Trekking On The Sands Of Time

Our trek begins with the book, “Before the Beginning” by Martin Rees with the Foreword by Stephen Hawking.

Here is an excerpt from the book cover:

“……Professor Rees argues that a family - even an infinity - of universes may have been created, each by its own big bang, and each acquiring a distinctive imprint and its own laws of physics. These baby universes will either live out their immense cosmic cycle, or die because those laws do not allow them to achieve longevity. Our home universe, then, is just one element in a cosmic archipelago where impassable barriers prohibit communication between the islands. But, as Rees demonstrates, our universe is an exceptional member of this infinite ensemble, for it is still near the beginning of a fascinating evolutionary process that will end either in the heat-death of external expansion, or in what scientists call a big crunch. Most remarkable of all, oue universe contains creatures able to observe it. The multi-universe revolution in cosmological thought limned by Rees casts a piercing light on man’s place in the cosmos, and argues that the conditions permitting the evolution of life stand on the razor’s edge between a dead universe and one filled with living beings.”

Start the journey…go read the book, and then offer your comments.