(April 13, 2015 at 11:13 am)Alex K Wrote: Somehow, in the public domain, one usually only gets to see the most weirdly abstract ones, such as pure string theory people (Kaku, Greene) or quantum gravity (Hawking). That can skew the perception. Stellar evolution is, paradoxically, pretty down to earth in comparison.
Interesting. I've never actually seen Brain Greene, just read one of his books. Is he into woo like Kaku?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell


