C: The Universe
Night before last I watched the Discovery channel’s opening episode of their “ Curiosity ” series. If there was ever a curious person (in more ways than one!), it is I. If the adage “curiosity kills the cat” were true and I were a cat, I’d long be dead. The pilot episode was presented by Stephen Hawking, the great British physicist/cosmologist who has become a celebrity brain, of sorts. By the way, I have learned that a cosmologist is one who studies the origin and structure of the universe and time/space relationships. The universe is defined by Wikipedia as “the totality of everything that exists”. Hmmmmm. Hmmmm. Big topic. I am sure you have seen Stephen Hawking. He has written several books for mass publication—for us lesser minds—seeking to open the world of physics and cosmology to those of us with more pedestrian IQs. He is made even more remarkable by the fact that he is wheel-chair bound, almost entirel...