As science develops, its working material can seem remote and difficult to the general reader. This certainly applies to cosmology. Some findings e.g. ‘quantum entanglement’ (What is Quantum Entanglement? NASA Science) are so counter-intuitive as to be incomprehensible. When it comes to cosmology we should thank our lucky stars that some scientists take the trouble to explain their subject.
In this introduction, Neil deGrasse Tyson (Homepage – Neil deGrasse Tyson : Neil deGrasse Tyson) uses clear analogies with an engaging style, and thereby sparks in the reader further scientific curiosity in his subject of astrophysics.
The chapter headings are as follows:
- The Greatest Story Ever Told
- On Earth as in the Heavens
- Let There Be Light
- Between the Galaxies
- Dark Matter
- Dark Energy
- The Cosmos on the Table (Elements)
- On Being Round (Spherical objects/gravity)
- Invisible Light (Electromagnetic Spectrum)
- Between the Planets
- Exoplanet Earth
- Reflections on the Cosmic Perspective
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224 pages in W.W. Norton & Company
First published 2017
ISBN-13 : 978-0393609394
Neil deGrasse Tyson