Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe - Tapa dura

The wonder and curiosity Lisa Randall so obviously feels about our world and the universe itself is evident on every page. [Randall] render[s] complex subject matter into a gripping page-turner that is impossible to put down. Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs is a fascinating, mind-expanding experience. --Augusten Burroughs, author of This is How and Running with Scissors"

Lisa Randall has produced an intriguing, insightful book that brilliantly weaves together the disparate subjects of cosmology and biology. . . . A simple, elegant theory that finally makes sense of mass extinctions. A must read for anyone interested in the precariousness of life on earth. --Jack Horner, MacArthur Fellow and author of How To Build a Dinosaur"

As strong in its poetic argument as it is in its speculative scientific argument, this book leads us pebble by pebble, step by step toward a sublime and unexpected vista. A book that should be required reading for those pursuing full citizenship in the universe. --Walter Kirn, author of Blood Will Out and Up In the Air"

Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs is . . . a masterpiece of science writing: a detective story that illuminates the nature of scientific research while explaining how our very existence may be connected to unexpected properties of the dark matter that fills the universe. --Kip Thorne, Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at CalTech"

A provocative and revealing account of how scientists like herself are uncovering deep connections between human existence and the wider universe. A terrific read. --Timothy Ferris, author of Coming of Age in the Milky Way and Seeing in the Dark"

World-renowned physicist Lisa Randall brings a fresh twist to one of the world s oldest murder mysteries, the death of the dinos. With lively writing and wonderfully accessible explanations, she now convincingly implicates a new suspect as ultimately responsible for the hit: a novel kind of dark matter. --Max Tegmark, physicist and author of Our Mathematical Universe"

Writing in a deceptively chatty narrative style, Randall provides a fascinating window into the excitement of discovery and the rigor required to test and elaborate new hypotheses. A top-notch science book from a leading researcher. --Kirkus, Starred Review"

[Randall s] is a fascinating, tantalizing theory, linking life on Earth-or the extinction thereof-with the very origins of our universe. --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review"

Engrossing in its own right, this theory opens onto an illuminating survey of the cutting-edge science now deployed to test its components, including its daring redefinition of dark matter. As she did in Warped Passages (2005) and Knocking on Heaven s Door (2011), Randall delivers intellectual exhilaration. --Booklist, Starred Review"

It s a tall order to cover everything from the Big Bang to today s ongoing Sixth Extinction in a consistently engaging way for a general audience. Particle physicist Randall delivers, peppering serious science with anecdotes about Roombas and fortune cookie messages. --Discover Magazine"