Synopses & Reviews
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"[...] Presenting complicated topics concisely and clearly, Gates explains what we know about the universe, what scientists wish they knew, and what's at stake--the fate of the universe itself." Publishers Weekly
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"Cogent review of this intriguing topic." Marcia Bartusiak
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"In this highly informative book, Gates offers clear, accessible explanations of how gravitational lensing can...solve the [universe's] biggest mysteries." Washington Post
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"[...] Gates' guide to this frontier, supplemented by beautiful astronomical photographs and instructive illustrations, will be as exciting as it is informative to her readers." Washington Post
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"Starred Review. An enthusiastic update on the search for the materials that make up the universe." Gilbert Taylor Booklist
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"[...] Gates writes with a freshness and clarity that make complex ides such as relativity, lensing, black holes, and the cosmic web understandable. Highly recommended for public and academic libraries of all sizes." Kirkus Reviews
Synopsis
Dark energy. Dark matter. These strange and invisible substances don't just sound mysterious: their unexpected appearance in the cosmic census is upending long-held notions about the nature of the Universe. Astronomers have long known that the Universe is expanding, but everything they could see indicated that gravity should be slowing this spread. Instead, it appears that the Universe is accelerating its expansion and that something stronger than gravity--dark energy--is at work. In Einstein's Telescope Evalyn Gates, a University of Chicago astrophysicist, transports us to the edge of contemporary science to explore the revolutionary tool that unlocks the secrets of these little-understood cosmic constituents. Based on Einstein's theory of general relativity, gravitational lensing, or Einstein's Telescope, is enabling new discoveries that are taking us toward the next revolution in scientific thinking--one that may change forever our notions of where the Universe came from and where it is going.
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Cutting-edge astrophysics that builds on Einstein's theories to find the unseen matter that fills the Universe.
About the Author
Evalyn Gates is the assistant director of the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, a senior research associate at the University of Chicago, and the former astronomy director of the Adler Planetarium. Her writing has appeared in Physics Today and the Chicago Tribune.