The edge of the sky

all you need to know about the all-there-is

by

85 pages

English language

Published May 9, 2014

ISBN:
9780465044719
OCLC Number:
869266691

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3 stars (1 review)

From the big bang to black holes, from dark matter to dark energy, from the origins of the universe to its ultimate destiny, The Edge of the Sky tells the story of the most important discoveries and mysteries in modern cosmology--with a twist. The book's lexicon is limited to the thousand most common words in the English language, excluding physics, energy, galaxy, or even universe. Through the eyes of a fictional scientist (Student-People) hunting for dark matter with one of the biggest telescopes (Big-Seers) on Earth (Home-World), cosmologist Roberto Trotta explores the most important ideas about our universe (All-there-is) in language simple enough for anyone to understand.

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Goodreads Review of the Edge of the Sky: All You Need to Know About the All-There-Is

3 stars

This is a cool, experimental work trying to describe the state of the art about what we know about the universe. The twist is that Trotta relies on only the 1,000 (or "ten hundred") most common words in the English language. I think that this book is about the best you can ask for under those parameters, but the vagueness of the language here means that there isn't much to be remembered. It lacks the emotional punch of other popular astronomical/cosmological books.

Subjects

  • SCIENCE / Cosmology
  • Astronomy
  • Popular works
  • Cosmology
  • SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics