Just Six Numbers
Martin Rees, Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe (Basic Books, 2000)
Summary: Highly readable, though some basic "space science" background probably helps. A worthy primer on "our cosmic habitat," featuring dark matter, gravity, inflation, time, quantum, and much else.
Key Quote: "It is astonishing that an expanding universe, whose starting point is so 'simple' that it can be specified by just a few numbers, can evolve (if these numbers are suitable 'tuned') into our intricately structured cosmos." - p. 4
Bottom Line: Read this book to dig a bit more deeply and mathematically into the opening credits of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
