At first it is considered magic – Physics aside from innovation – Book review

Have you ever wondered how great researchers, explorers, and scientists achieved all that they had in the past? Perhaps, it would be enough to take a look at the most recent past period and the present period. How would you like to go to the edge of the Earth in search of a discovery? Well, I happen to know a very good book that will actually get you there. Not just in one place, but in many places around the world where great discoveries were made, discoveries that shook the scientific community and changed the way we think, challenging past theories and understanding of everything that exists.

This is a wonderful book, and I have had the pleasure of reading it personally. Today it is in my personal library along with many of the most popular science books by the greatest scientists of our day. Yes, I recommend that you read this book as well. The name of the book is:

“The Edge of Physics – A journey to the ends of the Earth to discover the secrets of the universe” by Anil Ananthaswamy, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishers, New York, NY, (2010), 322 pages, ISBN: 978-0-618-88468-1.

In this work, the reader will know all the behind-the-scenes stories of some of the greatest scientists of our time, their personalities, idiosyncrasies and work ethic. This book will inspire any scientist, future scientist, or researcher seeking adventure to breakthrough. Many of the stories are so amazing that they are almost unbelievable. In fact, the author has carefully chosen events and stories frozen in time that seem surreal to the rest of us.

There are fascinating stories, like the search for neutrinos in deep polar ice, deep underground. Imagine working in such a cold and ruthless environment. Well, you will meet and get to know the researchers who are making that happen. There are chapters on the great cosmologists and their telescopes and remote locations as they reconstruct everything they can about our universe. The author takes you to the SETI project in search of aliens and the potential possibility of a first contact.

There are stories of Einstein visiting such remote places and meeting the minds of these great discoverers. You will also get a clear view of the cutthroat competition (at times) in the sciences for Nobel prizes and prizes in physics. This book has a good footnote, with a lot of information so that the reader can fully understand exactly the theories and research that scientists are doing in these remote parts of the world. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I do.