Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
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  • Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
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Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
Michio Kaku
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ASIN: 1400033721
Release Date: 2006-02-14

Book Description

In this thrilling journey into the mysteries of our cosmos, bestselling author Michio Kaku takes us on a dizzying ride to explore black holes and time machines, multidimensional space and, most tantalizing of all, the possibility that parallel universes may lay alongside our own.

Kaku skillfully guides us through the latest innovations in string theory and its latest iteration, M-theory, which posits that our universe may be just one in an endless multiverse, a singular bubble floating in a sea of infinite bubble universes. If M-theory is proven correct, we may perhaps finally find answer to the question, “What happened before the big bang?” This is an exciting and unforgettable introduction into the new cutting-edge theories of physics and cosmology from one of the pre-eminent voices in the field.

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4 out of 5 stars illustrating and entretaining.......2007-08-23

The book gives a understandable review for the curious layman of the exciting ideas in cosmology and correlated areas , like string theory
it is spiced with personal details about the scientist involved

All over it is a exciting expirience and a highly recomended book

3 out of 5 stars Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos.......2007-08-16

This book is actually to be a Christmas gift, so I haven't opened it. It arrived very quickly and in good condition. Thank you for expediting it.

5 out of 5 stars Great Introduction for the layman.......2007-08-12

I truly enjoyed this book. It covers very profound subjects in a manner that the average layman can understand. With this book, I had to read it in small bites. Each page was packed to thought provoking ideas. After reading a little, I wanted to just sit, think and reflect. It is good book to read with others. The ideas need to be discussed to be absorbed.

I enjoyed the cosmology, the string theory, M-theory, and the standard model. I had heard about them but I never knew much about them. The author lets you know which areas are hotly debated in the science world. Most books about this subject have too much math for me to work through.

The ending was a little too much.

5 out of 5 stars It's A Possibility.......2007-08-02

Michio Kaku has created a scenario of possibilities in the evolution of this world. Kaku explores the potentials of parallel worlds and realities. In quantum physics anything is possible. Kudos for Kaku. Bettye Johnson, award-winning author, Secrets of the Magdalene Scrolls.

3 out of 5 stars Science Fiction.......2007-07-11

Kaku has an agreeable, engaging writing style that makes some of the more challenging physics and mathematics accessbile to the layman. Where I felt my interest waning, however, was in the section where he discusses at considerable length various exit strategies from the universe trillions of years from now when it will come to an end. A page (at most) would have sufficed to cover this scenario; instead he went on and on about the various possibilities for intelligent beings to escape from our universe into parallel worlds. The death of our universe is too distant an event for us to be expending too much brain power now on devising contingency plans.
The Future of Theoretical Physics and Cosmology: Celebrating Stephen Hawking's 60th Birthday
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The Future of Theoretical Physics and Cosmology: Celebrating Stephen Hawking's 60th Birthday

Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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ASIN: 0521820812

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Based on lectures given in honor of Stephen Hawking's 60th birthday, this book comprises contributions from the world's leading theoretical physicists. Popular lectures progress to a critical evaluation of more advanced subjects in modern cosmology and theoretical physics. Topics covered include the origin of the universe, warped spacetime, cosmological singularities, quantum gravity, black holes, string theory, quantum cosmology and inflation. The volume provides a fascinating overview of the variety of subjects to which Stephen Hawking has contributed.

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4 out of 5 stars Books like this don't come along often.......2006-03-21

This book collects a series of lectures given at a conference celebrating Stephan Hawking's sixtieth birthday. If you don't know who Stephen Hawking is then this book is definitely not for you! His contributions are too extensive to give a comprehensive list here, a very short list of highlights would include seminal contributions to singularity theorems, quantum cosmology, co-authoring one of the great books in general relativity and his discovery that black holes emit (approximately?) thermal radiation. The lectures collected in this book provide a more complete overview of the many areas in which he has contributed. Given Hawking's accomplishments it's not surprising that the books contributors include many of the world's most prominent physicists.

There are forty-four chapters covering a vast range of topics in theoretical physics. The level of the material also has a wide range, from introductory to very advanced discussions. I thought the selection of papers was great.

The first part of the book is at a very introductory level. That isn't to say the material isn't quite interesting. The topics include basic general relativity, gravity waves, cosmology and singularities. This part should be accessible to a general audience.

The remainder of the book is more advanced, some of it quite advanced. Nevertheless I would expect much of it to be accessible to advanced undergraduates. Some of the material is fairly standard such as cosmology (standard general relativity treatment), inflation and black holes (standard general relativity version). However, most of the topics presented involve less well understood physics.

It's difficult to describe the breadth of the content without just looking a table of contents, but I'll try to give a rough idea of it. Not surprisingly there are many talks on physics of black holes that isn't completely understood. A partial list of black hole topics includes: primordial black holes, inner-horizon stability (a tentative answer is given), string effects and information loss. Here is a very coarse grained list of the rest of the content: loop quantum gravity, chronology protection conjecture, topology change, the holographic principle (or conjecture, depending on who you ask), Euclidean quantum gravity, topology change, string theory (touched on in many talks), quantum cosmology (basic, with supersymmetry and implication for the problem of time), cosmology (a wide variety) and more.

In summary, many interesting ideas in theoretical physics are discussed. They naturally center on general relativity, quantum gravity and cosmology. Even the difficult topics are fairly accessible. I would expect most graduate students would enjoy it, as would many advanced undergraduates with a solid background in general relativity and quantum mechanics (however, a lot of the material is quite challenging). Some of the material would also be interesting to astronomy and astrophysics students too.
Universe Of Worlds: Exploring the Frontiers of the Afterlife
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Universe Of Worlds: Exploring the Frontiers of the Afterlife
Robert J. Grant
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ASIN: 0876044461

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Edgar Cayce said that everything that exists in the material, physical world has its origin in the unseen realms. Universe of Worlds presents a detailed picture if the relationship between the seen and unseen worlds, based upon the written accounts of reputable, well-documented seers including Edgar Cayce, Author Ford, Eileen Garrett, Alice Bailey, and C.W. Leadbeader.

Robert Grant goes into great depth about dimensions of life outside the material world. This moving, inspirational, and convincing book sheds light upon:

* How we can align ourselves with the Creative Forces.
* The nature of death, dying, and the afterlife.
* The relationship between human beings and beings in the non-physical worlds.
* How unseen teachers guide humanity's evolution and spiritual awakening.

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5 out of 5 stars Great Book on the Afterlife.......2005-06-04

I found this book to be an excellent source of information re: the afterlife. The author describes information that was received in various forms, such as near-death experiences, channeling & after-death communication, and draws heavily on many Edgar Cayce readings.

Many important insights that were gained from those on the Other Side are discussed, including: 1)Our thoughts become "things", and have a major effect on ourselves & others; 2)Where we find ourselves after death depends, at least in part, on our beliefs and how we choose to live our current life; 3)We are never alone - our loved ones and guides are always around us; 4)We are not seperate beings, instead we are all interconnected - etc...

I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the afterlife &/or Edgar Cayce readings.

5 out of 5 stars Extraordinary Book.......2003-07-05

This book is well written and documented with a wealth of information gathered on the subject of the afterlife. The author holds true to his writing style of easy to read and understand language for the average individual. As with all his work, thus far, it's based upon the information from the Edgar Cayce Readings as well as other informative documentation.
I highly recommend this book to anyone with questions regarding the afterlife.

5 out of 5 stars 16 Clues to Your Past Lives.......2000-01-06

As a certified past-life therapist, I realize that Barbara Lane has put into words what I have instinctively known for years about accessing clues to past life memories. It is no accident that we tend to be attracted to or fascinated by specific people, places, occupations, or to scenes from movies, books, etc. Ms. Lane's book is insightful and very well written. I believe this book will be most helpful for anyone who is curious about his or her past-life history.
A Matter of Degrees: What Temperature Reveals about the Past and Future of Our Species, Planet, and[continued] Universe
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A Matter of Degrees: What Temperature Reveals about the Past and Future of Our Species, Planet, and[continued] Universe
Gino Segre
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Length and mass are measurements we understand intuitively, but temperature is fleeting and elusive. Why is it so hard to measure compared with other fundamentals? Why do living things require such a narrow range of temperatures to go about their business? How cold is deep space, anyway? Physicist Gino Segre knows how to keep interest flowing along; even when he's explaining the intricacies of small-scale physics, he takes time to ground it in real life. His scope is wide--from the beginning (and ending) of the universe to the history of life on Earth, little falls outside his purview. Yet the book touches on so many subjects of immediate interest to 21st-century humans (high fevers, sports medicine, and the next scheduled Ice Age, to name a few) that it's compelling even to those who don't care about the Big Questions. --Rob Lightner

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In a wonderful synthesis of science, history, and imagination, Gino Segrè, an internationally renowned theoretical physicist, embarks on a wide-ranging exploration of how the fundamental scientific concept of temperature is bound up with the very essence of both life and matter. Why is the internal temperature of most mammals fixed near 98.6š? How do geologists use temperature to track the history of our planet? Why is the quest for absolute zero and its quantum mechanical significance the key to understanding superconductivity? And what can we learn from neutrinos, the subatomic "messages from the sun" that may hold the key to understanding the birth-and death-of our solar system? In answering these and hundreds of other temperature-sensitive questions, Segrè presents an uncanny view of the world around us.

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5 out of 5 stars temperature explained.. and the effects it has.......2006-06-16

As someone who barely made it through thermodynamics at the U getting a title of mechanical engineer, I'm glad of reading this wonderful book. It puts you in a special perspective about how this property relates to our earth and our living world.

be prepared to take a grand tour. Temperature is a property of mater and as suchm reveals what is happing to an active systems such as the earth. Science is all about connections; at least to me, thats where the beauty comes in. To be able to connect atmospheric events, form geology, to living systems, wisdom resides on how you can weave the threads that are loose

5 out of 5 stars A fascinating and lucid book!.......2006-04-09

For me this was an excellent book and recommend it to everyone interested in always learning new things. Segre's easy way of explaining tough matters is admirable. In this book you learn lots of stuff, like the average internal temperature of humans, earth temperature, what is absolute zero and quantum dynamics, all of them sauced with lots of history.

4 out of 5 stars A Journey From the Discovery of Aspirin to Hydrothermal Vents.......2006-02-16

An entertaining read about the discovery and history of temperature. Along with the usual suspects like Galileo, Copernicus, Newton and others, you are also introduced to many other somewhat less heralded scientific figures that have made great contributions to science. Some of the more interesting sections of the book were, the discovery of aspirin, invention of the thermometer, hydrothermal vents, to temperature shift extinctions. Overall, a very quick read with lasting anecdotal impressions. Why read this book? To quote Steven Weinberg "The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy". This book opens new insights into and of the world we live in.

3 out of 5 stars Science for the curious.......2006-01-05

This book is a fantastic read for any of us who has gone through their science courses in school and wondered if there is more to science than the cut and dry information they got from their BORING(!!!!)textbooks.

Who would have ever thought that such a prestigious family of physicists who can pride themselves of a Nobel prize trace back to a enterprising grand-father who built a paper mill on top of Roman temple in Italy?

Science is indeed a human story.

2 out of 5 stars 2 stars for usefulness, 4 stars for interesting tidbits.......2005-12-10

I read this book after reading John Gribbin's "Deep Simplicity" and "Ice Age". If I hadn't read Gribbin's books I would not have been able to put some of Segre's political bias into context, and filter the good information from the scientific facts. Gribbin writes in a much clearer style and without the blantant political overtones.
The Runaway Universe: The Race to Find the Future of the Cosmos
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • the future of the universe meets the now
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  • Complete, understandable, but not Goldsmith's best
  • Can we know the future of the cosmos in the near future?
  • Gets the adrenaline running
The Runaway Universe: The Race to Find the Future of the Cosmos
Donald Goldsmith
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The story of rival groups of brilliant astronomers seeking two mysterious numbers that will reveal the future of the universe. For decades, astronomers have sought to discover the ultimate fate of the universe. Will the cosmos continue forever in its expansion, which began billions of years ago with the big bang? Or will gravity someday reverse the process, producing a "big crunch?" Two groups of astronomers have recently announced a discovery that seems to resolve the issue but that also shakes the science of cosmology to its very foundation: the expansion of the universe appears to be accelerating. The Runaway Universe is the story of these astronomers who have stood the world of cosmology on its ear-and of their competitive race to discover the future of the universe.

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4 out of 5 stars the future of the universe meets the now.......2007-03-21

stardate: now

The cosmos is about to experience a transformation so vast in scope it is nearly beyond the vision of the highly developed 21st century human mind.

What is about to happen is akin to an explosion into dimensionality itself, as though the current form of the cosmos was to become suddenly too small for the ever expanding and ever complexifying screen of human understanding.

The existential tension is real, so real that a human psychology is going berserk into the fog of denial. Fueled by a psychology of cowardice [simply a scientific definition, no degrading is intended, nor should any be inferred], fear dominates the landscape.

From the standpoint of chaotic world media-dense societies, something is seemingly spinning out of control, evidenced in the magnitude of explosions of mediaform, mediacontent, and mediadelivery. It is like the starship enterprise suddenly encountering an energy-mined space field.

While civil societies engage in wars of words and men, everything from voodoo on up the scale is being wildly championed as the new thing, and the human anxiety level is about to go into the red zone.

Meanwhile, those who live in this time at the heart of the human home -- Africa -- remain for the most part left behind by the advance of money rich societies.

Between those two opposites, an entire spectrum sprays its light across a cosmos of human endeavor, and the dance of energy through all of humanity is deep and intense.

"It" is all about to change, and it will not be through a war of men, by men or through men. It is a function of the universe itself, physical and nonphysical, a morphing so instantaneous that it will redefine not the reality but what in reality "we" are.

And we are about to encounter the birth into exponentially expanded dimensionality. All we have created, and all we would attempt to hold on to, is about to be merged into a new reality.

While scientists look backward, and religions look forward from the past, technology pretends to be an answer. It has only one achievement: communication.

These are the days of the last wonders of the world. and it has already started. see it now or see it later.

4 out of 5 stars The key cosmic parameters - what we see is what we know........2001-12-07

Supernova stars observations in the end of 1990s suggest a nonzero Constant capable of accelerating universal expansion and validate inflationary model.
How true are determinations indicating the fifth significant break through in modern cosmology?

This work is a pure scientific report revolving essentially around two equations containing only two unknown parameters.
First equation is a sum: Density (of all types of matter in the Universe) + Constant (called Einstein's cosmological constant).
Second equation is just a difference between these two.
Density and Constant provide us with the view of our Universe and its current behavior. I enjoyed this book. It describes all-important practical ways used by scientists and astronomers to look into depth of our sky. Then it shows how the valuable information is extracted from observations. Knowing sum and a difference of Density and Constant allow us to calculate value of each single parameter separately. Simple isn't it?

But how accurate are the observations and what obstacles have to be overcome?
Read about it and you will know about history of modern observational cosmology and mysteries of our cosmos.

Certain sections of this book are more difficult and require extra focusing power to get by (for example: dependence of peak luminosity on light curve- for supernova observation or: how the curvature of space determines the angular size on which we now see the largest "surfaces of last scattering"-for cosmic background radiation study).
Do not get discouraged however, just glide through these parts and author will eventually clarify most of it later, leaving you with the good idea what has been tried to accomplish.

I am, and I have always been impressed by careers of top world-class astronomers, their knowledge, ability to design observational methods and skills for processing obtained spectra. Goldsmith gives many stories of dedication and determination, stories about geniuses contributing to total understanding of what Universe was and what will become.
You will find very little in this book about extra dimensions, falling into black holes, traveling in time, strings, TOE and other mumbo-jumbo theories existing only on paper. What we learn here is only about what we perceive and deduce from it.
"The Runaway Universe" is a great update on astronomy and astrophysics, compact and easy to read. Do not miss it if you like to be in space from time to time.

4 out of 5 stars Complete, understandable, but not Goldsmith's best.......2001-11-16

Goldsmith did an excellent job in this book, as a popularizer of an exceedingly complex subject, but not as a writer. The subject is, of course, the recent discovery of the non-zero "cosmological constant", that accelerates the expansion of our universe exponentially.

In order to guide the reader through the theories, Goldsmith starts with the historical facts, starting with Einstein's view of the Universe, deciphering the results of the "type Ia Supernovae" research groups, and explaining the COBE satellite data and the gravitationnal lensing effect. Each concept is explained, each theory gradually introduced, and, as the reader understands more and more of it, Goldsmith even manages to expand the book with the alternative explanations that might be revealed with the futures set of instruments (MAP and Planck).

So, on the science side, Goldsmith did a great job, complete and objective, similar in quality to his other book "The Hunt for Life on Mars".

However, several paragraphs (and even one or two chapters), that deal more with the scientists involved, are too long, not very well written, breaking the rythm of the book. Also, he sometimes try to explain some formulas without even writing them once, which makes everything more confusing than necessary.

Anyway, this book is worth reading, and is probably the most complete introduction you can get on this topic. And now that MAP is flying, you can expect more results to be published in the next few years, and you will understand what it's all about.

4 out of 5 stars Can we know the future of the cosmos in the near future?.......2000-12-29

From observation of supernovae, i.e., large exploding stars, two rival teams of astronomers recently found that the expansion of the universe was very possibly accelerating. The astronomer and science writer Donald Goldsmith tells laypersons the story centered on this discovery in this book. To explain the accelerating expansion, astronomers have revived Albert Einstein's "cosmological constant," which he called his greatest blunder. It is interesting that the same author published a book entitled "Einstein's Greatest Blunder?" just a little before the announcement of the above discovery.

Before going into the main topic of the finding of the accelerating expansion, Goldsmith gives an introductory chapters on the discovery of galaxies, the expansion of the universe, the inflationary theory of the cosmos, and the existence of dark matter in the universe. These chapters might be somewhat tedious for those who already learned about them. When the story comes to the central theme, however, almost all readers would be fascinated by the author's clear explanation of painstaking research into cosmic riddles. Without using equations but effectively using some photographs and diagrams, Goldsmith succeeds in telling what has happened and is going to happen at the forefront of cosmology. The last chapter deals with pleasant prospects of astronomical observations in the nearest future, which will use new satellites and other powerful instruments to resolve many of the mysterious issues of cosmology including the fate of the universe.

5 out of 5 stars Gets the adrenaline running.......2000-04-21

"The Runaway Universe" is the latest news on the cosmological constant, reincarnated (after Einstein called it his worst blunder) because of evidence recently discovered that the rate the universe is expanding is actually increasing. This is a fascinating book that doesn't back away from informing us about just how tentative these latest findings are. The book also is good at describing the almost frightening consequences of these findings, if they are true: the universe will basically evaporate away much faster than we'd ever dreamed of before (but it will still take billions of years, so don't worry about it at the personal level). This is one of many popular books that appear each year on cosmology. Generally I judge them by how many times I feel satisfied that I am understanding for the first time something I've run across many times before in my readings but it never sunk in. The chapter on the various types of supernova struck me this way: absolutely outstanding and clear, and worth the price of the book alone, in my opinion.
Universe: The Role-Playing Game of the Future (2nd Edition)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Educational and Fun
Universe: The Role-Playing Game of the Future (2nd Edition)
John H. Butterfield , Gerard C. Klug , and Simulations Publications Inc.
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5 out of 5 stars Educational and Fun.......2006-08-26

My four year old daughter enjoys this book. It gives a simple overview of the universe. One to three sentences a page. In the begining, I just read the similest sentences, as my daughter has gotten older, I have read it all, and expanded on some concepts that she asks about. I think any book with transparnt pages is fun.
The Far-Future Universe: Eschatology from a Cosmic Perspective
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    The Far-Future Universe: Eschatology from a Cosmic Perspective

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    3. Theology for a Scientific Age: Being and Becoming-Natural, Divine and Human (Theology and the Sciences) Theology for a Scientific Age: Being and Becoming-Natural, Divine and Human (Theology and the Sciences)
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    5. Cosmic Jackpot: Why Our Universe Is Just Right for Life Cosmic Jackpot: Why Our Universe Is Just Right for Life

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    Will our universe continue to expand 100 billion years from now? Does human life and all intelligence inevitably come to an end as the universe evolves? Could our present space be converted catastrophically into a new kind of space governed by different physical laws? Can we construct a theology of the future universe? Would the continuation of the universe for eternity be a good thing?

    Nearly 400 years ago, Galileo ground the Dutch "spyglass" and looked to the stars. His discoveries raised questions about the origin of the universe—questions that today, with our high-powered optical instruments, have become even more audacious. In Rome, at the Casina Pio IV, once a summer residence of Pope Pius IV and with links to Galileo, a group of scientists and theologians recently gathered to exchange research-in-progress, ideas, and opinions about the far future.

    The Far-Future Universe presents eighteen provocative essays offering speculations on various scenarios for the future, from the perspectives of cosmology, physics, biology, humanity, and theology, including:

    John D. Barrow, research professor of mathematical science, who notes: "When there is an infinite time to wait then anything that can happen, eventually will happen. Worse (or better) than that, it will happen infinitely often."

    Paul Davies, British theoretical physicist, who addresses the question: "Eternity: who needs it?," poses six cosmological models, and examines the implications of each for the ultimate fate of the universe.

    A. Graham Cairns-Smith, honorary senior research fellow at the University of Glasgow, who considers exotic genetic materials and distinguishes between "life as we know it" and "life in general."

    Other contributors consider global time, artificial intelligence, religious ideas about the end of the world, and the nature of existence. Stimulating, challenging, and exciting, these visions of the far future are a starting point for further reflection and speculation.
    The Future of the Universe (Astronomers' Universe)
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      The Future of the Universe (Astronomers' Universe)
      Jack Meadows
      Manufacturer: Springer
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      ASIN: 1852339462

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      There are many books that describe what we know of the past of the Universe, beginning with the Big Bang. But what of its future?

      It is only in recent years that astronomers and cosmologists have come to any kind of consensus about the probable history of the universe, so have been relatively few books speculating about its future evolution. What will happen to the Earth and solar system? What about our galaxy? Indeed, how long will the universe as we recognize it survive?

      The Future of the Universe takes the reader on a journey through space and time, beginning with a long look at the Earth and solar system, voyaging to the outermost galaxies, and finishing with speculations about the life and fate of the entire universe.

      Cosmography: A Posthumous Scenario for the Future of Humanity
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        Cosmography: A Posthumous Scenario for the Future of Humanity
        R. Buckminster Fuller , and Kiyoshi Kuromiya
        Manufacturer: Macmillan Pub Co
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        The Time Travelers Academy
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        In time travel theory, there is an unknown aspect of the grandfather paradox. If a person does anything that will affect the future, some force in nature will stop them. In The Time Travelers Academy, this force comes within a hair's breadth of destroying humanity when a comet brings a new and unstoppable plague to Earth. The President makes a choice that will either save Earth's inhabitants or annihilate them. At a secret military academy, ten cadets are selected to travel to the future of Earth's sister planet, in the hope that planet has found a cure for the plague. The mission's leader, John Richards, knows that past time travel risks encountering time eliminators: entities that will absorb him and his crew out of existence before their actions can literally reset the universal timeline. But when Richards learns that his fiancé was killed in a contract hit, he's determined to go back in time and prevent her death, even if it risks the destruction of the current Earth.

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        5 out of 5 stars I love time travel books.......2007-05-02

        Wow!!! I purchased and read the book in its entirety and loved it!!! Before I purchased the book I read the synopsis and utilized the search inside option... Just what I was looking for in a time travel book. This book is perfect for young adults or those who just love a good time travel book. Its a mixture of romance, action and adventure.

        The story line is very easy to follow from start to finish. Professionally written and professionally edited. A great book that would make a great movie.

        "The Time Travelers Academy"

        A secret training academy that teaches time travel. The hero challenges the grandfather paradox to go back in time and save his fiancé from a tragedy but an unknown aspect of the grandfather paradox stipulates: Something in nature will stop the time traveler from changing the past.

        I loved the story line about the "eliminators" entities that will stop a time travelers from changing the past. The hit movie called the Langoliers had similar but very different entities. The Langoliers' job is to erase moments in time that have already passed into history very different from the "eliminators" but a very good concept.

        You'll love the characters they are very believable. Each character was out to achieve something. I cant tell you how it ends all I can say is you will not be disappointed...I highly recommend this book.







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