Calculating the Cosmos: How Mathematics Unveils the Universe - Ian Stewart
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Ian Stewart’s up-to-the-minute guide to the cosmos moves from the formation of the Earth and its Moon to the planets and asteroids of the solar system and from there out into the galaxy and the universe. He describes the architecture of space and time, dark matter and dark energy, how galaxies form, why stars implode, how everything began, and how it will end. He considers parallel universes, what forms extra-terrestrial life might take, and the likelihood of Earth being hit by an asteroid.
Mathematics, Professor Stewart shows, has been the driving force in astronomy and cosmology since the ancient Babylonians. He describes how Kepler’s work on planetary orbits led Newton to formulate his theory of gravity, and how two centuries later irregularities in the motion of Mars inspired Einstein’s theory of General Relativity. In crystal-clear terms he explains the fundamentals of gravity, spacetime, relativity and quantum theory, and shows how they all relate to each other. Eighty years ago the discovery that the universe is expanding led to the Big Bang theory of its origins. This in turn led cosmologists to posit features such as dark matter and dark energy. But does dark matter exist? Could another scientific revolution be on the way to challenge current scientific orthodoxy? These are among the questions Ian Stewart raises in his quest through the realms of astronomy and cosmology.
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This post has 3 comments
November 4th, 2016
The book is pretty interesting if you have any interest in astronomy, but the reader is hopeless.He mispronounces every French or German name, sometimes so badly it takes seconds to puzzle out who he is talking about. He invariably pronounces ecliptic as elliptic, axis and axes both as access, and he botches some other terms so badly I couldn’t figure out what was intended. He also pronounces Uranus your-anus, but that is forgivable, considering that’s how every English speaker said it until about 30 years ago.
May 3rd, 2018
Thanks for the warning. I’ll pass and continue enjoying my run through Feynman’s lectures, which I get a cheap thrill from listening as though I’m in the same room as he lectures at CIT.
July 3rd, 2018
I’ll try it anyway as I can never have enough cosmology, even the mispronounced variety. But thank you very much for the warning. That ought to help dispel confusion later on.
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