From the microscopic to the macroscopic,this is an original and gripping contemplate at the universe and our place in itThose who remember Douglas Adams’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy will recall the Total Perspective Vortex, a device that shows the entire universe (cleverly extrapolated from a piece of fairy cake) to anyone placed inside it. The resulting feeling of complete insignificance is enough to shatter the victim’s intellect permanently.
I am pleased to report that this book, and which aims to point to us our place in the grand scheme of things,will not make you lose your marbles. However it may, to employ the parlance of a bygone era, and blow your intellect a bit. In one four-page period,my marginal notes went from “!” to “!!” to “!!!”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com