"Abby really doesn't want to do her homework. So she creates a black hole to swallow it up . . . but the black hole turns into a baby universe!"--Provided by publisher.
"Weaving together the cosmos' history and our own in an expanding intellectual adventure story, 'Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs' takes us from the mysteries of dark matter and our cosmic environment to the conditions for life on Earth"--Dust jacket.
"In lyric, accessible prose, Carlo Rovelli invites [the reader] to consider questions about the nature of time that continue to puzzle physicists and philosophers alike" -- Provided by publisher.
The author argues that there has not been a breakthrough in the foundations of physics for more than four decades due to the standard physicists use to separate popular theories from disposable ones, assuming that the best theories are beautiful, natural, and elegant. She asserts that this false assumption conflicts with scientific objectivity and urges physicists to rethink theoretical methods.
"Astrophysicist [Adam Frank] discusses what the latest research on the existence and trajectories of alien civilizations may impart about surviving the challenge of civilization-driven climate change"--OCLC.
