How the Universe Got Its Spots: Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite Space
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (754 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B002UUDF50 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 242 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Amazing Read Annette Lamb After listening to an interview with Janna Levin on the NPR program Speaking of Faith, I became interested in reading her books. Levin is an astrophysicist and author interested in sharing her interest in topics from quantum mechanics to a Theory of Everything.In the book How the Universe Got Its Spots, Levin uses a diary/letter style to explain contemporary theoretical physics in a way that is accessible to a layperson like me. She weaves the science through stories from everyday life. Her engaging writing style and excellent examples makes complex topics such as Einstein's theories ea. Math, Science and the Life of Scientist OK this book is written differently than most other physics or science books I've read. Its not all fact after fact and science science science. The book is written like a journal, with stories about the author's personal life mixed in with her science exploits. So be prepared for that! But the writing is good and the science and math is fun to learn about. Honestly, I had to get about a third of the way through the book before I fully accepted the fact that this book is different. But I didn't want to put it down, kept me up late at night many times finishing the read. Thanks Janna Lev. "Interesting read from an engaging author" according to Daniel. Janna Levin has a gift for explaining complex ideas. She intersperses a fair amount of personal anecdote, which makes the book more interesting. The personal reflections do not detract from the science. Rather, these reflections help craft a narrative lens and move the book forward.
Nimbly synthesizing geometry, topology, chaos, and string theories, Levin shows how the pattern of hot and cold spots left over from the big bang may one day reveal the size and shape of the cosmos. She does so with such originality, lucidity--and even poetry--that How the Universe Got Its Spots becomes a thrilling and deeply personal communication between a scientist and the lay reader.. Is the universe infinite or just really big? With this question, the gifted young cosmologist Janna Levin announces the central theme of her intriguing and controversial book and establishes herself as one of the most direct and unorthodox voices in
--DiscoverLevin coversfascinating ground She writes passages that may make you either feel claustrophobic for only living in three visible dimensions or see the night sky in an entirely new way--Baltimore City Paper Levin unpacks the technicalities with a skill honed from giving many lecturesA book to be applauded. --The Scotsman . Lovely, utterly originalMixing lucid arguments with anecdotes and personal experiences, Levin makes it easy to understand seemingly complicated subjects such as transfinite arithmetic, naked singularities, and compact spacesA marvelous diary that makes a reader long to meet the author. --American ScientistA gift to those people who want to think big but came to a screeching halt about two dozen pages intoA Brief History of Time