
Secrets of the Cosmos
What Scientists have Discovered and What We may Never Know
Martin Rees(Author)
Allen Lane (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 4. March 2027
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-0-7139-9821-4 (ISBN)
Description
Science in the twenty-first century inherits a fantastic record of accomplishment. Yet there remain enormous questions to answer - some of them revealed by those very past successes. Why is 95 per cent of the universe undetectable dark matter', and does it control the cosmos - how it began, its eventual fate and whether it is finite or infinite? Is our universe the only one, or could there be an infinity of others? Do other universes operate on different physical laws. Is there complex life in other star systems. If so, how far could it outstrip our intelligence? Could a sufficiently advanced life form even create new universes to its own design? In this playful and accessible book, Britain's best-known commentator on the most profound questions in science looks at whether they could be answered and asks, if they are, will the human brain be capable of comprehending the results? What we Still Don't Know looks beyond the edge of current scientific understanding, and poses problems for a new generation of inquiry.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
400 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7139-9821-4 (9780713998214)
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Sir Martin Rees has been a world-leading astrophysicist and cosmologist for thirty years. He is the author of many popular books including Before the Beginning, Just Six Numbers, Our Cosmic Habitat and Our Final Century. He is the Uk's Astronomer Royal and a Fellow of King's College Cambridge, where he is Royal Society Professor. He presented the Channel Four TV series What We Still Don't Know, which inspired this book.