The Future of Spacetime by Stephen Hawking, Kip Thorne, Igor Novikov, Timothy Ferris and Alan Lightman, Norton, $25.95, ISBN 0393020223
MARRIAGE, says the Book of Common Prayer, is not by any means to be “enterprised nor taken in hand unadvisedly or lightly.” It’s a warning that might be applied to this collection of what are described as “popular talks”, adapted for print. They were delivered at a celebration of the 60th birthday of Kip Thorne by Thorne himself and invited speakers “who were distinguished and accomplished, yet would draw a crowd”, in the slightly strange words of the preface.
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