This article was originally published with the title "Book Review: Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs" in Scientific American 313, 5, 74 (November 2015)ĭoi:10. (Randall serves on the magazine's board of advisers.) Book Review: Blake Crouchs Dark Matter thrills in. Guided by her theory about the dinosaurs' demise, the author explores the often unappreciated connections between the tiniest particles right under our noses and the vastest structures that rule the universe. Alternate-universe science fiction and a countdown thriller in. To examine the plausibility of that scenario, Randall's book traverses many scientific fields, including chemistry, planetary science and cosmology. But physicist Randall pokes a hole in that notion by proposing that a rogue disk of weird dark matter might have been responsible for aiming the comet that scientists suspect hit Earth and killed our planet's dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the UniverseĮxotic entities such as dark matter-the invisible material thought to make up about 27 percent of the universe-do not seem to have any direct impact on our lives here on Earth.
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