The Nature of the Universe Author:Fred Hoyle Is There Life On Other Planets? How 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 to questions such as these that Fred Hoyle provides the answer in a book which combines generally accepted... more » findings and theories of modern cosmology with daring concepts of his own. Not since the heyday of Jeans and Eddington has anyone dealt with the great problems of time and space in such simple, lucid and forceful terms.« less