The Dark Side of the Universe: A Scientist Explores the Mysteries of the Cosmos

by James S. Trefil

Book Overview

Award-winning writer James Trefil takes readers on a tantalizing journey to the outer reaches of the universe. Along the way he discusses scientific questions such as; How did the universe begin and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385262124
• ISBN13: 9780385262125
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: Anchor Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

1st book I've read to deal with how dark matter would taste

James Trefil has conjured up an excellent exordium to current cosmology and its puzzles in "The Dark Side of the Universe." Due to its simple and easy to understand nature, it is an excellent starting point for the lay cosmologist. For such a person, the Massive Neutrino Caper chapter is the only segment that is a bit of heavier science... in my own opinion at least. Each chapter starts out with a personal attention grabber to help you grasp on to the concept that he is about to connect to from the previous chapter. The book is predominantly about the paradox of galaxies (clusters and voids), dark matter and it candidates, and the Big Bang cosmogony, and also the perspective of our (humanity's) study of the cosmos from the primitive ancients to the scientific present age. He makes our eldritch and mysterious kosmos easier to understand in plain English better than many authors whom I have encountered. This here is a bona fide stepping stone into astronomy and cosmology!