A Universe from Nothing: Why There is Something Rather than Nothing, by Lawrence M. Krauss (Book# 7—May)

A Universe from Nothing, by Lawrence M. Krauss, theoretical physicist and cosmologist extraordinaire, was actually quite riveting.  Krauss—although extremely denigrating of theologians and philosophers, and I do consider myself an aspiring metaphysicist—was able to articulate such an extremely complex topic in such a simplistic and comprehensive way.  This book delves into the constructs of a highly expansive, and flat, universe while maintaining cutting-edge theoretical analyses of Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Quantum Fluctuations, and Quantum Mechanics—thus so much from something completely unseen in our reality.  Additionally, it addresses the imminent discovery of the Higgs Boson Particle (God Particle) in as simplistic of terms as possible—so even the novice is sure to comprehend.  For anyone interested in cosmology, astronomy, or theoretical physics, this book is a very quick and engrossing read; and although he is unable to prove everything—albeit he proves quite a bit—his analyses and substantive arguments are quite appealing and well thought out.  He is definitely a must read (and a Big Bang All-Star) in the field of physics.  

The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells (Book#6—May)

For a book published in 1895, the political and societal allegories of, The Time Machine, were quite relevant for today.  I thoroughly enjoyed this sci-fi thriller, as did my two oldest boys.  This is one of the paradigm works for today’s wildly popular, and speculative, dystopian genre of our inevitable and horrific future society.  Honestly, I wouldn’t want to be an Eloi or Morlock.—and I am quite content living in the 21^st century, thank you very much!