[betty boop]

Thank you so much for the links, Doc! Unfortunately I haven't had the time to read them yet. A-G has given them "a good review." So tomorrow I will print them out as hard copy, GBC-bind them, and study them ASAP.

Of course, also today I received from Amazon an intriguing book that 2ndreconmarine suggested I read: Timothy Ferris' The Whole Shebang: A State-of-the-Universe(s) Report (1997).

Looks like I need to schedule some serious "reading time" in the very near future....

Thanks again, Doc!

[RightWhale]

Don't bother with Tiller's books. Too much math for New Agers, not enough math for science students. A couple insights to crystallography and materials science.

[2ndreconmarine]

Of course, also today I received from Amazon an intriguing book that 2ndreconmarine suggested I read: Timothy Ferris' The Whole Shebang: A State-of-the-Universe(s) Report (1997).

Isn't Amazon like magic??? Instant gratification. (grin)

Let me know what you think of Ferris' book. We can discuss after you have finnished, if you wish.

It was published in 1997. In the last few years the field has moved forward incredibly. The most significant discovery is that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. That just blows my mind.