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dasunpubudumal's review
4.0
This is kind of a compressed, more cohesive version of Ferris' The Coming of Age of Milky Way.
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Written with such poetic elegance, Ferris carefully reconciles the discovery of the universe at its grandeur. The book is segregated into topics of cosmic significance, such as the creation, the expansion of the universe, lookback time etc. In contrast to a chronological approach, which Ferris adhered to in revealing the depths of Science in his previous book, he emphasises the divulgences of solutions for the depths of the most remote questions in discovering the universe.
It describes the appealing discovery of laws of physics in the realm of the massive, and the realms of the very small. It is truly amazing how the collapse of the largest stars find meanings to the physics of the very small. The more indeterministic synergy between Newtonian and Einsteinian physics is of awe to the layman, as well as the well-renowned physicist. It is sort of amazing to know that the realm of the very small is probabilistic, indeterministic in nature, while the very large is governed by the cosmic laws, more predictable throughout.
Despite the physics of the cosmos, Ferris doesn't forget to emphasise the efforts of the ones who reveal the secrets of the universe - the deepest oceans of cognitive sweat.
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Written with such poetic elegance, Ferris carefully reconciles the discovery of the universe at its grandeur. The book is segregated into topics of cosmic significance, such as the creation, the expansion of the universe, lookback time etc. In contrast to a chronological approach, which Ferris adhered to in revealing the depths of Science in his previous book, he emphasises the divulgences of solutions for the depths of the most remote questions in discovering the universe.
It describes the appealing discovery of laws of physics in the realm of the massive, and the realms of the very small. It is truly amazing how the collapse of the largest stars find meanings to the physics of the very small. The more indeterministic synergy between Newtonian and Einsteinian physics is of awe to the layman, as well as the well-renowned physicist. It is sort of amazing to know that the realm of the very small is probabilistic, indeterministic in nature, while the very large is governed by the cosmic laws, more predictable throughout.
Despite the physics of the cosmos, Ferris doesn't forget to emphasise the efforts of the ones who reveal the secrets of the universe - the deepest oceans of cognitive sweat.
raviwarrier's review
3.0
A detailed chronology of finding the answers of how old and big is the Universe! A perfect history book for the science of cosmology (or a branch thereof).
michaelstearns's review
4.0
An immensely readable survey of the current state of astrophysics circa 1980.
rgombert's review
4.0
This may be dry for some people.
However I found this to be a very good book and brings together in one narrative many people.
However I found this to be a very good book and brings together in one narrative many people.
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