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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (28657)	8/13/2000 9:48:52 AM
From: Clappy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 35685

Howdy Tim, ..doing a little "light " reading on the history of our understanding of the Galaxy...... Can you sum it up in 25 words or less? <g> I've been doing some light reading myself. (No not the Big Bird Book again...) It's called "The Elegant Universe : Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory" by Brian Greene I saw a special on PBS (possibly that silly "Nova" show again) about this dude's theories. Arguably his String theory is the key that unites the two pillars of modern physics, "The Laws of General Relativity" and "The Laws of Quantumn Mechanics". Einstein worked on this for over 30 years, trying to figure out how the theory of how "Big Things" (like the galaxies, etc.) relate to the theory of "Small Things" (like atomic particles, Clappy's brain and other appendages). Normally, I would let stuff like this continue to fly over my head, but this dude actually explains these theories in a way that a normal person can sort of grasp the meanings. The book basically explains how the universe works. I'm not finished reading it yet. I keep putting it down in between reading about Technical Analysis of Stocks. Unfortunately, I've been getting some of my theories crossed up. I keep praying that as my stocks rocket downward, they get pulled into a black hole and end up in positive territory. So far that still hasn't worked... -Clapernicus P.S. What book are you reading? Or is it a website? Sounds interesting.

To: T L Comiskey who wrote (28657)	8/13/2000 1:01:19 PM
From: dustcatcher	Respond to of 35685

Tim: Don't see much of thongs because we simply are too far from the beach (actually about 40 miles from the ocean at San Diego) and too old to be beach bums. We have a neighbor, however, who has a pool and a young son who has a girl friend . . . Yeah, I'm aware of the ultimate origins of everything on earth--and elsewhere, for that matter. I've been a science fiction fan since the mid-'40s and this sort of thing gets discussed rather thoroughly in one of the magazines to which I subscribe (Analog). We truly are dust! ---Jack---