THE EDGE OF THE SKY: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE ALL-THERE-IS
Book ID/图书代码： 08136014B67469
English Summary/英文概要： 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.
A unique blend of literary experimentation and science popularization, this delightful book is a perfect gift for any aspiring astronomer. The Edge of the Sky tells the story of the universe on a human scale, and the result is out of this world.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 從大爆炸到黑洞，從暗物質到暗能量，從宇宙的起源到它的終極命運，《天空的邊緣》講述了現代宇宙學中最重要的發現和奧秘的故事——以一種曲折的方式。 這本書的詞典僅限於英語中最常用的一千個單詞，不包括物理、能量、星系甚至宇宙。 宇宙學家羅伯托·特羅塔（Roberto Trotta）通過一位虛構的科學家（Student-People）的眼睛，用地球上最大的望遠鏡（Big-Seers）之一（Big-Seers）尋找暗物質（Home-World），探索了關於我們宇宙的最重要的想法（All-there -is) 語言很簡單，任何人都可以理解。
這本令人愉快的書是文學實驗和科學普及的獨特結合，是送給任何有抱負的天文學家的完美禮物。 天空的邊緣以人類的尺度講述了宇宙的故事，結果是這個世界。(Zoe)
Awards/获奖情况：A wonder-full not-afraid story-telling try-it-and-see, about big-sky-study of today with only the ten-hundred most used words. Very not-usual, most good. Fun, too. Buy now! --Ian Stewart, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick, and author of Visions of Infinity
Roberto Trotta’s clever metaphors illuminate dark matter and dark energy. This book is a delightful, poetic, and informative read about all there is in the Universe. --Edward Frenkel, Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, and author of Love and Math
About the Author/作者介绍： 罗伯特•特洛塔是一名伦敦帝国学院天体物理学研究组理论宇宙学家。他在日内瓦大学和牛津大学均有研究项目，同时还是好望角非洲研究所数学科学客座教授，巴黎宇宙研究所客座教授及圣巴巴拉加利福尼亚大学客座教授。作者还是世界天体统计学领域内的一流专家，作为一门新学科，该学科主要用统计学方法解决宇宙和天体问题，作者本人更是已经发表了50余篇科学论文，参与过两本相关书籍的编纂，并获得无数研究奖项，其中包括凯斯西储大学迈克尔森奖，英国科学促进协会皇家开尔文奖，及英国科学与技术设施理事会公共事业投入奖。www.robertotrotta.com。
Roberto Trotta is a theoretical cosmologist in the astrophysics group of Imperial College London. He has held research positions at the University of Geneva and the University of Oxford, as well as visiting positions at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cape Town, the Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, and the University of California at Santa Barbara. One of the world’s leading figures in ‘astrostatistics,’ a new discipline focusing on the use of statistical methods to solve problems in cosmology and astrophysics, he has published more than fifty scientific papers, contributed to two books and received numerous awards for his research, including the Michelson Prize of Case Western Reserve University, the Lord Kelvin Award of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and a Public Engagement Fellowship by the Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK. www.robertotrotta.com
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