Popular Astrophysics. Philosophy of the Cosmos and the Fifth Dimension

Alexander Dementyev - a journalist who worked in publications such as RBC and Vedomosti, graduated from MPGU formerly known as MGPI named after Lenin with a degree in general and experimental physics. He is the author of the largest popular science channel Popular Science on Yandex.Zen. About the book Popular Astrophysics. Philosophy of the Cosmos and the Fifth Dimension: The ancient Greeks could speak about the structure of the world simply, using a language of metaphors with the application of ordinary arithmetic and geometry. Imagine, they could talk about particles without resorting to the complex Schrödinger equation. And they didn’t introduce 10 new dimensions, as in modern string theory. The author has set the same goal in this book. After all, every, even the most complex scientific explanation has analogies in ordinary life. Through them, understanding the structure of the world is much easier! An illustrated edition. From the book Popular Astrophysics. Philosophy of the Cosmos and the Fifth Dimension you will learn: • What awaits the Earth and the Sun in the future. And why humanity should consider traveling to other stars right now. • What dark matter is and what benefits its discovery will bring to mankind. • What black holes are and how humans can use them in the future. • What other forms of life might look like. • Which planets humans will colonize first. For whom this book is intended: • For all those who love astronomy and dream of looking into the future; • For a wide range of readers;