Jeffrey weeks, jeanpierre luminet, alain riazuelo and roland lehoucq. Kepler is a key figure in the scientific revolution. Dodecahedron may be a difficult word to spell, but this 12faced figure is easy to grasp. Info jeanpierre luminet category communicator of the year contact prof. These solids are important in mathematics, in nature, and are the only 5 convex regular polyhedra that exist. Until now i published as an author 30 books in my native language french, including 14 science essays, 7 historical novels and 9 poetry collections for the. This was proposed by jeanpierre luminet and colleagues in 2003, and an optimal orientation on the sky for the model was estimated in 2008.
This wellwritten book is a comprehensive introduction to one specific proposal for the lay reader. Ams math in the media american mathematical society. An artist, poet, musician and author, luminet has used all available. Dodecahedral space topology as an explanation for weak wideangle temperature correlations in the cosmic microwave background jeanpierre luminet 1 jeffrey r. According to luminet, the data implied a universe folded like a dodecahedron, and. This should feel perfectly natural, because the authors of the article jeanpierre luminet, jeffrey weeks, alain riazuelo, roland. Johannes kepler model of the universe keplers platonic solid model johannes kepler was a german mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer.
Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our. Jeanpierre luminet born 3 june 1951 is a french astrophysicist, writer and poet. To the untrained eye, it is a magnified mass of honeycomb, with each side of each cell flashing in multicolour as it rotates through a background of endless black. Prize for science communication marie curie awards. Science, art and geometrical imagination jeanpierre. Science, art and geometrical imagination jeanpierre luminet. August 30, 2018 jean pierre luminet 2 comments until now i published as an author 30 books in my native language french, including 14 science essays, 7 historical novels and 9 poetry collections for the interested reader, visit my french blog here. Jeffrey weeks, an independent mathematician in canton, n. Jean pierre luminet is one of those who has been studying the way the different possible spatial topologies may be observationally investigated. The wraparound universe by jeanpierre luminet, ak peters. Platonic truths the shape of the universe the economist. Dodecahedron by dodecahedron, released 20 january 2012 1.
When he looks at the sky, he imagines a noninfinite universe that is shaped like a soccerball. Jeanpierre luminet is at the departement negative curvature. Therefore, in this dodecahedral universe, some of the galaxies we see are not. Oct 08, 2003 in an unusual logjam of contradictory claims, a revolutionary new model of the universe, as a soccerball, arrives on astronomers desks on thursday morning at least slightly deflated.
I tried to understand the discrepancy between my calculation and that of joe kolecki. But in october 2003, jean pierre luminet and his colleagues at the paris observatory published a paper in the journal nature 1 arguing, on the basis of data collected by the orbiting wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe wmap, that the universe does indeed take the shape of a dodecahedron. The shape of the universe, in physical cosmology, is the local and global geometry of the universe. Dodecahedral space topology as an explanation for weak. The first thing that impressed me about this book by jeanpierre luminet is the way the text is organized. The jeanpierre luminet has published more than a dozen novels and. Jun 03, 2014 has the roman dodecahedron mystery been solved. But in october 2003, jeanpierre luminet and his colleagues at the paris observatory published a paper in the journal nature 1 arguing, on the basis of data collected by the orbiting wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe wmap, that the universe does indeed take the shape of a dodecahedron.
October 9th, in france, jeanpierre luminet said that the universe is probably shaped like a dodecahedron, based on information that they got from this probe. Lets explore the formulas for surface area and volume of the dodecahedron. His theory of a finite universe in the shape of a dodecahedron made. While a lot of black metal bands will try to present themselves as evil and satanic and try use of words and audio to convey evil, dodecahedron are more busy on your journey towards it. Jeanpierre luminet as a scientist, professor jeanpierre luminet is renowned in the field of astrophysics as one. Wraparound universe by jeanpierre luminet sciencedirect. Jeanpierre luminet biographie et livres ecrivain au. Cosmic topologya cosmic hall of mirrorsmost astronomers think that the universe is tance apart as they do in the familiar euclidean space. The wraparound universe by the french cosmologist jeanpierre luminet is not just a twofold popular overview of the union of these two sciences, but also a nonetoosubtle plug for the authors idea that the universe might have the largescale equivalent of handles or holes. You make a 3dimensional space with no boundary by taking a solid dodecahedron and identifying opposite sides after a rotation by. It has 12 faces, 20 vertices, 30 edges, and 160 diagonals 60 face diagonals, 100 space diagonals. Jeanpierre luminet has 37 books on goodreads with 11 ratings. Jeanpierre luminet is also a specialist in the history of cosmology and in particular the emergence of the concept of the big bang, emphasizing in several books and articles the leading role played by the belgian priest and cosmologist georges lemaitre.
Jean pierre luminet makes the subject of black holes accessible to any interested reader, who will need no mathematical background. The universe is not infinite and it is shaped like a soccer ball. The black hole in m87 eht 2017 may provide evidence for. Di cianni continues reporting the interest on dodecahedra by francesco maurolico, a greek mathematician and astronomer of sicily, who lived in the xvi century, and the contemporary astronomer jean pierre luminet, who works with data provided by the scientific probe wmap wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe, used to observe the cosmic. The black hole in m87 eht 2017 may provide evidence for a. There is also a contemporary theory that the universe may be the shape of a dodecahedron, not infinite but with no boundaries this is known as the 3sphere universe theory.
Jeanpierre luminet as a scientist, professor jeanpierre luminet is renowned in the field of astrophysics as one of the first to study the effect of a star passing close to a supermassive black hole, and his theory on the wraparound universe has earned him notoriety. Jeanpierre luminet translated by eric novak 2008 a k peters. Apr 19, 2018 plato described the dodecahedron as the fifth construction that the god used for embroidering the constellations on the whole heavens. Posted on june 3, 2014 april 28, 2015 author micah hanks though more than 100 of the strange objects are known to exist, their purpose remains a puzzling mystery that has perplexed archaeologists since their first discovery.
Luminet, weeks, riazuelo, lehoucq, uzan dodecahedral space topology as an explanation for weak wideangle temperature correlations in the cosmic. The first thing that impressed me about this book by jean pierre luminet is the way the text is organized. There are lots of different ways to do science that are equally valid. The rhombic dodecahedron packs together to fill space. Heavily frontloaded, the first couple sections are completely perfect but by the end the story seems more or less to be running out its prescribed motions with diminishing interest and complexity until it dissipates entirely into the emptiness of the uncaring universe. Jeanpierre luminet, alain riazuelo, roland lehoucq, and jean. Notations from the planck length to the observable universe. That at least is the thesis underlying marc lachiezerey and jeanpierre luminets sumptuous celestial treasury. A few studies have led to the suggestion that these crystal habits can be correlated with chemical compositioni. Dodecahedral space topology as an explanation for weak wideangle temperature correlations in the cosmic microwave background jean pierre luminet 1 jeffrey r. Dodecahedron has 683 books on goodreads, and is currently reading feathers by jacqueline woodson, the heart of the buddhas teaching. This should feel perfectly natural, because the authors of the article jean pierre luminet, jeffrey weeks, alain riazuelo, roland lehoucq and jean philippe uzan give evidence to show that dodecahedral space may in fact be the shape of the universe we live in. Thes laws can be represented by digital logic forming a logical geometry of an iterated dodecahedron a bucky ball. Marc lachiezerey and jeanpierre luminet, celestial treasury, trans.
As a teenager, french astrophysicist jeanpierre luminet read. In an unusual logjam of contradictory claims, a revolutionary new model of the universe, as a soccerball, arrives on astronomers desks on thursday morning at least slightly deflated. The m87 eht2017 black hole images indicate a dodecahedral structure of the gravitational singularity the ehtteam has done a great job to provide the first visible evidence of a black hole with the help of the ehtelescope. All figure content in this area was uploaded by jeanpierre luminet. The wraparound universe by the french cosmologist jeanpierre luminet is not just.
Johannes kepler dec 1571 nov was a german astronomer, astrologer, and mathematician. For jeanpierre luminet, of the paris observatory, and his colleagues believe that the universe is, indeed, a dodecahedron. Imagine yourself as alice, happily sitting behind your mac having downloaded dodecahedron. A regular dodecahedron or pentagonal dodecahedron is a dodecahedron that is regular, which is composed of twelve regular pentagonal faces, three meeting at each vertex. Mar 07, 2011 the dodecahedron universe this is just one example of thosands that prove that that this particular patent stands in a framework defended by the 5 natural laws of interspecific interaction. The cosmic microwave background radiation allows sensitive tests of such scenarios see is space finite. He has highlighted the intimate presence of european discoveries in the remote and recent past for the public, and contributed signi. The idea of a balledup universe was first proposed in 2003 by jeanpierre luminet at the paris observatory, france, as a way to explain some odd patterns in the cosmic microwave background the afterglow of the big bang. The reader of this book will feel that the developments in modern astrophysics are as fascinating to discover and digest as the most fantastic science fiction novels. Their analysis, he claims, reveals a strong preference for a fundamental domain in the shape of a dodecahedron albeit one inhabiting a curved hyperspherical universe, rather than the flat 3d euclidean geometry we can more easily picture. The local features of the geometry of the universe are primarily described by its curvature, whereas the topology of the universe describes general global properties of its shape as of a continuous object. In a paper being published today in the journal nature, dr. Prize for science communication marie curie awards descartes. As a teenager, french astrophysicist jean pierre luminet read about the curved space of einsteins general relativity.
A new analysis of poincare dodecahedral space model. As a creative response to the ineluctable desire to know how and from whence we arise, cosmological theorizing, for all its claims to truth, is an exercise of the grandest sort in mythmaking. Jeanpierre luminet born 3 june 1951 is a french astrophysicist, writer and poet, worldknown specialist of black holes and cosmology. The rhombic dodecahedron can be seen as a degenerate pyritohedron where the 6 special edges have been reduced to zero length, reducing the pentagons into rhombic faces. The cmb contains warmer and cooler splotches, which reflect the density variations of the universe in its youth. Plato described the dodecahedron as the fifth construction that the god used for embroidering the constellations on the whole heavens.
A key figure in the century scientific revolution, he is best known for his laws of planetary. The cosmic geometer how to measure the shape of the universe. He has produced fifteen popular science books, seven historical novels. Regular dodecahedron wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. This book is a guide to the 5 platonic solids regular tetrahedron, cube, regular octahedron, regular dodecahedron, and regular icosahedron. They base their argument on data collected by the wilkinson microwave. October 9th, in france, jean pierre luminet said that the universe is probably shaped like a dodecahedron, based on information that they got from this probe. Oct 09, 2003 in a paper being published today in the journal nature, dr.
But this estimation even if it seems so is not poetry. It has 12 faces, 20 vertices, 30 edges, and 160 diagonals 60 face diagonals, 100 space diag. Johannes kepler is considered to be the founder of physical astronomy. Luminet, born in provence france in 1951, is also an astrophysicist. Although the author seems to suggest that the reader uses the references as a way to jump between different chapters rather.
These pages extend several overviews of the big boardlittle universe. If we take the original dodecahedral block of space not as a euclidean dodecahedron. Dodecahedral space topology as an explanation for weak wide. Di cianni continues reporting the interest on dodecahedra by francesco maurolico, a greek mathematician and astronomer of sicily, who lived in the xvi century, and the contemporary astronomer jeanpierre luminet, who works with data provided by the scientific probe wmap wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe, used to observe the cosmic. For hamlet it appeared as a matter of life or death, but in modernists such as samuel beckett, thomas bernhard, and elfriede jelinek, we encounter situations in which, though the i of the text is clearly alive, it finds itself, in some way, radically negated. The dodecahedral universe claims are based on observations of the furthest reaches of our universe. Jan 01, 1970 the twinned passions of dodeca and hedron, told in a lighthanded minimalism that belies the sheer virulence. As a teenager, french astrophysicist jeanpierre luminet read about the curved space of einsteins general relativity. The jeanpierre luminet has published more than a dozen novels and poetry books. The dodecahedron universe this is just one example of thosands that prove that that this particular patent stands in a framework defended by the 5 natural laws of interspecific interaction. The rhombic dodecahedron has several stellations, the first of which is also a parallelohedral spacefiller.