I had graduated from books like "The Late Great Planet Earth" by Hal Lindsay to "The Enchanted Loom" by Robert Jastrow. Jastrow made more sense to me than Lindsay.
Not to mention he was correct.
What people smirked at in 1983 is reality in 2006.
One of my favourite quotes from Jastrow is:
'For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries. (Robert Jastrow)'
I know it is our doom but I just CAN'T unplug, Mr. Jastrow sir.
