Title: a bold and grand tour of astrophysics
Review: Five Ages is a magnificent tour through modern astrophysics, from the flitting realm of elementary particles to the grandest imaginable scales of space and time. The range of focus is bold and fascinating. For example, the authors relish in discussing evolutionary processes that are so slow that the current age of the universe is merely an inconsequential fleeting moment.Most readers will find most of the explanations of widely diverse phenomena and theoretical concepts illuminating. The authors do, however, in a few instances, wield terms that most uninitiated readers will not recognize. But, considering the extremely broad scope and limited length of the book, limiting such infractions to a few isolated cases demonstrates considerable skill.I recommend this book to anyone who is even mildly interested in cosmology and is looking for a good mind stretcher.
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