{"product_id":"the-state-of-the-universe","title":"The State of the Universe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA masterly overview of the development of cosmological thinking from the Greeks, via Newton and Einstein, to the present day.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is science's last and greatest challenge: fathoming the depths of the  night sky. The objective: to crack the cosmic code, to unravel the  blueprint for nature's grandest conception, a machine constructed on an  unimaginably vast scale - the Universe itself. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday's model of  an expanding Universe - the big bang cosmology - is actually built on  principles derived from a few simple mathematical equations.  Gravity-warped space time, quantum mechanics, the physics of the  subatomic, these crucial insights, stemming from Einstein's  revolutionary theories of relativity, have led to a simple and elegant  framework within which the whole of the Universe, over billions of  years, has been described.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut recent evidence has begun to make  wrinkles in the neat fabric of the big bang cosmology. There is now  overwhelming evidence that there is far more stuff in the Universe than  we can see. What, and where, is this 'dark matter'? And it now appears  that the expansion of the Universe is accelerating: something out there -  some exotic 'dark energy' - is acting against gravity to push space and  time apart. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile offering a critical view of how all the  pieces in our current model fit together, Pedro Ferreira argues that Einstein's Universe may be just another stepping stone towards a new,  more profound and effective cosmology in the future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44791060889779,"sku":"9780753822562","price":639.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17478102759780753822562.jpg?v=1762850761","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/the-state-of-the-universe","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}