I bought a book several months back on black holes, parallel dimensions, the 10th dimension...things like that. Started reading it last night (okay, started reading the portion about black holes and parallel dimensions, not the 10th dimension section).
First off, it's one thing to buy a book on the topic written by a sci-fi geek type. It's another to buy a book on the topic by a scientific Steven Hawking type.
*falls over dead*
I started reading the freaking chapter and got confused in the first paragraph! He's dessiminating the Theory of Relativity! Einstein was the one who introduced the idea of black holes and mirror universes! There are folks who have expounded on the theory and figured out that it's possible to go through a black hole and not be crushed by gravity but you have to go faster than the speed of light (okay, that one wasn't so new to me, sci-fi fan that I am, but damn if it isn't neat to find out it didn't come from the mind of, say, Gene Roddenbury, but from the mind of physicists).
It's fascinating, it's mind-boggling, and dear lord why didn't I bring the dang book with me today?
First off, it's one thing to buy a book on the topic written by a sci-fi geek type. It's another to buy a book on the topic by a scientific Steven Hawking type.
*falls over dead*
I started reading the freaking chapter and got confused in the first paragraph! He's dessiminating the Theory of Relativity! Einstein was the one who introduced the idea of black holes and mirror universes! There are folks who have expounded on the theory and figured out that it's possible to go through a black hole and not be crushed by gravity but you have to go faster than the speed of light (okay, that one wasn't so new to me, sci-fi fan that I am, but damn if it isn't neat to find out it didn't come from the mind of, say, Gene Roddenbury, but from the mind of physicists).
It's fascinating, it's mind-boggling, and dear lord why didn't I bring the dang book with me today?