by Martin J. Rees
(original review, 2000)If there was an infinite number of universes wouldn't there be a universe in which a mad scientist had discovered how to destroy all the universes and pressed the button, so there would be nothing at all? But then there would also be a good scientist who devised a plan to stop...
Six numbers: if any was altered in a very small degree, the universe would not have permitted life to develop.For example, if gravity wasn't exactly this weak comparing to other forces in the atom, but not weaker, the universe either would have collapsed right after Big Bang, or would have expanded ...
Just six numbers, written and narrated by the author (k drive)1999non-fictionscience (multiple universe theory, super strings)fraudioMartin Rees has been Astronomer Royal since 1995.You can't get away from the black and white of the situation, manouvered or evolved. You will find that there is no po...
[Original review, November 2008]This book blew me away... I hadn't been paying attention, and had missed a scientific revolution that had happened right under my nose! To cut to the chase: either someone created the Universe expressly to make it suitable for living beings, or there are lots of unive...
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