Hace tiempo estaba indeciso, ahora ya no estoy tan seguro

Leyendo la contraportada me parece que el que la escribió se tira un poco de la moto. De todas formas, esto no deja que el libro se presente interesante. La explicación de la evolución del universo desde el Big Bang hasta nuestros días, obviamente, con los conocimientos que la astrofísica tiene en estos momentos.

De la contraportada

The Universe: A Biography

As the tewntieth century closed, Fred Adams and greg Laughlin captured the attention of the world by identifying the five ages of time. In The Five Ages of the Universe, Adams and Laughlin demonstrate that we can now understand the complete life story of the cosmos from beginning to end.

Adams and Laughlin have been hailed as the creators of the definitive long-term projection of the evolution of the universe. Their achievement is awesome in its scale and profound in its scientific breadth. But The Five Ages of the Universe is more than a handbook of the physical processes that guided our past and will shape our future; it is truly an epic story.

Without leaving earth, here is a fantastic voyage to the physics of eternity. It is the only biography of the universe you will ever need.

«Marvelous descriptive writing and mind-expanding explanations… What makes it even better than good science fiction is that it’s true.» –Susan Okie, The Washington Post

Fred Adams recieved his Ph.D. from the University of California. Recipient of the Helen B. Warner Prize, Adams is a professor of physics at the University of Michigan and lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Greg Laughlin recieved his doctorate at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and was a National Science Foundation Fellow at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. He pursues his research at the University of California, Berkeley, and lives in Berkeley, California.

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Otra novela de Murakami que cae en mis manos. Desde luego, este año, estoy descubriendo que me gusta bastante la narrativa oriental.

De la contraportada

‘Murakami writesof contemporary Japan, urban alienation and journeys of self-discovery, and in this book he combines recollections of the war with metaphysics, dreams and hallucinations into a powerful and impressionistic work’ – Independent

Toru Okada’s cat has disappeared and this has unsettled his wife, who is herself growing more distant every day. Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has started receiving. As this compelling story unfolds, the tidy suburban realities of Okada’s vague and blameless life – spent coking, reading, listening to jazz and opera and drinking beer at the kitchen table – are turned inside out, and he embarks on a bizarre journey, guided (however obscurely) by a succession of characters, each with a tale to tell.

‘Murakami weaves these tectured layers of reality into a shot-silk garment of deceptive beauty’ –Independent on Sunday

‘Critics have variously likened him to Raymond Carver, Raymond Chandler, Arthur C. Clarke, Don DeLillo, Philip K. Dick, Bert Easton Ellis and Thomas Pynchon – a roster so ill assorted as to suggest Murakami is in fact an original’ – New York Times

‘Deeply philosophical and teasingly perplexing, it is impossible to put down’ –Daily Telegraph

‘How does Murakami manage to make poetry while writing of contemporary life and emotions? I am weak-kneed with admiration’ –Independent on Sunday

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Otro libro más de mundodisco a la larga cola de libros que tengo por leer de esta sala. Parece que el señor Pratchett no se cansa de escribir.

De la contraportada

Death is missing – presumed… er… gone.

Which leads to the kind of chaos you always get when an important public service is withdrawn.

Meanwhile, on a little farm, far, far, way, a tall dark stranger is turning out to be really good with a scythe. There’s a harvest to be gathered in…

‘If your’re an established fan, you’ll enjoy this as much as the others; if your’re new to Pratchett, what the hell took you so long?’ –Time Out

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