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The Unknown Universe: A New Exploration of Time, Space, and Modern Cosmology
Stuart Clark, Ph.D.
Pegasus Books
July 2016
320 pp
書籍編號:
03-12942
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以對天文學的質疑,深入探討時間、空間等我們習以為常,卻暗藏未知的科學課題。

2013年3月21日,歐洲太空總署發布了一份大霹靂餘暉(the afterglow of the Big Bang)的地圖。這份地圖捕捉到了138億光年以外的宇宙。在現代科技可及範圍之內,這份地圖無與倫比的精準,幾乎沒有其他方法,能再締造一份更好的圖像。然而,在我們更清楚洞悉古老宇宙的同時,這份地圖也為當今天文界帶來了極大的撼動與挑戰,顛覆了我們對天文世界長久以來深信不疑的種種認知。

這份地圖的異狀讓天文學家們不得不重返那些人類已知的場域,並反覆挖掘那些未知的境界,進而模擬出最貼近宇宙的真實樣貌。而《未知宇宙》(The Unknown Universe)是一部在探索天文之餘,也重新推翻、定義大眾科普認知的全面性作品,如同作者克拉克博士(Stuart Clark, Ph.D.)所提出的以下質疑:

◎牛頓地心引力法則是否需要被改寫?
◎宇宙中的暗物質(dark matter)與暗能量(dark energy)是否僅是天文幻影?
◎黑洞的最底處是什麼?
◎在我們的宇宙之外,還有其他宇宙嗎?「時間」又是否真的存在?

以學術性、科普性兼具的論述,克拉克博士將帶領我們穿越宇宙,遠眺世界的真貌與未知。

 

● 作者簡介

Stuart Clark, Ph.D.,英國皇家天文學會成員、《新科學人》雜誌天文專欄記者。Clark擁有天文學博士學位,他的著作《The Sun Kings》使他成為了當代最有價值、最受歡迎的科學作家之一;這部作品入圍英國皇家學會科學圖書獎決選,並於2007年榮獲美國出版社協會所頒發之獎項。他現居英國。

 

● 媒體報導

"The author brings the subject up to 2015 with the obligatory new discovery combined with a fine history of cosmology, and he makes it clear that our knowledge and ignorance seem to be expanding in parallel. Since satisfying results have yet to turn up, Clark's book ends on a cliffhanger, but readers will be entirely pleased with the experience." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"There's plenty of fresh and fascinating information to learn. The exciting recent discovery of gravitational waves will make this title all the more relevant for the cosmologically curious." --Library Journal

"Celebrates and challenges the current state of modern astrophysics with this wide-ranging and accessible look at the field's most cutting edge research. Stuart explores the arguments, the rivalries, and the triumphs of astrophysics with lively writing and an enviable knack for whittling the most complex topics into clear, crisp ideas. This enthusiastic book will entertain as well as educate pop science readers." --Publishers Weekly

"Clark's easily absorbed prose places readers deep in the middle of exciting new models, ideas, and analysis that are requiring scientists to rethink what they had thought they knew about outer space." --Shelf Awareness