Deep Time

by David Darling

Book Overview

"Strong mental faculties and a vigorous constitution" were among the attributes of Zenas Leonard, according to the publisher of the 1839 edition of this book, which the Bison Books edition reproduces. In the spring of 1830, Leonard, a native of Clearfield, Pennsylvania, "ventured to embark in an expedition across the Rocky Mountains, in the capacity of clerk to the company. The last letter received by his parents, left him at the extreme white settlement...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385297572
• ISBN13: 9780385297578
• Release Date: July 1989
• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A True Sense of Deep Time

In one of my all time favorite books David Darling carries the reader into the depths of time and space. Scientists rarely accomplish this level of appreciation for the actual reality of the universe. The vividness of the journey was reminiscent of Asimov and deeply meditative. Darling now hosts a great reference site for space and astronomy news (daviddarling.info). Gevin Giorbran Author of Everything Forever: Learning To See Timelessness

The most beautiful book I've ever read

It's not very often that I would describe a book as beautiful, it's even more rare that I would use this word to describe a science book, yet it really is the only word that describes this book. The auther obviousely views the universe and all it contains with much admiration and this pours from every page of the book. He paints a picture with words that leaves the reader with a lump in the throat and tear in your eye, and genuinely convinces you that the universe is not just amazing but is a thing, a living thing, of great beauty.I really would recommend this book to everybody - it's probably my favourite book of all time.

One of my most favorite books!

I loved this book. It paints a very clear picture of very BIG and VERY small. It is written in a clear easy to read format that I found more novel like than your typical 'cosmology' book. Find a used copy somewhere and read this.

deep time

a most facinating look at all of time and space in a realy easy to read format

Life story of a particle from "Big Bang" to End of Universe

To be able to make the unknown and the infinite into the knowable and measurable seems impossible. Deep Time does the impossible in a readable look at physics and cosmology. Darling traces the events that were likely to have occurred during the Big Bang through the long stretches of the time that is our past, our present and our future into entrophy and the end. I was in awe at every turn of the page, every turn of events. A book for all who stand in wonder beneath the stars.