Mapping the Heavens: The Radical Scientific Ideas That Reveal the Cosmos
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (702 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01E0JI3AU |
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| Number of Pages | : | 481 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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She not only explains for a wide audience the science behind these essential ideas but also provides an understanding of how radical scientific theories gain acceptance. And she affirms that, shifting and incomplete as science always must be, it offers the best path we have toward making sense of our wondrous, mysterious universe.. Priyamvada Natarajan, our guide to these ideas, is at the forefront of the research - an astrophysicist who literally creates maps of invisible matter in the universe. The cosmos, once understood as a stagnant place filled with the ordinary, is now a universe that is expanding at an accelerating pace, propelled by dark energy and structured by dark matter. Natarajan discusses why the acceptance of new ideas about the universe and our place in it has never been linear and has always been contested even within the scientific community. Mapping the Heavens provides a tour of the "greatest hits" of cosmological discoveries - the ideas that reshaped our universe over the past century. The formation and growth of black holes, dark matter halos, the accelerating expansion of the universe, the echo of the b
"Our quest for understanding through science" according to Randolph Eck. In this interesting book, the author covers the history of the major discoveries about the cosmos – the universe we live in. Her purpose is to show us the importance of science as a human endeavor - though not entirely objective - in making sense of our natural world. And I agree with her that "it still offers the best prescription for weighing evidence and making sense of the natural world." She co. Daniel Chasman said It was enjoyable because it was not read like a classic scientific book. Reading your book “Mapping of Havens” was an exciting and enjoyable experience. It was enjoyable because it was not read like a classic scientific book. Instead, it felt like reading a collection of detective stories that take the reader through the eyes of the investigator. First person style, conveyed your passion for the topics presented and helped me to identify with it even more. But it w. Prominent scientist and fine story-teller. The perfect combination to make a brilliant book. Maybe the best way to learn science is to read the history of discoveries. Priyamvada Natarajan has a terrific voice that makes her prose eminently readable, and she has a finely tuned story sense. I felt as though she was writing directly to me at times. She is, of course, not only a science writer, but a prominent scientist, doing cutting edge research in this very field, so the combination makes for an