Darwin8u's Reviews > Probable Impossibilities: Musings on Beginnings and Endings

"Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed." - Blaise Pascall, from Pensées

I had a bit more hope from this book. That doesn't mean I didn't like it. In parts, I liked it quite a bit. But there was a bit more unevenness in the musings than I was hoping for. Lightman, for me, is like a less poetic Rovelli. He has the background in physics (PhD from Cal Tech) that makes him one of the great explainers of Physics (not everyone with a PhD in physics can explain physics well to the dirty, unwashed masses). So, thank God for good physicists who are also good teachers and writers. But I just wish the unifying ideas of this book: beginnings, endings, and infinity were tied down a bit tighter. But there were definite points where I was entranced by his writing and couldn't wait to read more. But there were some chapters where my attention started to fade. Still, I will continue to read Lightman.