The Universe Within
Reviewed By Janet Mawdesley November 26, 2014
Author The Universe Within
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ISBN: 978-1-74331-545-3
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
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Website: http://www.allenandunwin.com
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In the final lines of this inspiring book Turok says, “What a privilege it is to be alive. Truly, we are faced with the opportunity of all time.”. This sums up the entire work very thoroughly as a deep appreciation of what has gone before in the establishment of the world as we know it today. It shows the tremendous scope that lies before us all to move into the future, but always to be reminded that the future holds noguarantees: the only guarantee if you like, is that it will be whatever we choose to make of it.
Right from the very first chapter you become seduced into the working of this man’s mind: his vast knowledge and respect of the mathematicians and scientist who have, each and every one contributed to the immense data base of knowledge we hold today in all aspects of the sciences: maths, medicine, philosophy, psychology and more.
He pays tribute to the phenomenal minds which have laid the basis of our world and which will allow such areas as quantum physics, along with the scientific disciplines which have yet to still develop to evolve to their fullest potential.
This man counts amongst his friends Steven Hawkins and Paul Steinhardt; people who have pushed at the barriers of modern science to develop fundamental theories of cosmos and with whom he challenged the imponderable to come up with the ponderable – that there is indeed a way ahead: we simply need to walk gently and slowly down the road, always leaving open the possibility that there are better and more effective ways of advancing .
The book is a compilation of the 2012 Massey Lectures “The Universe Within: from Quantum to Cosmos” and does make fascinating reading whether you are into this type of subject matter or not.
Just being reminded, or rather being encouraged to revisit the immense scientific discoveries made by the likes of Aristotle, Archimedes and in more recent times Newton, Einstein and of course Marie and Pierre Currie helps you realise that no one thing comes to fruition on its own: it is only the sum of the whole that works.
Turok is on fire with the vast array of possibilities that are yet to evolved in the coming years but also says that the brave new world of quantum revolution which is just out there waiting, needs to be respected for the changes it will undoubtable bring, as history has repetitively illustrated and be used as a powerful force for peaceful global progress.
This exciting, enthusiastic look at what has been and what is yet still to come makes you think which, after all, is the intent of the book.