The End of Everything
Autor Katie Macken Limba Engleză Hardback – 3 aug 2020
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY * THE WASHINGTON POST * THE ECONOMIST * NEW SCIENTIST * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY * THE GUARDIAN "A thrilling tour of potential cosmic doomsdays....Mack's infectious enthusiasm for communicating the finer points of cosmological doom elevates The End of Everything over any other book on the topic." --The Wall Street Journal "I found it helpful--not reassuring, certainly, but mind-expanding--to be reminded of our place in a vast cosmos." --James Gleick, The New York Times Book Review From one of the most dynamic rising stars in astrophysics, an accessible and eye-opening look at five ways the universe could end, and the mind-blowing lessons each scenario reveals about the most important concepts in cosmology. We know the universe had a beginning. With the Big Bang, it expanded from a state of unimaginable density to an all-encompassing cosmic fireball to a simmering fluid of matter and energy, laying down the seeds for everything from black holes to one rocky planet orbiting a star near the edge of a spiral galaxy that happened to develop life as we know it. But what happens to the universe at the end of the story? And what does it mean for us now? Dr. Katie Mack has been contemplating these questions since she was a young student, when her astronomy professor informed her the universe could end at any moment, in an instant. This revelation set her on the path toward theoretical astrophysics. Now, with lively wit and humor, she takes us on a mind-bending tour through five of the cosmos's possible finales: the Big Crunch, Heat Death, the Big Rip, Vacuum Decay (the one that could happen at any moment ), and the Bounce. Guiding us through cutting-edge science and major concepts in quantum mechanics, cosmology, string theory, and much more, The End of Everything is a wildly fun, surprisingly upbeat ride to the farthest reaches of all that we know.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781982103545
ISBN-10: 198210354X
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 151 x 221 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Simon&Schuster
ISBN-10: 198210354X
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 151 x 221 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Simon&Schuster
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Notă biografică
Katie Mack is a theoretical astrophysicist and one of the most popular scientists on Twitter, with more than 350,000 followers. Throughout her career as a researcher at Caltech, Princeton, Cambridge, Melbourne and now North Carolina State University, she has studied dark matter, black holes, cosmic strings and the formation of the first galaxies. As a science writer, she has been published by Slate, Time, and Scientific American, as well as having a regular column in Cosmos magazine.
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helpful
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not
reassuring,
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mind-expanding
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Witty, clear and upbeat
An engrossing and often funny tour of all the ways our cosmos might come to a close. Mack's enjoyment of physics stands out - and is contagious. She describes primordial black holes as "awfully cute in a terrifying theoretical kind of way", antimatter as "matter's annihilation-happy evil twin" and the universe as "frickin' weird". All true, and Mack's explanations are entertaining and informative
Mack's humour and eclectic references (from Shakespeare to 'Battlestar Galactica') carry the book along.Even through discussions of cutting-edge science, the general reader is never bewildered
An enthusiastic celebration of the fact that we exist at all, here, right now, and are able to wonder about such stuff. . . By introducing concepts such as entropy and heat death with metaphors of unscrambling eggs or your coffee going cold, she takes the reader from the cosmos to the kitchen, and Mack's true skill is to do all this without a whiff of condescension or self-importance. . . while dealing with many of the same mind-bending cosmic conundrums, she succeeds brilliantly where Hawking failed
Tremendous... makes me laugh the kind of laugh that puts doom in perspective. How useful!I feel weirdly lulled when I read about all the many ravishing ways the universe might, and will, end
In which everything ends, or doesn't, with bangs and whimpers.Like many good serious books, it's also funny
A rollicking tour of the wildest physics. . . Like an animated discussion with your favourite quirky and brilliant professor. What stands out most is Mack's pure enjoyment of physics, and it is contagious. . . If you need a moment to be distracted from everyday life and journey to the deep cosmic future,I highly recommend it
Mack is brilliant, and my neighbour's six-year-old daughter loves her. I love her. . . The cosiest way to readThe End of Everything, her fast-paced book about universal death, is as a murder mystery. In the middle of the carpet is our butchered universe. How did it die? Squashed ('The Big Crunch')? Boiled ('Heat Death')? Eviscerated ('The Big Rip')? Burst apart from every pore ('Vacuum Decay')? To one side, almost dancing with excitement, is Inspector Mack. . .
One of the most popular voices on science. . . Katie Mack achieves two improbable feats. First, she writes about the end of the universe with a jauntiness that makes it not actually that depressing. And second, she takes concepts in cosmology, string theory and quantum mechanics and makes them accessible
Exactly the sort of book I would have given to myself at 14, 24, 34 and honestly pretty much every age after.Weird science, explained beautifully
Joyous, beautiful and strange. . . filled with brilliant moments where you just have to stop and stare out of the window for a while
Everything dies, even the universe. But will it be a peaceful fading-away, or a dramatic cataclysm? Scientists don't know for sure, but Katie Mack providesan expert and entertaining guideto the possibilities.Who knew a book about the end of the universe could communicate so much passion for science?
This book teaches you that the universe could end at any moment, but is so good that you will be rooting for it not to-at least, not until you finish the book.Katie Mack's witty, lucid prose is endlessly delightful
An engrossing, elegant timeline of the cosmos. . . Mack sprinkles in delightful esoterica along the way, while providing a guide to some of the most plausible scenarios about the end of the universe
Mack is a great science communicatorand I suspected I was going to like this book as soon as I saw her name. I am pleased to say it does not disappoint
Mack createsan accessible, easy-to-digest guideto how the universe might end, speaking in a casual way that feels like sitting down for coffee with a good friend - one who can break down the physics of destruction into bite-sized delights
Excellent, far-reaching...the perfect antidote to the malaise of mundane worries
I found it helpful -- not reassuring, certainly, but mind-expanding -- to be reminded of our place in a vast cosmos.
Witty, clear and upbeat
An engrossing and often funny tour of all the ways our cosmos might come to a close. Mack's enjoyment of physics stands out - and is contagious. She describes primordial black holes as "awfully cute in a terrifying theoretical kind of way", antimatter as "matter's annihilation-happy evil twin" and the universe as "frickin' weird". All true, and Mack's explanations are entertaining and informative
Mack's humour and eclectic references (from Shakespeare to 'Battlestar Galactica') carry the book along.Even through discussions of cutting-edge science, the general reader is never bewildered
An enthusiastic celebration of the fact that we exist at all, here, right now, and are able to wonder about such stuff. . . By introducing concepts such as entropy and heat death with metaphors of unscrambling eggs or your coffee going cold, she takes the reader from the cosmos to the kitchen, and Mack's true skill is to do all this without a whiff of condescension or self-importance. . . while dealing with many of the same mind-bending cosmic conundrums, she succeeds brilliantly where Hawking failed
Tremendous... makes me laugh the kind of laugh that puts doom in perspective. How useful!I feel weirdly lulled when I read about all the many ravishing ways the universe might, and will, end
In which everything ends, or doesn't, with bangs and whimpers.Like many good serious books, it's also funny
A rollicking tour of the wildest physics. . . Like an animated discussion with your favourite quirky and brilliant professor. What stands out most is Mack's pure enjoyment of physics, and it is contagious. . . If you need a moment to be distracted from everyday life and journey to the deep cosmic future,I highly recommend it
Mack is brilliant, and my neighbour's six-year-old daughter loves her. I love her. . . The cosiest way to readThe End of Everything, her fast-paced book about universal death, is as a murder mystery. In the middle of the carpet is our butchered universe. How did it die? Squashed ('The Big Crunch')? Boiled ('Heat Death')? Eviscerated ('The Big Rip')? Burst apart from every pore ('Vacuum Decay')? To one side, almost dancing with excitement, is Inspector Mack. . .
One of the most popular voices on science. . . Katie Mack achieves two improbable feats. First, she writes about the end of the universe with a jauntiness that makes it not actually that depressing. And second, she takes concepts in cosmology, string theory and quantum mechanics and makes them accessible
Exactly the sort of book I would have given to myself at 14, 24, 34 and honestly pretty much every age after.Weird science, explained beautifully
Joyous, beautiful and strange. . . filled with brilliant moments where you just have to stop and stare out of the window for a while
Everything dies, even the universe. But will it be a peaceful fading-away, or a dramatic cataclysm? Scientists don't know for sure, but Katie Mack providesan expert and entertaining guideto the possibilities.Who knew a book about the end of the universe could communicate so much passion for science?
This book teaches you that the universe could end at any moment, but is so good that you will be rooting for it not to-at least, not until you finish the book.Katie Mack's witty, lucid prose is endlessly delightful
An engrossing, elegant timeline of the cosmos. . . Mack sprinkles in delightful esoterica along the way, while providing a guide to some of the most plausible scenarios about the end of the universe
Mack is a great science communicatorand I suspected I was going to like this book as soon as I saw her name. I am pleased to say it does not disappoint
Mack createsan accessible, easy-to-digest guideto how the universe might end, speaking in a casual way that feels like sitting down for coffee with a good friend - one who can break down the physics of destruction into bite-sized delights
Excellent, far-reaching...the perfect antidote to the malaise of mundane worries
I found it helpful -- not reassuring, certainly, but mind-expanding -- to be reminded of our place in a vast cosmos.