I suddenly had a little epiphany: all the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal. … But with each passing year, and with each whimsical purchase, our libraries become more and more able to articulate who we are, whether we read the books or not. | |
— Nick Hornby | |
[A similar quote was found at one of the blogs I follow: A Pondering Mind | |
The specific post is located at: All The Books We Own – A Pondering Mind | |
This slightly longer version came from: AZ Quotes.com | |
Both are highly recommended. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Clear Global Standards |
A Girl Like You | |
2020 | Life’s Mysteries |
2019 | I Doubt I Ever Will |
2018 | Who Will Thank (If Not Remember) Me |
2017 | Reinforced Learning |
2016 | I Choose To Believe |
2015 | What They Don’t Teach You At School |
2014 | Still Trying To Die (5) |
2013 | Honest Doubt |
2012 | Choice |
2011 | Ownership Of Thought |
Archive for the ‘Reading’ Category
A Little Epiphany
Posted in Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, tagged A Pondering Mind, A-Z Quotes.com, Books, Epiphany, Nick Hornby, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes on April 11, 2022| 4 Comments »
Desert Springs
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, tagged Andrew Carnegie, Community, Deserts, Education, Libraries, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, Springs on February 22, 2022| 2 Comments »
A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert. | |
― Andrew Carnegie | |
[Found at one of the blogs I follow: “I didn’t have my glasses on….“ | |
Located at: https://ididnthavemyglasseson.com/ | |
The specific post is at: https://ididnthavemyglasseson.com/2017/03/11/im-a-reflection-of-the-community-tupac-shakur/ | |
Please visit the original blog / site if you have a minute… — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | And Usually The Former |
The Real Heir… | |
2020 | The Doggie Dab |
A Fork In The Road | |
2019 | #LyingDonald’s Problem With The News And Truth |
2018 | Oh, Hell |
2017 | No Welcome Mat Here |
2016 | Making It Up |
A Missed Beat | |
2015 | We Are All Explorers |
2014 | Still Trying To Cope |
2013 | Dear Diary (A good chuckle!) |
2012 | Conveniently Sequential |
2011 | King’s Speech Number Four |
Rational Probability | |
Overbooked
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, tagged Books, Neighbors, Nooks, Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, Robert Southey, Rooms on February 20, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Give me a room whose every nook is dedicated to a book. | |
— Robert Southey | |
[We recently had a neighbor drop in. She had been discussing books with my wife and wanted to drop off one she had just finished and was recommending. (Readers are the biggest “pushers” in the world.) Anyway, the neighbor was saying she had far too many books and she needed to donate / give away some of them. My wife chuckled. The neighbor looked quizzical… I opened the door to one of my rooms and she saw a wall of books / LP’s / CD’s approximately 18ft long and shelved from floor to ceiling (mostly books). I said that’s only one of two rooms. My wife thanked her and said she’ll be happy to borrow some books. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | One Month In: Learning To Play Guitar |
Cause The Melody Keeps Haunting Me | |
2020 | Working On My 2019 Tax Returns |
2019 | Three Beliefs |
2018 | He Found Them On-Line |
2017 | Maybe In A Future World |
2016 | Largely A Mystery |
2015 | Tools And Weapons |
2014 | Likes And Dislikes |
2013 | Pillars Of Learning |
2012 | Another JCoM Review |
Move It | |
2011 | Expected Value |
What Should Be Universal Exercise
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, tagged Ability, At The Same Time: Essays And Speeches, Exercise, Literature, Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, Susan Sontag, Training, Weeping on December 12, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Literature can train, and exercise, our ability to weep for those who are not us or ours. | |
–– Susan Sontag | |
From: “At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Trying To Keep On Keeping On |
Bending | |
2019 | Ooops (Again) |
2018 | Two Start Up Front |
2017 | I Love America Because… |
An Act Of God | |
And So It Came To Pass (Act Of God part 2) | |
2016 | As Far From |
2015 | Rocky 7 |
Just Like Politics | |
2014 | Game And Legend |
“Scientific” Pride In Humanity | |
2013 | Real Honor |
Catching Up | |
2012 | Thoughts And Communications |
2011 | But How Does Peter Feel? |
2010 | Name That Regret |
Four Fifths Of Music
Posted in 2021 Book Review, Book Review, Guitar, Guitar Stuff, Music, Reading, Reviews, tagged 2021 Book Review, Book Review, Guitar, Joseph Alexander, Music, Reading, Strong Book Recommendation, The Circle Of Fifths For Guitartists -- book review on November 18, 2021| Leave a Comment »
“The Circle Of Fifths For Guitarists” (2017©) — book review | |
This review is for the first guitar book (non-song book category) which I have finished reading. Hopefully, there will be many more in the future… | |
The book is written by: Joseph Alexander and is part of a series of learning about music / guitar titled: “Fundamental Changes“. There is an associated website at: www.fundamental-changes.com. It also has associated Facebook and Instagram blah-blah-blah… | |
Background: | |
In January of this year (2021), I decided to teach myself to play guitar. I’ve now purchased multiple guitars (acoustic and electric) and about a dozen books on learning music and learning how to play various genres of guitar. I am trying to “find” my voice on both hardware and in music. I am doing this (journey / vision-quest) “mostly” through YouTube, Wikipedia, Google and my local second hand bookstore. I am averaging about one hour a day of hands-on practice and another couple of hours exploring genres, music theory, musicians / bands / songs, and hardware reviews. Although I have (probably) over 300 hours of hands-on practice, I still consider myself to be a near complete-beginner guitarist. I have watched multiple hours worth of videos on “The Circle of Fifths” and given this book is only a little over sixty pages of material, I’ve spent far more time watching videos than I actually spent reading this book. | |
Review: | |
Having said this, the questions remain: is THIS a good book about the topic and would I recommend it to others? The answer to both is: “YES“. | |
First (good): this is not a particularly easy topic to cover / explain. I may feel this way simply because I’m such a beginner, but I’ve asked a few people who’ve “played” guitar in the past and they (mostly) said: “Just learn some chords and play songs. Nobody is interested in theory.” The problem is: I AM!! Not only am I interested in guitar (as a physical instrument), I am also interested in it as a means of musical expression. I seek to “Grok” guitar. This means I have to learn the how’s and why’s of just about everything “guitar”. Hence, my interest in the topic: “The Circle of Fifths” (TCoF). | |
Alexander has written a very easy to read explanation of TCoF and I feel this book significantly increased the depth and breadth of my understanding of this music tool. Obviously TCoF is a tool for all musicians and not limited to just use by guitarists. Having said this, the author appropriately makes the effort to explain things from / for a guitarist’s point of view. He defines words / terms when he first uses them, so ensuring the budding guitarist knows what he is talking about. Alexander also takes the time to briefly explain some things beyond the scope of the book and cautions readers when a side topic is going to get deep. Basically, he explains fundamental concepts clearly and then builds on the foundation to round out the reader’s understanding. | |
As mentioned earlier, there is an associated website with audio files which can be played to increase understanding by ear training and not simply expecting the reader to “understand” a point by reading about it. This is a book about practical application of theory to music (sound). | |
Second (bad): If that’s the good, what’s wrong? Well, my copy came to me with every third page glued together. Not consecutive pages, but facing pages and every other set: two pages open, two pages glued, etc. The glued spot was pretty uniform at about two inches in from the center / binding. Most were only spots. A few were lengths (a quarter inch to two inches) running from binding margin to the center of text. A couple were the full height of the page as well as being over an inch in width. Most could be pulled free. Three of the sets completely shredded the opposite page – which meant you couldn’t read the back of that page either, even though it wasn’t glued. Fortunately, the worst pages were at the extreme front and end of the book. When contacted, the response was: the books are printed and delivered by Amazon; take it back to them and they’ll arrange to give you another. If this was a hardbound book or more expensive, I would have done this. Weighing the cost versus my time, I just decided to live with what I have. And, after all, the book was still readable. Although annoying in multiple locations, I could figure out the missing words from surrounding context. | |
Third (bad): The book had a handful (less than five) of editing errors where either a word was dropped or an incorrect word was used. Only one was so bad (impactful) that I had to go back and re-read adjoining text to ensure I knew what the author was saying instead of what it looked like he was saying. I would add, I personally would NEVER buy this type of book in kindle format without having seen the complete book on whatever hardware version I owned. There is too much valuable information easily accessible by laying out two pages and seeing them next to each other in a readable size / format. In fairness, I am a “book” person, not an “ebook” person. Of course, with kindle I wouldn’t have had the glue issue. | |
Final recommendation: strong recommendation. If you are interested in learning a bit about music theory, how chords and keys are built and how chords work together to create music, this is an excellent beginner’s resource. Is it going to “vastly” improve MY music skills. Not in the immediate future. I’m not that good, yet. But I’ll get there some day and I believe reading this book will have helped me get there sooner than if I’d not read it. I will look for this author and series in my local used book stores where I can open and check the pages before I buy the book. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Doctor’s Orders |
Make That Seven Orders… | |
2019 | Innocent |
2018 | Ripost |
2017 | Just Asking… |
2016 | And 4 |
How Tall Do You Stand? | |
2015 | More Prejudice |
2014 | Say What? |
2013 | Daring Errors |
2012 | Are You Comfortable? |
I Just Have To | |
In Flux | |
2011 | True New |
2010 | A Job Well Started Is A Job Half Done |
I See With My One Good Eye | |
Or Internet Access To My Blog
Posted in Humor, Quotes, Reading, tagged Diary, Oscar Wilde, Quotes, Reading, Train Rides, Travel on July 18, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train. | |
–– Oscar Wilde | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | The Spirit Of A Fighter, The Heart Of A Saint |
Corporate Cults | |
2019 | Most Hire |
Just The Three Of Us | |
2018 | Sounds Like #45’s White House |
2017 | Have We Started Winning Yet? |
2016 | Still Springy |
2015 | Well Concealed |
2014 | The History Of Warriors |
2013 | A Cult Of Ignorance |
2012 | Counting Valor |
Understanding Faith | |
2011 | I Can Hear You Now |
2010 | Inception |
Sift And Stir
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, tagged Eleanor Roosevelt, Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, Thinking on July 3, 2021| 2 Comments »
What counts, in the long run, is not what you read; it is what you sift through your own mind; it is the ideas and impressions that are aroused in you by your reading. It is the ideas stirred in your own mind, the ideas which are a reflection of your own thinking, which make you an interesting person. | |
— Eleanor Roosevelt | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Role Reversal |
Time To Defend The Constitution (Part I) | |
Time To Defend The Constitution (Part II) | |
2019 | Right Or Wrong |
2018 | Open Doors |
2017 | When It Deserves It |
2016 | Expiation For Rest |
2015 | You’ll Get Through It |
2014 | A Special Kind Of Fall |
2013 | Very Rewarding |
2012 | MIB3 – The Team Is Closer Than Ever |
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2011 | Little By Little |
A Chance Meeting Finds A Way
Posted in Other Blogs, Quotes, Reading, tagged Books, Bookshops, Cecelia Ahern, I Didn't Have My Glasses On, Magic, Other Blogs, Quotes, Reading on May 29, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I believe in the magic of books. I believe that during certain periods in our lives we are drawn to particular books — whether it’s strolling down the aisles of a bookshop with no idea whatsoever of what it is that we want to read and suddenly finding the most perfect, most wonderfully suitable book staring us right in the face. Unblinking. Or a chance meeting with a stranger or friend who recommends a book we would never ordinarily reach for. Books have the ability to find their own way into our lives. | |
― Cecelia Ahern | |
[This quote is available at multiple locations on the web, but I originally found it as a post on one of the blogs I follow: I didn’t have my glasses on…. | |
The specific post is: the magic of books. Which can be found at: https://ididnthavemyglasseson.com/2021/05/08/24719/ | |
Please give the site a visit if you have some spare time. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | The Magnitude Of The Challenge |
2019 | Still Tearing, Still Being Rewarded |
2018 | Nothing More, Nothing Less |
2017 | Memorial Day – 2017 |
No Wonder I’m Smiling | |
2016 | Thinking Science Fictional |
2015 | Dawn Is Coming |
2014 | Back When I Was A Firebrand |
2013 | Pen In Hand |
Word Up! | |
2012 | Disturbing |
Trying To Keep Up | |
2011 | Unreliable And Selective |
2010 | Adult-Onset Athlete |
Aging Well
Posted in Family and Friends, Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, tagged Books, Friends, Logs, Quotes, Wine on March 20, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Burn old logs. Drink old wine. Read old books. Keep old friends. | |
— Alfonso X of Spain | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Always |
2019 | #45 Is More Of A Piddle Than A Puddle |
2018 | Found Out |
A Message To The “Wanna Be” Dictator On Leadership | |
2017 | Still Waiting… |
2016 | Same Old, Same Old |
2015 | Shout! |
2014 | I Hear Voices |
2013 | Ethics And Standards |
2012 | Swing Higher |
2011 | Convicted For Life |
And Most Adults Don’t Either
Posted in Education, Quotes, Reading, Science and Learning, tagged Carl Sagan, Exploration, Quotes, Reading, Science Fiction, Scientific Literature, Scientists, Solar System, Ten-Year-Olds on November 28, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Many scientists deeply involved in the exploration of the solar system (myself among them) were first turned in that direction by science fiction. And the fact that some of that science fiction was not of the highest quality is irrelevant. Ten-year-olds do not read the scientific literature. | |
— Carl Sagan | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Happy Thanksgiving (2019) |
2018 | And Smiles… |
2017 | Or Savor A Little Longer… |
2016 | Sometimes I Just Want To Smell The Flowers |
2015 | One Truth – Done Well |
2014 | Now In Imagination, On The Other Hand… |
2013 | No Plan, No Map |
2012 | Singing About Love |
2011 | The Awesome Power Of Truth |
Books And Blogs
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, Writing, tagged Experience, Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, Socrates, Time, Writing on November 21, 2020| 2 Comments »
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for. | |
― Socrates | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | #45 Is The Inverse |
2018 | A Message To The White House Press Corps |
2017 | Eeny Meeny Miny Moe |
Binge, Binge, Binge | |
2016 | Feeling Warm Yet? |
Four Documentaries | |
2015 | Just Like All The Others |
2014 | In My Own Vanity |
2013 | Filled With Words |
2012 | Lectio Auget Existentiae Meae |
2011 | Lied Lately? |
2010 | Born To Work At Faux News |
Lost Again (Uh, Make That Still) | |
Qui Genus Humanum Ingenio Superavit | |
They’re Back… (Part 1) | |
A Short History
Posted in 2020 Book Review, Book Review, Education, History, Philosophy, Reading, Reviews, Science and Learning, tagged 2020 Book Review, Ariel Durant, Education, Highly Recommended Book, History, Melting-Pot American, Philosophy, The Lessons Of History -- book review, The Story Of Civilization, Will and Ariel Durant, Will Durant on October 10, 2020| Leave a Comment »
“The Lessons Of History” (1968©) — book review | |
Today’s book review is for a summation / distillation book written by Will and Ariel Durant (a married couple) which culminates a series of eleven volumes popularly titled: “The Story of Civilization“. This book (“Lessons“) actually was written and published between volumes 10 and 11 of that main work. The book attempts to provide extremely brief points about twelve topics: geography, biology, race, character, morals, religion, economics, socialism, government, war, growth / decay, and progress. There is also a preface and a first chapter detailing the authors “hesitations” in presenting such a précis. The book is barely 117 pages while the typical main volume is 900-1100 pages (over 10,000 pages in total). Obviously, their task was daunting and, generally speaking, they only compare / contrast the two main tensions (positions) for each topic (i.e. religion vs secularism) in this slim book. This book, like the main series, is an attempt to bring “history” to the masses (in simple, if flowery, language). | |
If you are a lover of words, you will enjoy the authors’ writing style. I found the imagery almost poetic at many points. If, however, you are a person grounded in ideas, you may be less taken by this work. The chapters tend to be limited to the “compare and contrast” formula of only two main concepts each per topic. Another issue: the book is dealing with racism and culture, character and morals, etc., and many times we see these topics through the prism of our modern perspective, while the authors view them over the course of human history. Racism and slavery, for example, seem almost excused because that’s the way it (humanity) has been for the vast majority of the last 5,000 years. It is NOT excused (by the authors), but it is detailed and in most sections comes across as “the white-man’s destiny”, until suddenly – sometimes in only a single brief paragraph, it isn’t. And the “suddenly” paragraph represents the last 150 years which some of us have lived through a fair chunk of – in my case 65 of them, anyway. I am not trying to be critical of the couple’s monumental work (over five decades in the writing for the main series), however, this book seems to suffer from the same European / Northern Mediterranean perspective (i.e. bias) which the main series is always criticized for. I did not personally find this overly objectionable, but then I am a “melting-pot” American (product of the 1960’s). | |
Is this a good book? Is it thought provoking? Is it entertaining? Yes. Yes. And, yes. There is a well known expression that those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. The authors opine this is not necessarily as true as is the subtle appearance of time, leadership, government and civilization being caught up in great interweaving cycles – like a pendulum we swing back and forth between anarchy and tyranny with only brief periods of democratic liberties and freedoms. And, they attempt to illustrate this series of cycles for each of the twelve chapters opposing extremes. Please note: the authors imagery is circular. Mine is the pendulum. | |
Final recommendation: highly recommended! I bought the full twelve volumes several years ago and promised myself I’d read them “eventually”. I’m glad I’ve finally dipped my toe in the ocean. I guess the next step is to begin the real swim… | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Dodgers Choke AGAIN |
He Wasn’t “Just Kidding The Press” | |
2018 | Thinking About My Hil |
Remember Your Duty In November | |
2017 | Play Well With Others |
2016 | Surviving And Challenging |
2015 | On Destroying Historic / Archaeological Sites |
2014 | Magical Power |
2013 | How Awesome Would That Be |
2012 | Two Views |
2011 | Still Looking For Examples |
2010 | Giants Win Away 3 – 2!! |
What About Blog Posts?
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, tagged Bertrand Russell, Boasting, Joy, Motives, On Books, On Reading, Philosophy, Quotes, Reading Books on October 10, 2020| Leave a Comment »
There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it. | |
— Bertrand Russell | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Dodgers Choke AGAIN |
He Wasn’t “Just Kidding The Press” | |
2018 | Thinking About My Hil |
Remember Your Duty In November | |
2017 | Play Well With Others |
2016 | Surviving And Challenging |
2015 | On Destroying Historic / Archaeological Sites |
2014 | Magical Power |
2013 | How Awesome Would That Be |
2012 | Two Views |
2011 | Still Looking For Examples |
2010 | Giants Win Away 3 – 2!! |
Just Not Sure, And That’s Okay
Posted in 2020 Book Review, Book Review, Reading, Reviews, Science and Learning, tagged 2020 Book Review, Big Bang Theory, Christine Roche, CMB, Cosmic Microwave Background, Cosmology, Felix Pirani, Introducing The Universe -- book review, Mathematics, physics, Science, Steady-State Theory on September 1, 2020| Leave a Comment »
“Introducing The Universe” (1993©) — book review | |
Today’s book review is for “Introducing The Universe“, written by Felix Pirani (writer) and Christine Roche (illustrator). While copyrighted in 1993, my version is a re-publication from 1999. (Dear Readers, I apologize in advance for the length of this review, which may seem longer than the book.) | |
I have a reasonably long history (ten to twenty years) of reading these “Introduction / Introducing” series of books about a host of different topics. The benefit of the series is you (generally) get a very quick (under 200 pages filled with mostly comics illustrations) and very general overview of whatever the specific topic is for the book. The negatives are reduced a number of important sub-topics, lack of breadth and depth for a specific sub-topic, and (occasionally) even I find the illustrations tedious (if not demeaning). Be that as it may… | |
This book is about cosmology (the science and study of the universe). Obviously, theories about the universe and creation pre-date “civilization”, and certainly pre-date reading and writing, let alone the start of modern science. This book covers all of this… up to publication date. | |
So, the two main theories of the universe are: 1) it has always existed pretty much as it is now; and, 2) the universe sprang into being at some point. The first theory is known as the “Steady-State” theory. The second is more popularly known as the “Big Bang” theory. Pre-1960(-ish), 1965 to be precise, the Steady-State theory held the reigns because there was no physical evidence to believe otherwise and it let scientists avoid the chicken-n-egg question of: “If the universe was created, that implies there was both reason for creation and a creator / intelligent designer. So, who was it?” This moves from the “hard” science which scientists like to think about, to the practice to philosophy – which may be logical, but is rarely scientific (from my experience anyway). | |
I call theory #2, “The God Theory“, because creation implies creator and it pre-dates modern science (as we know it). I call theory #1, “The Science Theory“, because not only do we not know what happened, it seems unlikely we will ever know. If you are comfortable with doubt and dealing with the unknowable, you can be comfortable with science. | |
Well, in 1965, a couple of radio guys at Bell Labs were looking at space and they found some background noise (aka “Cosmic Microwave Background” or CMB) which could not be easily explained. It seemed to fall under the predictions for residue background radiation from a terrific explosion. Hence: “The Big Bang“. With this data, and a corresponding space-race to the moon between the United States and the U.S.S.R., a lot of money was being poured into the coffers of universities (and companies) which would study these phenomena. (Note: the theory pre-dates the CMB evidence. The CMB, however, serves as the primary evidence supporting the theory. When I was a child and first learning about all of this, the Steady-State was THE primary theory for cosmology and the Big Bang was just beginning its ascendancy. It was a paradigm shift in cosmology based on new data, post theory.) | |
The problem is for pretty much all of the last 60 years, more and more study has produced more and more confusing results, and, in turn, more and more convoluted twists in the Big Bang theory to explain the exceptions to the predicted data. For example: we believe the universe is expanding, but we can’t identify a point of origin. All points seem to be moving away from each other at the same rate. | |
And, another: the stuff of the universe, which we can see, behaves in a way which predicts there should be a LOT more stuff. The mathematics works out that for the universe to function the way the theory says it should, there’s probably 90% or more of the stuff in the universe which is, as yet, unseen. Nobody knows what it is or where it is or why we can’t see (detect) it. And it’s not just “stuff”. The same seems to be true for “energy” which we also cannot detect. The scientists have named these two unseeable and unmeasureable things: “Dark Matter” and “Dark Energy” (cause they’re original that way). | |
Basically, the real and measurable data we’ve been gathering seem to contradict the Big Bang theory, but we’ve yet to come up with a theory to explain the data which the data could support (some theory other than the Big Bang theory and / or the Steady-State theory). The result is we are stumbling along with the philosopher Thomas Kuhn’s “normal science” while awaiting a new theory or “paradigm” which explains the evidence in terms of supporting the Steady-State theory. (Hence, String Theory / Super-String Theory and multi-dimensions and multiple universes.) | |
So, is this book any good? Is it interesting? Before I answer those two questions I must state: I am NOT a scientist and I entered the book with only the most high-school level knowledge of cosmology (let alone math / physics). Having said this: Yes, and YES! This is not a book which most physicists, math folks or cosmologists will find useful. Between the non-linear / non-chronological presentation and the use of mostly comic-book style illustrations, I imagine they would find it trivial if not insulting. I don’t know enough about the subject to find it such. | |
Final recommendation: strong! I am sure the target audience, the format and the length of the book precluded the author and illustrator’s ability to present as much as they might have liked to. Never the less, as a novice seeking a general overview which could be gained in a couple of hours of light reading, I felt the book covered the topic and reading it was a useful experience. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | The Right Questions |
Day 3: Still Difficult | |
2018 | A Thought For Those Continuing To Support President Trump |
Day 36: Pushing On | |
2017 | Imagining Humor |
2016 | So Go On And Deal With It |
2015 | From A Letter To A Friend |
2014 | Your Part (Here) |
2013 | Complements |
2012 | Sound And Light |
2011 | Two Politicians Visit A Farm… |
2010 | Labor Day And Honorable Men |