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user-inactivated  ·  3260 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What Came Before the Big Bang? [Alan Lightman]

    There were no moments before the moment of smallest size because there was no “before.”

This always blows my mind when I think about it. But I love accessible writing like this. I bought a copy of Brian Greene's The Fabric of the Cosmos the other day because it's supposed to be a good layman's guide to the universe. My poor arts brain can't handle too much of the science behind it all...