Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Donald Goldsmith
Translator: Young-jik Kwak
Publisher: Jiho
407 pages.
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About This Book
This is the most informative, congenial and
accessible general look at cosmology to come along since Carl Sagan's
Cosmos 27 years ago, and, like Cosmos, it's a companion to a PBS series,
in this case a Nova special (to air on September 28 and 29).
But Tyson (The Sky Is Not the Limit, etc.), who's director of
Manhattan's Hayden Planetarium, and Goldsmith (Connecting with the
Cosmos, etc.) are no Sagan clones; they bring a distinct point of view
and tone to this title. The point of view surfaces right away, both with
their concerted effort to draw in numerous branches of science to
explain the story of cosmic evolution, and with the statement that
"science depends on organized skepticism." The authors continually refer
to the reach and limits of science, explaining, as they offer a
chronological tour of cosmic history, just what they think science can
tell us and what it can't (as they end the journey, focusing on the
possibility of extraterrestrial life, they deliver several sharp blows
to true believers of UFOs). The tone is informational, aimed at high
clarity, and laced with giddy humor: "A hundred billion years from
now... all but the closest galaxies will have vanished over our horizon
of visibility. Enjoy the view while you can." Beginning at the
beginning, Tyson and Goldsmith tackle the origin of the universe and its
nature, from antimatter to dark matter and dark energy to the
possibility of multiverses; how the universe became organized; the
origin of stars; a fascinating look at the periodic table; the origin of
planets, including a vivid discuss of planets outside our solar system;
and the origin of life. Much of this material will necessarily be
familiar to regular readers of popular science, but even they will
benefit from Tyson and Goldsmith's incorporation of the latest
cosmological developments, from string theory to recent thinking on dark
energy; and if this book breaks out, as it has real potential to do,
general readers of every stripe will benefit from the authors'
sophisticated, deeply knowledgeable presentation. If the casual book
buyer purchases one science book this year, this should be the one.
-- From Publishers Weekly
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