An anthology of stories and articles on the origin of the universe, the origin of the solar system, the earth, life, and the origin of humankind.

Imagine / James E. Gunn -- Genesis 1:1-19 / New English Bible -- The first one-hundredth second / Steven Weinberg -- Project Genesis / Stanislaw Lern -- The creator / Clifford D. Simak -- Exposures / Gregory Benford -- The crucial asymmetry / Isaac Asimov -- The living galaxy / Laurence Maning -- Non-isotropic / Brian Aldiss -- The song of creation / Hindu Rg-Veda -- Kindergarten / James E. Gunn -- The Seesaw / A.E. van Vogt -- Heathen god / George Zebrowski -- The Sun's family / Carl Sagan -- Genesis 1:20-25 / New England Bible -- Experiment / Arthur C. Clarke -- Seeds of the dusk / Raymond Z. Gallun -- The threat of creationism / Isaac Asimov -- The cosmic connection / Carl Sagan -- Genesis 1:26-31 and 2:1-25 / New English Bible -- First person singular / Eric Frank Russell -- The grisly folk / H.G. Wells -- Transfusion / Chad Oliver -- The doctor / Theodore L. Thomas -- The ugly little boy / Isaac Asimov -- Mine own ways / Richard McKenna -- A letter from God / Ian Watson.