The Universe - A Personal View ( My popular science book in PDF )

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxqa2hjbGlmZXN0eWxlfGd4OjM5NmM2NTViMjAzY2M5MTk ( Click on this link to access the book for browsing purposes. You can download the whole book from the PDF file attachment at the bottom of page. )

This is a popular science book of over 200,000 words written by me after 5 years of research and reading over at least 250 popular science books plus other scientific papers. It is a rare combination of science and philosophy - or at least my own special brand of it. The PDF file of my book is attached hereunder for your free browsing.

My book was listed by GENI.COM ( see WIKIPDIA on background of geni.com - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geni.com ) as one of the top 100 strangest mysteries e-book downloads for 2008.

Link to 100 STRANGEST MYSTERIES - GENI.COM. - http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=Joseph+K.H.+Cheng&d=5059987008460322&mkt=en-AU&setlang=en-AU&w=a5a06292,2beae72

The following is a screen shot of the list of 100 strangest mysteries e-book ( PDF ) downloads from Pdfgeni.com : -

BE INSPIRED BY THE IMAGES OF THE UNIVERSE !

I discovered Kuiper Belt Objects in the ICE HUNTERS project sponsored by NASA. These are being registered by the science team with the Minor Planets Center at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. , administered by the International Astronomical Union ( IAU ). Under IAU rules I have the right to names these minor planets . This will be done in due course. Please see this link :- https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=322278104496793

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2010/04/15/2872493.htm ( Link to ABC SCIENCE website - article on Citizen Science in which I was interviewed on my part in the Galaxy Zoo project )

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8493707.stm ( LInk to BBC NEWS - What is a light year video )

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8294817.stm ( Link to BBC NEWS - What is a GENOME video )

http://www.sungazer.net/theamazingsun.html ( The Amazing Sun - Video )

http://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso0932a/ ( Link to European Southern Observatory video - Voyage through the Milky Way )

http://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso1006e/ ( Link to European Southern Observatory website - 3-D video on Orion Nebula )

http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/ ( An Atlas of the Universe )

http://hubblesite.org/reference_desk/calculators_and_charts/ ( Hubble Site - Distance calculation based on Redshift )

http://www.chromoscope.net/ - Link to CHROMOSCOPE - ( looking at the sky at different wave-lengths of light )

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10355205.stm?ls - ( Link to BBC NEWS - 22/6/10 - What the Higgs particle ( aka the " God " particle ) sounds like ? )

http://cas.sdss.org/astrodr7/en/tools/quicklook/setId.asp?id=0x082c02f481830038 ( LInk to SDSS - image search by reference number of images )

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/ ( Link to BBC explore the solar system website )

The universe as surveyed by the 2 MICRON ALL SKY SURVEY ( 2MASS )

Each tiny dot of light is a galaxy ( click on image to enlarge )

Link to CHROMOSCOPE - looking at the sky at different wave-lengths of light - http://www.chromoscope.net/

M 16 - EAGLE NEBULA - WIDE ANGLE VIEW

M 16 EAGLE NEBULA - X-RAY VIEW

M 16 - EAGLE NEBULA - CLOSE UP SPITZER TELESCOPE VIEW

M 16 - EAGLE NEBULA - EXTREME CLOSE-UP VIEW

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ( ISS ) - OVER EARTH

INTERNATIONAL STATION SEEN FROM SHUTTLE DISCOVERY WHEN UNDOCKING ON 25TH MARCH, 2009

ALBERT EINSTEIN'S STATUTE IN WASHINGTON D.C., USA.

Link to my post on the official Galaxy Zoo Forum on the essence of Special Relativity - http://www.galaxyzooforum.org/index.php?topic=270816.0

( All images credit to NASA - APOD site )

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7366597.stm Spectacular BBC VIDEO ON HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE CAPTURING SEQUENCES OF GALAXIES GO WILD IN MERGERS AND EXERTING GRAVITATIONAL PULL ON ONE ANOTHER

( The first pair of colliding galaxies in the above BBC video are also analyzed and classified by me in the Galaxy Zoo project based on images from the SDSS Database. If you go to my HOME PAGE you can see this pair of galaxies appearing on my desk top computer monitor. Please go and have a look there for comparison. My image is not from HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE but from the SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY telescope. )

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7687286.stm ( BBC NEWS - Listening to the sounds of stars )

http://www.metaresearch.org/cosmology/DidTheUniverseHaveABeginning.asp - ( Research paper on possible challenges to the BIG

BANG THEORY )

http://www.disclose.tv/action/viewvideo/10720/Our_Solar_System__Evidence_for_Creation1_9/ - ( Evolution of the Solar System vs Creationist Cosmology )

http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/hubble_essentials/( STORY OF THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE )

http://hubblesite.org/gallery/movie_theater/hm_gallaxy_collisions/ ( When galaxies collide video )

http://www.eso.org/gallery/v/Videos/Galaxies/vid-32a-09_FLASH.flv.html ( Voyage in the Milky Way video - European Southern Observatory )

http://www.fnal.gov/pub/science/questions/ - ( Link to FERMILAB website - 9 important questions currently being asked about our universe )