🌏🌠There are more and more people who want to catch an asteroid and hit the earth.
Thinking back to 2012 ten years ago, there were countless people waiting with nervousness, excitement and a bit of uneasiness on December 21st to verify the authenticity of the ancient Mayans "Doomsday" theory.
"2012"
You may not watch movies at all, but you will definitely remember that there was a movie "2012" that created a box office miracle that year. The roaring waves not only overturned the city in the movie, but also aroused people's enthusiasm for mysticism. To an unprecedented climax.
As time has passed, the ancient "rumors" of the Mayans have been self-defeating. The earth is functioning as normal, and discussions related to the end of the world have gradually cooled down.
No one thought that in 2022, 10 years later, not many people would long for the "sea of stars", but more and more people would seriously look forward to the end of the world.
Global warming , the climate is abnormal, ushering in the hottest summer in history; the international situation is turbulent and disputes continue; the epidemic continues to rise one after another...
Under the popular science posts related to the universe, the comments are:
destroy it
I'm tired, hurry up.
Another asteroid hits the earth.
The human eradication plan has begun.
When will the aliens come?
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Surrounded by bad news and negative energy, we are becoming less and less confident in the world we live in. Instead, I hope that the far vaster universe that contains countless mysterious powers can change (destroy) all this. What answer will the
universe give?
After reading this "Picture and Text Encyclopedia: The Universe", you may change your expectations about the universe.
Science + humanities, sensibility and rationality, the two perspectives switch back and forth, breaking the rigid boundaries between [literature] and [reason]
When it comes to popular science about the universe, the first thing we think of is definitely a series of physical concepts
Planets, satellites , Stars, galaxies...
atoms , molecules, macromolecules...
electromagnetic radiation , black holes, gravitational waves, dark matter , dark energy...
or the names of many famous physics masters.
Many popular science books focus on dense knowledge points one after another. For an ordinary reader, the intensity and density of knowledge can easily overwhelm an enthusiast who wants to get started, and the guide from getting started to "giving up" becomes dusty on the bookshelf.
If you cannot find the connection between the universe and daily life, and regard the universe outside the earth as a distant and other time and space, it will be difficult to resist forgetting in the process of learning.
But learning science should not just be about absorbing knowledge points one after another. What is more important should be, how can it change the way you look at the world and life?
The mystery of the universe is more than just the laws of physics.
Living on earth, we can feel the influence of the universe all the time. The change of seasons, day and night changes , ebb and flow, and the most ordinary standing and walking are all inseparable from the powerful and subtle power of the universe.
But if we talk about the creation of human civilization: writing, language, music, painting...the crystallization of human wisdom, what does it have to do with the universe? Or, what does day-to-day work, happy or unhappy family life have to do with the universe?
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This "Illustrated Encyclopedia: Universe" creatively switches back and forth between science + humanities, perceptual and rational perspectives, comparatively studies the universe and the creation of human art, completely liberating the traditional "liberal arts", "Science" distinguishes the boundaries of thinking that have been bound for a long time.
Editor Hubert Reeves was born in Montreal, Canada in 1932. He is a world-famous astrophysicist and is known as the "Poet of the Starry Sky". He has served as director of the Research Department of the French National Scientific Research Center and scientific advisor to NASA (United States Space Administration), etc., and has received dozens of high-level honors and awards from many countries.
He first easily connected the birth, composition and history of the universe by grasping the thread of "creativity". Secondly, a parallel theme is introduced, that is, the motivation and principle of human artistic creation. The two are examples of each other and prove each other: the universe and personal actions are actually different but have the same purpose.
The perspective is like switching back and forth between the ultra-high-power astronomical telescope and the microscope lens. Huge celestial bodies and elementary particles can be viewed equally.
For example, when we choose words to make sentences, from words, words, sentences, to paragraphs, articles, books, and then to form a library...
The universe has developed from a pot of hot and sticky soup to the rich levels it is today. and structure, which are similar to the rules of how we use words.
The philosophy of Democritus, Bach's cantata , Schubert's quartets, Van Gogh's starry sky...these crystallizations of human wisdom also contain the laws of the universe.
The relaxed and clever comics add to the text, which is not only a graphic interpretation of the text, but also an excellent example of "artistic creation". There are also interesting settings such as "picture within picture", which make people unable to help but understand easily. I'm amazed at how the two authors handled such a huge topic with such ease.
"I exist between heaven and earth", everyone is the architect of the universe
"Illustrated Encyclopedia: The Universe" is a popular science book with a particularly romantic temperament.
Comics review website planeteBD commented on this book:
A beautiful science popularization practice, full of lightness and poetry... The two authors held our hands and seemed to be chatting, but what they discussed were concepts on a cosmic level.
The two authors challenge to use a very short space and a very popular approach to explore grand topics: the universe and the creativity of art. The author uses extremely concise, vivid language that resembles Japanese haiku, combined with clever images, and takes famous philosophers and artists as examples to simultaneously explain to readers the birth of the universe, the origin of life, and the common principles of human creation.
We often doubt the value of life and don’t know what we can bring to the world by living.
In the book, Hubert said: Silently saying "I exist between heaven and earth" in your heart is the greatest feat in the world, and it is more difficult than the gold medal in the Olympic Games. Because this behavior requires countless particles to work together, the new qualities produced during this process are wisdom and consciousness.
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This book encourages everyone, everyone is the builder of the universe . It is our thinking about our own behavior that gives our existence in the universe a layer of meaning. .
Building the universe can start from bits and pieces around us, starting from areas that everyone is accustomed to. Every action, every thought is connected to the universe. (It's a bit satyrish).
"Behavior produces results, and human beings' thinking about themselves gives meaning to existence... We should strive to make the world a better place."
Through this book, each of us can look at other big or small problems with a new perspective and perspective. , you can also re-understand and affirm the meaning and value of your own actions, giving you more certainty on the way forward.
can be said that whether you are a migrant worker who works hard and becomes a little depressed, a student who is studying in the ocean of knowledge and is a little confused, or a parent who wants to enjoy parent-child reading time with your children, this book about the universe These little books can bring you different thinking, and allow you to enter into the vast knowledge system of the universe from a relaxed and warm perspective.
Come and open this book. Understanding the universe is a better understanding of our lives. I believe we can still have hope and expectations.
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