3 minutes pour comprendre 50 grandes théories et découvertes sur l'univers

by Charles Liu

De tout temps, l'Univers a fasciné l'humanité. Au fil des millénaires, l'homme a pris conscience de sa place infime dans cette immensité potentiellement infinie, qui s'étend bien au-delà de notre système solaire. En contemplant planètes, étoiles, nébuleuses et galaxies, il a appréhendé ce monde vertigineux et élaboré des théories qui, malgré leur base scientifique solide, peuvent sembler incroyables ! Cet ouvrage de "vulgarisation intelligente" conçu par des scientifiques - spécialistes d'astrophysique, d'astronomie et de physique - explique avec clarté et simplicité tous les phénomènes fascinants du cosmos : les trous noirs, les quarks, le boson de Higgs, les multivers, le principe d'incertitude... et, bien sûr, l'origine de notre monde et son avenir. Il explore les grandes théories cosmologiques et met en lumière les découvertes les plus récentes sur l'Univers, l'infini, la vie. Chaque sujet est présenté en 30 secondes, 2 pages, 300 mots et 1 image, soit 3 minutes pour tout comprendre ! Que vous soyez simple curieux, passionné d'astronomie ou scientifique chevronné, cet ouvrage vous procurera, tour à tour, étonnement et émerveillement...

Genres: Science, Nonfiction

160 pages, Hardcover

Published February 8, 2020

About the author

Charles Tsun-Chu Liu is an American astronomer and astronomy educator. His research interests include merging and colliding galaxies, active galactic nuclei, and the star formation history of the universe. Liu is one of the original team members of the Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS), the largest contiguous deep field ever observed with the Hubble Space Telescope. He is a former director of the William E. Macaulay Honors College and The Verrazano School at the City University of New York’s College of Staten Island. He currently serves as a professor of physics and astronomy at the College of Staten Island, and as President of the Astronomical Society of New York. In 2019, he was named a Fellow of the American Astronomical Society.

Reviews

[Etienne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Toujours excellents, les livres de cette collection sont bien vulgarisés, précis et très instructifs.

[Katie Baker · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have to declare a vested interest on this book as I have known one of the authors for many years. Having said that the topic is one I have always struggled with so it is not the type of thing I would normally pick up. It did take me a while to read but that is because I dipped in and out of it. I love the format where you can get one concept at a time (very useful for me) and I came away knowing a lot more about the universe than I did before. Definitely worth a read even if you are not normally a universe kind of person.

[Mitch · Rating 3 out of 5]

P cool xmas gift kinda deal. Its a great idea for a book and definitely doesn’t feel watered down despite 1 page per idea. Its a pretty looking book, too.

Gripes: It doesn’t explain some concepts until a few pages later, and the ordering of pages seems unintuitive for a layman.

[Megumi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great reference book even though I do not understand some of the concepts :D
And nice cover to touch.

[🌀 ₍⸍⸌̣ʷ̣̫⸍̣⸌₎ﾉAna · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.8 Stars🪸

[Cory · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very cool book. Single page mini-lessons make for great short-burst reading.

[C · Rating 5 out of 5]

All the concepts were explained in a way that could be easily understood by a general audience. The glossaries at the beginning of each section were helpful as well!