Heart of Darkness
Unraveling the Mysteries of the Invisible Universe
Reeks: Science Essentials
Jeremiah P. Ostriker ; Simon Mitton
- “A
- new
- and
- welcome
- perspective
- on
- modern
- cosmology
- that
- any
- reader
- can
- easily
- grasp
- and
- appreciate
- .
- .
- .
- this
- is
- one
- of
- the
- very
- best
- books
- on
- the
- topic.”
- —ChoiceHeart
- of
- Darkness
- describes
- the
- incredible
- saga
- of
- humankind's
- quest
- to
- unravel
- the
- deepest
- secrets
- of
- the
- universe.
- Over
- the
- past
- forty
- years,
- scientists
- have
- learned
- that
- two
- little-understood
- components—dark
- matter
- and
- dark
- energy—comprise
- most
- of
- the
- known
- cosmos,
- explain
- the
- growth
- of
- all
- cosmic
- structure,
- and
- hold
- the
- key
- to
- the
- universe's
- fate.
- The
- story
- of
- how
- evidence
- for
- the
- so-called
- "Lambda-Cold
- Dark
- Matter"
- model
- of
- cosmology
- has
- been
- gathered
- by
- generations
- of
- scientists
- throughout
- the
- world
- is
- told
- here
- by
- one
- of
- the
- pioneers
- of
- the
- field,
- Jeremiah
- Ostriker,
- and
- his
- coauthor
- Simon
- Mitton.From
- humankind's
- early
- attempts
- to
- comprehend
- Earth's
- place
- in
- the
- solar
- system,
- to
- astronomers'
- exploration
- of
- the
- Milky
- Way
- galaxy
- and
- the
- realm
- of
- the
- nebulae
- beyond,
- to
- the
- detection
- of
- the
- primordial
- fluctuations
- of
- energy
- from
- which
- all
- subsequent
- structure
- developed,
- this
- book
- explains
- the
- physics
- and
- the
- history
- of
- how
- the
- current
- model
- of
- our
- universe
- arose
- and
- has
- passed
- every
- test
- hurled
- at
- it
- by
- the
- skeptics.
- Throughout
- this
- rich
- story,
- an
- essential
- theme
- is
- emphasized:
- how
- three
- aspects
- of
- rational
- inquiry—the
- application
- of
- direct
- measurement
- and
- observation,
- the
- introduction
- of
- mathematical
- modeling,
- and
- the
- requirement
- that
- hypotheses
- should
- be
- testable
- and
- verifiable—guide
- scientific
- progress
- and
- underpin
- our
- modern
- cosmological
- paradigm.This
- monumental
- puzzle
- is
- far
- from
- complete,
- however,
- as
- scientists
- confront
- the
- mysteries
- of
- the
- ultimate
- causes
- of
- cosmic
- structure
- formation
- and
- the
- real
- nature
- and
- origin
- of
- dark
- matter
- and
- dark energy.
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