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Title: Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos : The Story of the Scientific Quest for the Secret of the Universe by Dennis Overbye ISBN: 0-316-64896-5 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 02 November, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.45 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Cosmology with a human face
Comment: This sprawling work on modern cosmology reads much like a novel. It's got real people who come alive as they pursue some of the largest questions science can address: how did the universe begin? How will it end? Will it expand forever? In many ways, this book does for cosmology what Ken Croswell's book THE ALCHEMY OF THE HEAVENS does for the Milky Way Galaxy.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent biographical history
Comment: A history of cosmology, somewhat dated now, that is structured around biographies of some of the major players. Allan Sandage, Stephen Hawking, Alan Guth, Beatrice Tinsley, James Peebles, Marc Aaronson, etc. I have to tip my hand and say that this is one of my favorite books about astronomy and cosmology. Maybe I like the biographical aspect, or the fact that Overbye is just a great storyteller, and this is one great story. You gain an inside track into the transition of power between Hubble and Sandage. I don't think I really understood the inflation theory until I read Overbye's presentation (better even than Guth's book "The Inflationary Universe). If you like to read biographies of astronomers, this book will be right up your alley. If you like to read about cosmology and astrophysics, you may be distracted by Overbye's approach, but you'll still find the book worthwhile.
Rating: 5
Summary: What a swell book!
Comment: Okay, I KNOW I'm a little biased, being an astronogrl and all, but this book is an AMAZING read! It reads like a novel, and yet contains so many interesting astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology concepts, that it will blow you away. Covers everything from the big bang to inflation to black holes to string theory to dark matter... Dennis Overbye (the author) has hob-nobbed with so many big names and been able to glean personal interviews that you begin to feel like you know these people and their astronomy struggles. And don't worry; This book contains no equations. This book makes me excited to do astronomy and it is the best book I have read this year and will always remain one of my favorites.
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Title: Einstein in Love: A Scientific Romance by Dennis Overbye ISBN: 0141002212 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 02 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene ISBN: 0375708111 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 29 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Coming of Age in the Milky Way by TIMOTHY FERRIS ISBN: 0385263260 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 01 June, 1989 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Edwin Hubble: Mariner of the Nebulae by Gale E. Christianson ISBN: 0226105210 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: November, 1996 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: The WHOLE SHEBANG : A STATE OF THE UNIVERSE S REPORT by Timothy Ferris ISBN: 0684838613 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 06 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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