
The Cosmic Cocktail
Three Parts Dark Matter
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Narrado por:
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Tamara Marston
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Katherine Freese
The ordinary atoms that make up the known universe - from our bodies and the air we breathe to the planets and stars - constitute only 5 percent of all matter and energy in the cosmos. The rest is known as dark matter and dark energy, because their precise identities are unknown. The Cosmic Cocktail is the inside story of the epic quest to solve one of the most compelling enigmas of modern science - what is the universe made of? - told by one of today’s foremost pioneers in the study of dark matter.
Blending cutting-edge science with her own behind-the-scenes insights as a leading researcher in the field, acclaimed theoretical physicist Katherine Freese recounts the hunt for dark matter, from the discoveries of visionary scientists like Fritz Zwicky - the Swiss astronomer who coined the term “dark matter” in 1933 - to the deluge of data today from underground laboratories, satellites in space, and the Large Hadron Collider. Theorists contend that dark matter consists of fundamental particles known as WIMPs, or weakly interacting massive particles. Billions of them pass through our bodies every second without us even realizing it, yet their gravitational pull is capable of whirling stars and gas at breakneck speeds around the centers of galaxies, and bending light from distant bright objects. Freese describes the larger-than-life characters and clashing personalities behind the race to identify these elusive particles.
Many cosmologists believe we are on the verge of solving the mystery. The Cosmic Cocktail provides the foundation needed to fully fathom this epochal moment in humankind’s quest to understand the universe.
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The part taking DNA molecules and hanging them on some kind of wire for the dark matter friends to run into them? I thing this pure Fantasy? I follow the scientific literature in a number of disciplines , this is the first I heard of any of this. I’m
So good luck i away more news Hopefully with data
Hugs j hicks
Fanciful guess work
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If you have an interest in understanding why we see only five percent (5%) of what constitutes the universe this book will give you a understanding of the present day findings and theories, in a very pleasant read. Freese though provides us with more. The fact is that astronomers, cosmologists, theoretical physicists and quantum particle scientists do not know what this is all about. We are contemplating just like Einstein was back in 1903. So we have a story with no final answer but with much to think about. What is it all about is the question Freese presents but instead of providing an answer she delivers all the prevailing concepts – so as science progresses we can understanding how the answers come into being and what it means for the long run in cosmology.
On the way to explaining she covers all the prior leaning and encapsulates those concepts in very simple language so when she gets to the theories of what might be dark matter, what might be dark energy, what might be the raison d'etre for the way the cosmos works we the layman reader will understand.
One of the strangest teachings Freese develops is that our time to view the origins of the universe is coming to an end. That is because seeable matter is moving outside the range of the seeable universe. Read the book and learn why.
Some reviewers have complained that Freese’s backstories on the scientists and their discoveries do not provide a good story. I think they miss the point. The purpose of the book is to teach the layman what constitutes the universe. I believe Freese is only giving descriptions of other scientists who participated in discoveries as place marks, acknowledging their part in the whole history and giving us time to consider the importance of their contribution. This was never meant to be biographical. The author though seemingly wishes to let us know too often that she likes to party. Of course, she only mentions her circumstances and leaves one wondering. A very proper manner in which to . . . well I think I will leave that issue right there.
Overall an enjoyable read and an excellent teaching of what constitutes the Universe.
Dark Is - Well We Do Not Know But It Could Be . .
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unfortunately, reading this in 2017, after the discovery of the Radial Acceleration Relation (and being aware of it, and also McGaugh's blog), is a bit of a challenge. I know that no experiment, including all those mentioned in the book, has found anything (well, except for the DAMA claims). The author, with the rest of the mainstream cosmology community, seem a like a cult. The short mention of MOND for the sole purpose of quickly dismissing it is very telling.
great writing and level, but not sure if true
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nice PDFs
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Good summary of near term status of it all.
Love narrator' s voice!
Enuf said
Listen more than once.
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Awesome work of art.
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This book is not like that. There is talk of dinners with the president or going out for drinks with other scientists and mingling at science folk get togethers. There is an awful lot of "wow the universe is mysterious, gosh golly I am lucky to be a scientists". That's what really angers me. I want to know more about dark matter. I know we don't know a lot but talk about what we do and don't know. Talk about these difficulties.
DO NOT write about your tennis match or dinner parties and call it a science book.
I was looking for a book about science....
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