Richard and his brother, gravitational physicist David Garfinkle, have written a brand new physics book (see at left), Three Steps to the Universe: From the Sun to Black Holes to the Mystery of Dark Matter, published by the University of Chicago Press.

Three Steps to the Universe is an introduction to how scientist think by way of some interesting physics mysteries. It gives a good clear explanation of our current understanding of the sun, black holes, and dark matter, and how and why scientists work the way they do. The book also shows how to read science reporting and how to separate science from pseudoscience.

Three Steps to the Universe: From the Sun to Black Holes to the Mystery of Dark Matter is currently available on pre-order from the University of Chicago Press.

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Richard Garfinkle grew up in New York and now lives in Chicago with his wife and children. His first novel, Celestial Matters, won the Compton Crook award for best first science fiction novel of 1996. Nominated for a Nebula Award and twice for the John W. Campbell Award, Garfinkle has written numerous fiction and nonfiction works on his interests of history, imagination, thought and the preternatural.

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