num_pages: 208
description: Combining the latest scientific advances with storytelling skills unmatched in the cosmos an award-winning astrophysicist and popular writer leads us on a tour of some of the greatest mysteries of our universe. In the constellation of Eridanus there lurks a cosmic Its as if something has taken a huge bite out of the universe. But what is the culprit? The hole in the universe is just one of many puzzles keeping cosmologists busy. Supermassive black holes bubbles of nothingness gobbling up space monster universes swallowing othersthese and many other bizarre ideas are being pursued by scientists. Due to breathtaking progress in astronomy the history of our universe is now better understood than the history of our own planet. But these advances have uncovered some startling riddles. In this electrifying new book renowned cosmologist and author Paul Davies lucidly explains what we know about the cosmos and its enigmas exploring the tantalizingand sometimes terrifyingpossibilities that lie before us.As Davies guides us through the audacious research offering mind-bending solutions to these and other mysteries he leads us up to the greatest outstanding conundrum of Why does the universe even exist in the first place? And how did a system of mindless purposeless particles manage to bring forth conscious thinking beings? Filled with wit and wonder Whats Eating the Universe? is a dazzling tour of cosmic questions sure to entertain enchant and inspire us all.
language: English
title: What's Eating the Universe?: And Other Cosmic Questions
publisher: University of Chicago Press