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Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos: The Story of the Scientific Quest for the Secret of the Universe

Dennis Overbye

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#1341 of 3,809 books · #120 in Science & Technology

Shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (1991) and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology (1991).

Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. In southern California, nearly a half century ago, a small band of researchers — equipped with a new 200-inch telescope and a faith born of scientific optimism — embarked on the greatest intellectual adventure in the history of humankind: the search for the origin and fate of the universe. Their quest would eventually engulf all of physics and astronomy, leading not only to the discovery of quasars, black holes, and shadow matter but also to fame, controversy, and Nobel Prizes. Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos tells the story of the men and women who have taken eternity on their shoulders and stormed nature in search of answers to the deepest questions we know to ask.

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Publisher
Hachette UK
ISBN-13
9780316434799
Topics
CosmologyAstrophysicsHistory of science

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