Mathematics of the Cosmos: How Modern Science Decodes the Universe

How do mathematical models explain the cosmos? Ian Stewart, a recipient of several awards for science popularization, presents an exciting guide to the mechanics of the cosmos from our Solar System to the entire Universe. He describes the architecture of space and time, dark matter and dark energy, explains how galaxies formed and why stars explode, how it all began and how it might all end. He discusses parallel universes, the fine-tuning problem of the cosmos that allows life to exist in it, what forms extraterrestrial life might take, and the likelihood that our Earth could be wiped out by an asteroid impact.
“Mathematics of the Cosmos” is an exhilarating and thrilling mathematical quest into the details of the inner world of astronomy and cosmology.