Prophet and the Astronomer

Marcelo Gleiser is the Appleton Professor of Natural Philosophy and professor of physics and astronomy at Dartmouth College and the author of The Dancing Universe: From Creation Myths to the Big Bang.

• PART I - The End Is Near Chapter 1: The Skies are Falling Chapter 2: Heaven's Alarm to the World PART II - Cosmic Collisions Chapter 3: Making Worlds Chapter 4: Impact! PART III - The Rise and Fall of Stars Chapter 5: Fire in the Sky Chapter 6: Cosmic Maelstroms PART IV - To the End of Time Chapter 7: Fire and Ice Chapter 8: Time Regained Epilogue, Notes, Bibliography and Index

"Gleiser has worked the entwined threads of science and religion into a vision of 'the end' that is strangely comforting and inspiring - that gives us cause to celebrate not only the gift of life but also the finality of death... And as good books do, Gleiser tells you things you think you already knew in a way that introduces them to you for the first time." K.C.Cole, Los Angeles Times "Marcelo Gleiser has a spaciousness of mind large enough to embrace both primordial creation myths and the latest advances in contemporary astronomy and cosmology, and he has brought these together sensitively and seamlessly in this marvellous book." Oliver Sacks "Tracing our contemplation of the cosmos from the big bang to the big crunch" The New Yorker "An eschatological adventure... elegantly written throughout." The Fortean Times