https://madrasmedley.com/tags/cosmology/ Recent content in cosmology on Madras Medley Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us © Copyright notice Mon, 11 Nov 2019 22:41:45 -0800 https://madrasmedley.com/book-reviews/letters-astro/ Mon, 11 Nov 2019 22:41:45 -0800 https://madrasmedley.com/book-reviews/letters-astro/ I have followed Neil deGrasse Tyson for a long time. YouTube, books, Star Talk podcasts, a live talk, Cosmos, etc., are some of the ways I’ve become accustomed to his style and views on all things under the sun (pardon the pun). In spite of that, this book was a refreshing change, as perhaps for the first time, we get to see the personal, empathetic side of the man, who is exceptionally rational most of the time. https://madrasmedley.com/book-reviews/astrophysics/ Thu, 22 Jun 2017 19:04:45 -0800 https://madrasmedley.com/book-reviews/astrophysics/ In spite of a sample size of just one astrophysics book read so far, I’d like to rate this book as a very good introduction to the nature of the universe we live in, and our pursuit in discovering it’s msyteries. Neil deGrasse Tyson explains in easy-to-understand language, how and why we came to be - right from the Big Bang, to the nature of elements, from dark matter and dark energy to supernovas and pulsars , from general relativity and the electromagnetic spectrum to our most recent discoveries of exoplanets.