Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs Lib/E: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe (Audiobook)

from dpevers

Ms. Randall takes a long time to reach her conclusion. While I found the journey interesting, much of the science along the route I had at least a passing knowledge of. I wonder if others who would pick up this book might be in the same place. A bit more "meat" about the particular analyses which...

from nbmars

This book, subtitled “The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe” sets out to explicate “our current knowledge about the Universe, the Milky Way, the Solar System, as well as what makes for a habitable zone and life on Earth.” The author, an award-winning professor of science at Harvard, e...

from dougcornelius

The universe, the solar system, and planet Earth have changed a lot since I graduated. They have not changed, our understanding has changed. Lisa Randall takes you through the current understanding right up the edges of what we are not sure about. Dark matter is one of those. Dr. Randall weaves t...

from mnorfolk49

As a very readable journey through the start and formation of the universe, an explanation of the planets, mass extinctions, etc. - excellent. Learnt a great deal. Weight to Lisa Randall's theory appears to have been added as just when I finished reading this I saw a news article about a galaxy m...

from DLMorrese

Admittedly, my first reaction to the title of this book was that it must be some kind of joke. It sounded, well, loony. But Lisa Randall is a brilliant, world-famous, very influential theoretical physicist and I am...none of the above, so my initial reaction was, at best, probably uninformed. Sad...