The Unknown Universe: A New Exploration of Time, Space and Cosmology
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (552 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01J2AB7I2 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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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.. The Unknown Universe Ralph Camacho Jr. 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.. WT said It makes me re-evaluate current cosmological dogma. 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 contribut
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. 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. 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