Most part, cosmologists must be content with messages brought from the reaches of the universe by a few feeble radio waves and rays of light.
Cause-and-effect experiments are circumscribed by as The laboratory of cosmology is the whole universe. Furthermore, one can always go back to the laboratory and check theory as often desirable. One searches for regularities in the data and from them evolves physical theories. Velocity of a falling weight, or clocks the oscillations of a Thinly concealed behind these questions are two of the oldest To be more specific, today's cosmology tries to answer the are fewĪnd what has been its history? matter distributed throughout space? terrestrial physical laws applicable to oldĭifferent chemical elements present in the This makes cosmology an exciting frontier of science. BecauseĬosmology is torn by warring schools of thought, each with voluble champions. The biggest picture with the thinnest paint. With beginnings and ends, the size of the rhythm and structure, and the laws that desthe motions of whole galaxies as well as the smallest Such all-encompassing thoughts demand a free-wheeling branch of science. Perhaps there is no beginning and no end to space perhaps time, too, is boundless. Ever more powerful no end to the star fields that seem to sweep toward infinity. NO BEGINNING, NO END? On starry nights who hasn't looked up and wondered where the stars end? And, if there is an end to them, what the mysterious partition is like, beyond which there is truly neither faintest ray of light. No beginning, no end quasars - at the brink of infinity measuring the age of the universe checking up on einstein how a star works the solar system's eleven-year pulse jupiter's wandering red spot and other idiosyncrasies the canal question the case of the missing planet those lights on the moon the search for life beyond the earth INDEX PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY THE WHITEFRIARS PRESS LTD. But I feel that his thoughtprovoking book will arouse wide interest, and that both beginners and more serious students will benefit from reading it. The illustration on page 143 by permission of Clyde Tombaugh.Īnswer all the questions asked is not his fault as yet, the answers remain to be found. Corliss, however, has approached matters rather differently, and has selected a few of the most fascinating puzzles, discussing them in considerable detail. Laymen content themselves with giving a broad general survey of astronomical ideas. The more we find out, the more we how little we really know. During the past few decades, many questions have been answered but as soon as one problem is solved, a host of new ones arise to take its Some mysteries of the universe W.R.CORLISSīlack ltd 5 and 6 soho square london wi a.
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