Dan Hooper (1)

A noted astrophysicist and cosmologist who specializes in dark matter, Dan Hooper presents, in layman’s terms, what the scientific community has proven in regard to the Big Bang Theory. He also talks about the challenges that those who study the beginnings of the known universe face. Absolutely fascinating and the audiobook narrator is clear and engaged with the material; but really long, oddly placed pauses inserted to the recording took a little away from the performance.

Mostly what Einstein got right, and even more just an introduction to the revolutions in physics and cosmology in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Einstein is of course the fulcrum of that conversation and you get a good overview of the standard model as it veers off into the things he was actually wrong about toward the end (which is essentially just physics after Einstein in some other course). I suppose I thought this would be a bit more biographical or in depth on Einstein than it was.

Anyone looking for simple, clear, and up-to-date discussion of matter/antimatter asymmetry, dark matter, inflation theory, or almost any other basic aspect of cosmology should be pleased with this volume. The only serious writing lapse I noticed was a use of "criteria" as a singular noun.

Book flowed and he explained Einstein's theories in a way that made them interesting and understandable. He also took Einstein and other leading figures off the pedestal yet allowed them to still be the giants that they are.