The Cosmic Cocktail: Three Parts Dark Matter
BBC Sky at Night Magazine Review by Nicky Guttridge, a science journalist and Hubble public information officer
“Katie Freese Receives Grant from Swedish Research Council, VR”
The Oskar Klein Centre blog Katie Freese was announced as the new Director of Nordita, which is located in the neighbouring building to the Oskar Klein Centre. She was also awarded a big excellence grant for astroparticle physics by the Swedish Research Council, VR, and will receive 101 million Swedish Crowns (around 15 million US […]
“Dark Matter Queen Katie Freese to Stockholm” by Robert Cumming
Populär Astronomi Katie Freese is the author of the popular science book The Cosmic Cocktail: Three Parts Dark Matter, which was published earlier this year. In it she tells about the hunt for the particles that scientists believe may represent the universe mysterious dark matter – and even more bizarre dark energy that makes cosmos […]
“A straight-talking woman’s guide to dark matter”
NewScientist Physicist Katherine Freese drinks deep of her life’s adventures and cosmic mysteries alike in her captivatingly frank book The Cosmic Cocktail.
“The Biggest News in the Universe”
College of LSA, University of Michigan Einstein guessed at gravitational waves a century ago. The idea of inflation was conceived in 1981. The concepts were mathematically sound, but no one had uncovered tangible evidence to confirm these leaps of imagination. So while it was solid theory, it was also, in a way, pretend. (Click here […]
“What the universe is made of (probably) narrated by a boa wearing physicist”
Washington Post If the cocktail shaker on the cover doesn’t convince you that “The Cosmic Cocktail” might be an unusually entertaining physics book, maybe the lavender feather boa that author Katherine Freese wears for her dust-jacket photo will. (Click here to download the publication as an Adobe PDF file)
“Review: The Cosmic Cocktail”
The Space Review Freese suggests in the book that “any time now, the question of the dark matter may be answered” by any one of the wide range of experimental approaches. (Click here to download the publication as an Adobe PDF file)
“UM Physicist On Her Big Bang Model’s Validation: ‘Woo hoo!’”
CBS WWJ-TV 62 Detroit Freese’s “natural inflation” model, which she describes as much simpler than some of its failed counterparts, will serve as a starting point for scientists to deepen their understanding of inflation and the earliest universe.
“Scotland Dark jagt Mister Wimp”
page 28, by: Robert Gast Physiker sind in einen einzigartigen Kriminalfall verstrickt: Sie wollen die rätselhafte Dunkle Materie, die seit dem Urknall im Kosmos ihr Unwesen treibt, endlich dingfest machen. Allzu viele Verstecke bleiben ihr nicht mehr (Click here to download the publication as an Adobe PDF file) (Click here to download the 2nd page […]
“Light in the Dark”
by: Tom Siegfried Scientists may be on the brink of identifying a mysterious form of matter. For decades, astronomers have grappled with their inability to decipher the universe’s darkest secret: the identity of most of its matter.