, the expansion of the universe will have progressed to the point where all other galaxies will have receded beyond detection. Indeed, they will be receding faster than the speed of light..Future civilizations will discover science and all its laws, and never know about other galaxies or the cosmic background radiation....We live in a special time, the only time, where we can observationally verify that we live in a special time.
