the bit on cosmos
i have only ventured into the first three chapters of a short history of nearly everything. a fantastic read. it's like a crash course on things i've always wanted to know but lack the time to dig up on all there is on it.
i've stopped in my tracks, put my book down on so many occasions. so as to transpose words into plausible images. to picture the vastness and emptiness of this remote universe. even if i know it's beyond me, and anyone else. i believe it's more majestic and grandeur than whatever an illustrator and paintjob can do.
i'm still trying to grasp some notions mentioned.
like how there is more than one universe in the universe.
that this universe (that we know of only) is, in fact, round and it's not possible to find its edge nor it's center.
i spent a great amount of time, trying to picture and conjure how exactly big this is. the 8 planets are positioned in some remote, insignificant spot of the universe. apparently, if all the human beings on earth are scattered in the universe, the distance between any two beings would still be multiple trillion miles away.
i lingered and pondered over the inconceivable big bang theory. which basically explains how this universe first began. and consequently prompted me to review my stand on how this world was created - evolution or, the sheer greatness of the almighty. the coincidence of the forces of nature, or the detailed construction of a higher being.
woo.
and you know, i realised the probablity of aliens trespassing is acutely peewee. say, even if they embark on this excursion of theirs in a machine that travels at the speed of light. it will take them approximately ten years.
would you?
this is definitely a book for keepers. the amount of thought provocation and it's intensity is comparable to that of sophie's world.
i've stopped in my tracks, put my book down on so many occasions. so as to transpose words into plausible images. to picture the vastness and emptiness of this remote universe. even if i know it's beyond me, and anyone else. i believe it's more majestic and grandeur than whatever an illustrator and paintjob can do.
i'm still trying to grasp some notions mentioned.
like how there is more than one universe in the universe.
that this universe (that we know of only) is, in fact, round and it's not possible to find its edge nor it's center.
i spent a great amount of time, trying to picture and conjure how exactly big this is. the 8 planets are positioned in some remote, insignificant spot of the universe. apparently, if all the human beings on earth are scattered in the universe, the distance between any two beings would still be multiple trillion miles away.
i lingered and pondered over the inconceivable big bang theory. which basically explains how this universe first began. and consequently prompted me to review my stand on how this world was created - evolution or, the sheer greatness of the almighty. the coincidence of the forces of nature, or the detailed construction of a higher being.
woo.
and you know, i realised the probablity of aliens trespassing is acutely peewee. say, even if they embark on this excursion of theirs in a machine that travels at the speed of light. it will take them approximately ten years.
would you?
this is definitely a book for keepers. the amount of thought provocation and it's intensity is comparable to that of sophie's world.