Scott Tremaine, “Astrophysical Wonders” (Open Agenda, 2021)
New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
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How Did Astrophysics Become a Part of Your Life?
In high school, you didn't have to memorize a bunch of stuff. The other appeal of astrophysics is that, in a certain sense, it's more like a detective story than other branches of physics. You're trying to deduce what must have happened from a partial evidence. One answer is so much more compelling or simple or beautiful than all the other possibilities. A is really something that i think you find more in astro physics than in other branches of Physics.
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