The Edge of Physics: A Journey to Earth's Extremes to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (818 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B003AOVOZ8 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 268 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Weaving together stories about the people and places at the heart of this research, while beautifully explaining the problems that scientists are trying to solve, Ananthaswamy provides a unique portrait of the universe and our quest to understand it. An atmospheric, engaging and illuminating read that shows us that, at its heart, science is a field that attracts us all. Why is the universe expanding at an even faster rate? What is the nature of the 'dark matter' that makes up almost a quarter of the universe? Why does the universe appear fine-tuned for life? And are there other universes besides our own? In this timely and original book, science writer Anil Ananthaswamy sets out in search of the world's most audacious physics experiments: the telescopes and detectors that promise to shed new light on dark matter, dark energy and quantum gravity - and answer some of the most profound questions that confront humanity. The Edge of Physics brings cosmology - with all its rarefied concepts - back down to earth.
All rights reserved. Dark matter, dark energy, quantum gravity: these are the topics that keep physicists awake at night, requiring bigger, more massive, more extreme experiments to test theories and uncover clues. Sensitive telescopes embedded in the thick ice of Siberia's Lake Baikal and Antarctica search for neutrinos. From Publishers Weekly Despite 20th-century physics' revelations, from relativity and quantum mechanics to the physics of the atom's nucleus and the life cycles of stars, ninety-odd percent of the universe is a complete mystery, says a scientist quoted by Ananthaswamy, a consulting editor for New Scientist. Next we go 2,341 feet underground in a defunct Minnesota iron mine to search for particles that could reveal dark matter. The author takes readers behind the scen
He is also a contributor to National Geographic News. He lives in London. . He has a Master of Science degree from the University of Washington, Seattle and worked as a software engineer in Silicon Valley before training as a journalist at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Anil Ananthaswamy is a consulting editor
Adventurous Science or Scientific Adventure Anil's book contains different stories relating to Physics experiments conducted in different parts of the world, most of them remotely located. Travelling to those desolate places is the adventure part. Describing the instruments and the experiments. "Roll up your sleeves" according to Amazon Customer. Extraordinary book- wonderfully written - about the nuts and bolts, the really hard work behind the hard earned insights that shape our cosmologies. In frozen Siberian lakes to shivering cubic hectares of ice and unspeakably deep caves- searching for. Adam Feldman said Science is the world traveller. Some real insights into our quest for knowledge in simple elegant writing. The human stories keep the topic real. The machines the scientists use star alongside the people in this wonderful book. I got a little lost at the end though. The section on