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Title: Measuring Eternity: The Search for the Beginning of Time by Martin Gorst ISBN: 0-7679-0844-9 Publisher: Broadway Books Pub. Date: 12 November, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Stunning!
Comment: What a shame this little gem of a book hasn't received the large promotion it does to get it out into the mainstream! Expecting a dry little book about mans obsession with time, I was extremely surprised to find a compelling and overwhelmingly fascinating book which tells a tale of mankind's efforts to find out how old the Earth is. The story is very character driven, dipping into the fascinating (if opressed) lives of men of science and religion, driven over the last 400 years to work out exactly how old is the Earth. Of course, initially, the results are hopelessly tangled in religious boundaries but gradually, the questing minds of scientists eventually begin to push back the religious boundaries.
Gorst has written an absolutely magical book here - worth reading whether even if only looking to kill a few hours - because it is so well written, so easy to read and so interesting! Its been a long time since I read such a great work of non-fiction and would recommend this book to anyone with the slightest hint of curiosity or interest in history!
Rating: 5
Summary: Measuring Eternity: The Search for the Beginning of Time
Comment: Measuring Eternity: The Search for the Beginning of Time written by Martin Gorst is a real jewel as he writes about man's obsession to find out when time or when did the universe began. This is a well written book of character driven narrative, making interesting reading as the cast of characters tell a well-crafted story.
I'm sure that at least once in your life time you wanted to know when the universe started. Well, that very question lies at the crosshairs of religion and science, nd for four hundred years philosophers, astronomers, geologists, physicists and mathematicians all tried to figure out the answer to this most vexing question.
Poor Bishop James Ussher who came up with an answer of 4004 BC at 6:00PM on a Suturday, October 22 noless was really off by billions of years, but he only had the bible for reference... no wonder he made such an inaccurate calculation.. if only he opened he eyes and mind to see the expanse of time in eons. Aristotle had it better pegged when he said, "Time is infinite and the universe eternal," and that was the fourth century B.C. Plato had his magnus annus a span of 36,000 years.
I found this book to be very interesting as the author writes in an easily read style making you well aware of the history involved in this age old question of chasing rainbows and expanded horizons... the moment that time began. And as science slowly put the pieces together via Darwinism, thermodynamics, radioactivily and most recently the astronomers with the Hubble space telescope, we begin to see what deep time means... 13.4 billion years give or take a billion. Thus, making time almost incomprehensible nevertheless, plausible.
You'll enjoy reading the history involved with calculating when time began and how each thought that they were on the right track, later to be found that they too were not thinking billions of years. There are some very eccentic characters in this book... knowing that they were serious when they took on the caluclation of time, but later we see the error in their thinking.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent, excellent, excellent
Comment: The beauty of this book is that you don't have to know anything about science to be mesmerized by it. Its reads as though a grand wizard of storytelling is telling you an especially wonderful story. Briefly, this book tells the story of how we as human beings came to question the world around us, and eventually the universe. The style of writing is plain, simple english, like a good documentary. Gorst explains the science in examples that don't interfere with the narrative. The search for the beginning of time involved countless scientists, and Gorst seamlessly blends each person's contribution, smoothly moving from one person or era to another. The book is lively and engaging and would make a great present for just about anyone; it's a nice change from the usual bestseller that leaves you with nothing when you're done.
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Title: Atom : An Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth...and Beyond by Lawrence M. Krauss ISBN: 0316499463 Publisher: Little, Brown Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: The Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World by Ken Alder ISBN: 0743216768 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Nature Via Nurture : Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Human by Matt Ridley ISBN: 0060006781 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Time: A Traveller's Guide by Clifford A. Pickover ISBN: 0195130960 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Callahan's Con by Spider Robinson ISBN: 0765302705 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 02 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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