The Edge of the Sky #293
November 28, 2014
This week we're talking about the mindbending science trying to understand the inner workings of the Universe. Astrophysicist Ethan Siegel returns to discuss the BICEP2 experiment, and its search for the fingerprints of cosmic inflation. And we'll talk to theoretical cosmologist Roberto Trotta about his book "The Edge of the Sky: All You Need to Know about the All-There-Is," which explains the history and concepts of cosmology using the 1,000 most common words in the English language.
Guests:
- Ethan Siegel
- Roberto Trotta
Featured Book
The Edge of the Sky: All You Need to Know About the All-There-Is
Guest Bios
Ethan Siegel
Ethan Siegel is a theoretical astrophysicist, author, and an award-winning science communicator. He is the author of the 2 books "Beyond The Galaxy: How Humanity Looked Beyond Our Milky Way And Discovered The Entire Universe" and "Treknology: The Science of Star Trek from Tricorders to Warp Drive". He can be found blogging about all things physics on his Forbes blog Starts with a Bang and on the Medium network.
Roberto Trotta
Roberto Trotta is an astrophysicist at Imperial College London, where he studies dark matter, dark energy, and the early Universe. After earning a PhD at the University of Geneva, he was the Lockyer Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society at Oxford University before being appointed as a lecturer at Imperial College. He has published more than fifty scientific papers, contributed to two books, and received numerous awards for his research and communication of science.
