Friday, June 25, 2004
On my bookshelf
The Five Ages of the Universe by Fred Adams and Greg Laughlin
Outstanding treatment of cosmology. The five ages, by the way, are:
- the Primordial Era
- the Stelliferous Era
- the Degenerate Era
- the Black Hole Era
- the Dark Era
And no, the first does not refer to pre-Vatican II, nor do the last three allude to the present state of the Church.
Read the book for a fascinating and accessible description of what used to be, what's going on now (Era number 2), and what the next trillions of trillions of trillions of years have in store for the natural universe.
In the on-deck circle: The Professor's House by Willa Cather
