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Dark Cosmos: In Search of Our Universe's Missing Mass and Energy
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 523.1
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Label: Collins
Manufacturer: Collins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: December 01, 2006
Publisher: Collins
Release Date: November 21, 2006
Studio: Collins
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Rating:  - A good primer on a timely topic
Written for anyone wanting to know what the hot topic in cosmology is all about. A good place to start.
Rating: - An excellent read for the non-scientist
Dark Cosmos has an excellent narrative style and explains the concepts of dark matter in a very understandable fashion. It begins with the easier theories and then moves into string theory and other pretty advanced concepts. It's a great read even if there comes a point where it no longer makes sense to a non-physicist.
Rating: - A Simplified View of the Way we Understand the World
This is the best book I've read on Dark Matter and Dark Energy. Not only does Dr. Hooper explain why these things are needed to explain how we think our Universe works, but as he writes you get some feeling of the awe and excitement that he feels about the subject. You get the feeling that he goes to work every day looking forward with great excitement to see what he might learn. And he is able to bring this excitement down to the printed page so that you too feel that we are on the brink of a big ... Read More
Rating:  - very well written
I am not a scientist. I have no training in modern cosmology or physics, and I read this book simply out of an interest in the subject. What struck me most, and what I least expected from a popular science book, was the prose. The subject itself is vastly intriguing, and Dr. Hooper does an excellent job of conveying this information. The only chapter that left me relatively baffled was the chapter on quantum physics, but (let's be honest) that's strange stuff and it is not the intent of this book ... Read More
Rating: - really dark
This book is introduction to cosmology for general reader rather than detailed information about dark matter and dark energy.
I like popular physics books. I have bought the book to learn about dark matter and dark energy, but after reading I have become more cloudy. These concepts are still in their infancy. Untested theories (supersymmetry , string and inflation) give support these undetected dark matter and inexplicable quantity of dark energy.
The author tells all of intriguing related ... Read More
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