![]() ![]() Throughout the book, Mack does an amazing job of distilling down important cosmological ideas like the Big Bang, the CMB (Cosmic Microwave Background), and cosmic inflation to easily digestible chunks of information, while still making the reader aware of all the hard work and math that went into discovering these universal forces in the first place. Rex? but the great thing about The End of Everything is that from start to finish it’s all science fact (or at least the facts as we know them at this time because hey, this is theoretical cosmology (not to be confused with theoretical cosmetology, which involves far more foundation)). Now, we tend to cover a lot of science fiction in these reviews, both (a) because it allows us to extrapolate out from our current present to possible futures, good and bad and (b) because who doesn’t want to put laser cannons on a T. The book, of course, is The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking), by Katie Mack, and it’s a wonderful dive into the inner structures of the universe, as well as how it all might come crashing together/start blowing apart/vanishing/you get the drift. ![]() This month, however, I’d like to talk about a book that deals with endings-more specifically, the end of everything-but does so with grace, charm, and wit. ![]() Hello everyone, and hopefully you’re all having a wonderful new year so far. The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) Series: The Tales of Gorlen Vizenfirthe.Series: From the Lost Travelers’ Tour Guide.People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction!. ![]()
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