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Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions is the debut non-fiction book by Lisa Randall, published in 2005, about particle physics in general and additional dimensions of space (cf. Kaluza–Klein theory) in particular.
The Mysterious Universe is a popular science book by the British astrophysicist Sir James Jeans, first published in 1930 by the Cambridge University Press. In the United States, it was published by Macmillan .
Stephen Hawking's Universe, a book written by John Boslough, published in June 1989, "an introduction to the most remarkable scientist of our time". Stephen Hawking's Universe: The Cosmos Explained , a paperback book written by David Filkin , published in October 1998, "presents the frontiers of scientific knowledge about the basis of our ...
Dark energy, however, is a substance or force responsible for the accelerating expansion of the universe over time. [2] The significant focus of The 4 Percent Universe is on the developments of astronomical science in the 20th century, including the formation of the expanding universe theory by Edwin Hubble in the 1930s.
Whether our universe is ever-expanding depends on the amount and properties of matter, but there is too little visible matter around us to explain the behavior we can see—over 90% of the universe consists of the missing mass or dark matter, [8] which Krauss termed "the fifth essence."
Space's Deepest Secrets is a documentary science television series narrated by David O'Brien. Aired by the Science Channel, it premiered on April 26, 2016.. According to the Science Channel, "Space's Deepest Secrets shares the stories of the men and women who pushed their ingenuity and curiosity beyond the limits to uncover some of the most groundbreaking findings in the history of space ...
Ward and Brownlee argue that the universe is fundamentally hostile to complex life and that while microbial life may be common in the universe, complex intelligent life (like the evolution of biological complexity from simple life on Earth) requires an exceptionally unlikely set of circumstances, and therefore complex life is likely to be extremely rare.
The eschatology of the book is rather unusual. The end time described by the author does not manifest itself in the normal culmination of a battle, judgment or catastrophe, but rather as "a steady increase of light, [through which] darkness is made to disappear or in which iniquity dissolves and just as the smoke rising into the air eventually dissipates". [5]