Publisher's Synopsis
New technological marvels such as the Hubble Space Telescope are revealing a wealth of information about the deepest reaches of space. After decades of research, scientists now believe they are closer to discovering the "missing matter", the invisible stuff left over from the Big Bang that will determine the ultimate fate of the universe. With each discovery new light is shed on scores of old questions, and dozens of new questions arise:- How old is the universe?- How do we account for stars and galaxies that seem to be older than the oldest estimated age of the universe?- Does the universe contain more order and structure than we previously believed?- Will the universe continue to expand, or will it one day begin to collapse?Paul Halpern breaks down the language of cosmology and theoretical physics so they can be understood by the curious layperson; the result is a fascinating tour of our current knowledge of the universe and encapsulated predictions for its future.
