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This beautifully illustrated companion to celebrated scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson’s popular podcast and National Geographic Channel TV show is an eye-opening journey for anyone curious about the complexities of our universe.?For decades, beloved astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has interpreted science with a combination of brainpower and charm that resonates with fans everywhere. In 2009, he founded StarTalk, the wildly popular podcast that became an Emmy-nominated talk show on the National Geographic Channel this year. Tyson’s pioneering, provocative book will take the greatest hits from the airwaves to the page in one smart, richly illustrated compendium. Featuring vivid photography, thought-provoking sidebars, enlightening facts, and fun quotes from science and entertainment luminaries like Bill Nye and Dan Aykroyd, StarTalk reimagines science’s most challenging topics—from how the brain works to the physics of comic book superheroes—in a relatable, humorous way that will delight fans and new readers alike. 作者簡介
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON earned his BA in physics from Harvard and his PhD in astrophysics from Columbia. His professional research interests are broad and include star formation, exploding stars, dwarf galaxies, and the structures of our Milky Way. Tyson was appointed by President Bush in 2001 and 2004 to serve on committees studying the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry (published in 2002) and the Implementation of the United States Space Exploration Policy. He has also served on the Advisory Council for NASA. He is a monthly essayist for Natural History magazine and has published nine books, including the best-selling Death By Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries. He also is the first occupant of the Fredrick P. Rose Directorship of the Hayden Planetarium. Tyson lives in New York City with his wife and two children.
CHARLES LIU is an astrophysics professor at the City University of New York’s College of Staten Island, and an associate with the Hayden Planetarium and Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. His research focuses on colliding galaxies, quasars, and the star formation history of the Universe. He earned degrees from Harvard University and the University of Arizona, and held postdoctoral positions at Kitt Peak National Observatory and at Columbia University. Together with co-authors Robert Irion and Neil Tyson, he received the 2001 American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award for his book “One Universe: At Home In The Cosmos.” More recently, he is the author of “The Handy Astronomy Answer Book,” now in its third edition. He and his wife, who is way smarter than he is, have three children who are also way smarter than he is.
JEFFREY LEE SIMONS is the social media director of StarTalk Radio. When he’s not busy engaging with the greatest fans in the universe, he’s also a writer. He is the author of Spirit In Realtime, the first installment of his near-future, virtual reality/cyberpunk young adult science fiction series. Jeffrey is also the co-author of the cause-related marketing handbook, Making Money While Making A Difference, with Dr. Richard Steckel, and the author of two works with noted artist Viktor Koen: Lexicon: words and images of strange and Toyphabet. He has a BA in Literature from Georgetown University. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, daughter, and four cats.,,,,
寰宇之聲:探索宇宙的無限可能 一部超越既有認知的宏大敘事,帶領讀者深入探尋宇宙深處的奧秘與哲思。 本書並非對既有科學普及作品的簡單重復,而是一次大膽而深邃的知識重構與認知拓展。它聚焦於那些在主流敘事中被輕描淡寫,卻對理解我們自身在浩瀚宇宙中位置至關重要的前沿概念、未解之謎以及跨學科的思辨。我們邀請您,暫時放下對標準模型和既定事實的依賴,與我們一同踏上這場思想的遠徵,去觸摸那些構成現實的、更為基礎和奇異的底層邏輯。 第一部分:時空的底層結構與量子世界的隱秘律動 本捲著重於解構我們對空間和時間感知的局限性。我們不再滿足於描述狹義和廣義相對論的結論,而是深入探討“時空織物”在極端條件下的錶現——從黑洞視界邊緣的幾何失真,到引力波探測所揭示的宇宙漣漪背後的高維張力。 我們將詳細剖析圈量子引力 (Loop Quantum Gravity, LQG) 和超弦理論 (Superstring Theory) 在嘗試統一量子力學與廣義相對論方麵的核心論點與最新進展。書中將清晰闡釋,在普朗剋尺度上,空間和時間是否真的可以被“量子化”為離散的單元,而非連續的背景。我們不僅會介紹弦論中的“膜宇宙”概念,還會探討M理論中對十一維時空結構的構想,以及這些理論對我們理解宇宙大爆炸奇點內部狀態的潛在意義。 更進一步,我們將深入研究量子糾纏 (Quantum Entanglement) 的哲學含義。它不僅僅是微觀粒子間的奇特關聯,更是對“定域性 (Locality)”這一經典物理學基石的根本挑戰。書中會通過詳盡的數學框架和思想實驗,描繪貝爾不等式的深刻啓示,探討信息如何在不違反光速限製的前提下,實現超距的“幽靈般的超距作用”。我們還將探討這些量子現象在構建下一代計算範式——拓撲量子計算中所扮演的關鍵角色。 第二部分:生命、信息與宇宙的熵增 本書的第二核心在於探討生命在宇宙中的地位,不再將其視為一個孤立的生物學現象,而是將其置於信息論和熱力學的大背景下進行考察。 我們考察生命起源 (Abiogenesis) 的化學路徑時,不再局限於地球的早期環境,而是擴展到對普適生命 (Universal Life) 形式的推測。這包括對基於矽或其他溶劑的生命形態的理論建模,以及在極端環境——例如木衛二冰下海洋或係外行星大氣層中——生命化學反應的能量學可行性分析。 書中將重點闡述信息熵 (Information Entropy) 與熱力學第二定律之間的微妙關係。生命體如何通過局部逆轉熵增,實現自我組織和復雜性的提升?我們將運用朗道爾原理 (Landauer's Principle) 來量化信息處理的物理成本,並探究在宇宙尺度上,信息是否具有某種形式的“物理實在性”或守恒律。此外,耗散結構理論 (Dissipative Structures Theory) 在理解宇宙如何從無序走嚮有序,直至誕生齣如星係、恒星和生命這般復雜結構的過程中,所扮演的驅動角色將被詳盡剖析。 第三部分:宇宙學的未決議題與實在的邊界 本捲聚焦於我們當前宇宙學模型中最令人睏惑的兩個謎團:暗物質與暗能量,並探索挑戰宇宙學原理的新興觀點。 我們對暗物質 (Dark Matter) 的探索將超越對WIMP(弱相互作用大質量粒子)的傳統搜尋。書中將詳細考察修正牛頓動力學 (MOND) 理論的成功之處及其局限性,對比軸子 (Axions) 和惰性中微子 (Sterile Neutrinos) 等替代候選者。更重要的是,我們將分析星係形成模擬如何依賴於對暗物質粒子性質的特定假設,以及大型結構觀測(如斯隆數字巡天)對這些模型的約束。 對於暗能量 (Dark Energy),我們不僅討論瞭標準宇宙學常數 ($Lambda$) 所麵臨的“真空災難”——即理論預測值與觀測值之間高達 $10^{120}$ 倍的差異——還將深入探討第五種力 (Quintessence) 模型的動態演化。我們將審視最新的詹姆斯·韋伯太空望遠鏡 (JWST) 對早期星係觀測結果,這些結果對宇宙加速膨脹的時間點提齣瞭新的挑戰。 最後,我們將觸及多重宇宙 (Multiverse) 理論的嚴謹性。這不僅僅是科幻概念,而是某些物理學理論(如永恒暴脹理論或弦景觀)的邏輯推論。書中將仔細區分不同類型的多重宇宙(如平行泡泡宇宙、分支宇宙),並探討在當前科學方法論框架下,如何對這些不可觀測的實體提齣可證僞的預測或間接證據。 結語:人類認知的天頂與地平綫 本書的最終目標,是引導讀者認識到,科學的邊界恰恰在於我們所能提齣的最深刻、最難以迴答的問題。我們不是提供終極答案,而是呈現當前人類思想最前沿的探索路徑。通過對這些復雜主題的深入梳理,我們希望激發讀者對基礎物理學、宇宙學和生命哲學之間深刻聯係的全新洞察力。這是一次對“我們知道什麼”和“我們如何知道”的徹底審視,是對宇宙圖景的宏偉重繪。