Frontiers of Astronomy Author:Fred Hoyle An enormous amount has been learned about the Universe since the days of Eddington and Jeans but no general theory has been advanced to knit things together in terms broad enough and simple enough to be grasped by the vast majority who have no special knowledge of mathematics and physics. — This challenge has been boldly accepted by a young Cambr... more »idge University astronomer-the result being a book which makes the titanic problems of the time and space seem simple. Is there life on other planets? Hwo was the Universe created and is it running down? What is the fate of the Earth? Is it possible for an atomic explosion to set off a nuclear reaction all over the Earth and make it an exploding star? It is a question the Fred Hoyle answers in a book which combines generally accepted theories of modern cosmology with daring concepts of his own (such as the theory of continuous creation, the origin of our solar system in the explosion of the Sun's twin star, etc.)
Whatever we may feel about the author's philosophical conclusions, we may well find our present ideas of t he cosmos turned upside down by this brilliant book.« less