The Lesson Of The Book

Only Time - Whatever That May Be - Will Tell.

Our Population And Our Use Of The Finite Resources Of Planet Earth Are Growing Exponentially, Along With Our Technical Ability To Change The Environment For Good Or Ill.

Someone Told Me That Each Equation I Included In My Book Would Halve The Sales. I Did Put In One Equation, Einstein's Famous Equation, E = Mc Squared. I Hope That This Will Not Scare Off Half Of My Potential Readers.

The Real Challenge Is To Work Out What Aliens Might Actually Be Like.

The Whole History Of Science Has Been The Gradual Realization That Events Do Not Happen In An Arbitrary Manner, But That They Reflect A Certain Underlying Order, Which May Or May Not Be Divinely Inspired.