Word: cosmos
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...time-traveling exploits of Back to the Future duo Marty McFly and his DeLorean may not be such a stretch after all. In his new book, The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time and the Texture of Reality, theoretical physicist Brian Greene ’84 suggests that time travel and teleportation are well within the realms of quantum mechanics, a conceptual framework of physics that emerged in the 1930s...
...Fabric of the Cosmos, Greene addresses a wealth of intergalactic enigmas that would normally make most people cringe, but strips away their convoluted veneer to present the underlying workings with a comfortable clarity. He expounds on already familiar concepts such as the Big Bang, and challenges our everyday notion of past, present and future...
...space exploration through the prism of education, his signature "big idea" back then. But White House aides say that after the Columbia disaster, Bush became intent on reviving NASA, pushing for a concrete, results-oriented plan and dismissing an incremental option that focused merely on exploring the outer cosmos. "Set the marker," says an aide paraphrasing him. "Don't leave it to interpretation. Don't let people wonder. It's not the cosmos. We mean Mars...
...need a degree in rocket science to figure that private trips through the cosmos will be the killer app of the next space age. Entrepreneurs have long dreamed of offering golf outings on the moon or honeymoon suites in an orbiting hotel. Forget the golf for at least the next few decades. But as early as 2007 it may be possible to take a slingshot ride to the edge of the atmosphere for a celestial view of the planet and a few minutes of weightlessness--for a bargain price of $98,000. Space Adventures of Arlington, Va., is marketing that...
...Wittingly or unwittingly, the looters have sacrificed their heritage on the altar of greed. Thoughtless European and American dealers and buyers, obviously weary of their own heritage, now prefer Asia's. But no matter how many Asian relics they collect, no alchemy can transform Europe or America into Asia. Cosmos Odoemena Sokoto, Nigeria...