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Overview"""Tracing our contemplation of the cosmos from the big bang to the big crunch"" (The New Yorker), Marcelo Gleiser explores the shared quest of ancient prophets and today's astronomers to explain the strange phenomena of our skies—from the apocalypse foretold in Revelations to modern science's ongoing identification of multiple cataclysmic threats, including the impact of comets and asteroids on earthly life, the likelihood of future collisions, the meaning of solar eclipses and the death of stars, the implications of black holes for time travel, and the ultimate fate of the universe and time. Presenting insights to cosmological science and apocalyptic philosophy in an ""easily accessible"" (Library Journal) style, Gleiser is ""a rare astrophysicist as comfortable quoting Scripture as explaining formulas"" (Booklist). K. C. Cole praises his ability to ""[work] the entwined threads of science and religion into a vision of 'the end' that is strangely comforting and inspiring.""" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Marcelo GleiserPublisher: WW Norton & Co Imprint: WW Norton & Co Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.10cm Weight: 0.471kg ISBN: 9780393324310ISBN 10: 0393324311 Pages: 370 Publication Date: 17 August 2004 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviews"""Gleiser has worked the entwined threads of science and religion into a vision of 'the end' that is strangely comforting and inspiring - that gives us cause to celebrate not only the gift of life but also the finality of death... And as good books do, Gleiser tells you things you think you already knew in a way that introduces them to you for the first time."" K.C.Cole, Los Angeles Times ""Marcelo Gleiser has a spaciousness of mind large enough to embrace both primordial creation myths and the latest advances in contemporary astronomy and cosmology, and he has brought these together sensitively and seamlessly in this marvellous book."" Oliver Sacks ""Tracing our contemplation of the cosmos from the big bang to the big crunch"" The New Yorker ""An eschatological adventure... elegantly written throughout."" The Fortean Times" Gleiser has worked the entwined threads of science and religion into a vision of 'the end' that is strangely comforting and inspiring - that gives us cause to celebrate not only the gift of life but also the finality of death... And as good books do, Gleiser tells you things you think you already knew in a way that introduces them to you for the first time. K.C.Cole, Los Angeles Times Marcelo Gleiser has a spaciousness of mind large enough to embrace both primordial creation myths and the latest advances in contemporary astronomy and cosmology, and he has brought these together sensitively and seamlessly in this marvellous book. Oliver Sacks Tracing our contemplation of the cosmos from the big bang to the big crunch The New Yorker An eschatological adventure... elegantly written throughout. The Fortean Times Author InformationMarcelo Gleiser is the Appleton Professor of Natural Philosophy and professor of physics and astronomy at Dartmouth College and the author of The Dancing Universe: From Creation Myths to the Big Bang. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |