The Unknown Universe: A New Exploration of Time, Space and Cosmology
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (778 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01J2AB7I2 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 461 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Taking in 440 sextillion kilometers of space and 13.8 billion years of time, it is physically impossible to make a better map: We will never see the early universe in more detail. It will force us to revisit what is known and what is unknown, to construct a new model of our universe. This is the first book to address what will be an epoch-defining scientific paradigm shift. Can we ever know what happened before the big bang? What's at the bottom of a black hole? Are there universes beyond our own? Does time exist? Are the once immutable laws of physics changing?. On March 21, 2013, the European Space Agency released a map of the afterglow of the big bang. A groundbreaking guide to the universe and how our latest deep-space discoveries are forcing us to revisit what we know - and what we don't. Stuart Clark will ask if Newton's famous laws of gravity need to be rewritten, if dark matter and dark energy are just celestial phantoms. On the one hand, such a view is the apotheosis of modern cosmology; on the other, it threatens to undermine almost everything we hold cosmologically sacrosanct. The map contains anomalies that challenge our understanding of the universe
Excellent history of how cosmology got to where it is today. Steve M. I was looking for a layman's explanation of dark matter and dark energy, and this came up on the search. This is actually more of an historic review of the science involved than the actual science, but it is a well written book that gives a good foundation.. Ralph Camacho Jr. said The Unknown Universe. Very easy reading and no formulas cloud the reader. I highly recommend this book for the pay person who wants to learn about modern cosmology.. It makes me re-evaluate current cosmological dogma WT Reading by this book, I found myself arguing against the arguments brought forth in some of the chapters, but it was the final chapter on cosmology that I 'got it', what the author was trying to get at, the true state-of-mind one should have as a scientist or researcher. My only criticism was the delving into the personal histories of the contributing scholars and scientists in each topical chapter (much I already knew from reading other scientific concepts books), but I understand why the author included them.All in all, a most enjoyable read.