In reality, what is happening is that something enormous is approaching fast along a dimension we cannot see

Endless Universe: Steinhardt and Turok
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Setting aside its topical attractions, this is probably the best-written cosmological account I've encountered.

For unexampled clarity, read the description of polarisation on page 208. I wish to God I could have written like that in The Eye.

Paul Seinhardt

The authors inflict not a little serious damage on the Anthropic Principle. To an uninformed agnostic like myself, this is
aesthetically pleasing: the sight of physics running cap in hand to evolutionary biology for its metaphors has not been an edifying one. There are some very good AP-friendly accounts out there, of course. I think the last one I read was by Martin Rees (another able writer). Does AP still inspire a worthwhile literature these days?

Neil Turok

Most accounts that claim to capture the 'special excitements ' of this or that scientific discipline degenerate pretty quickly into special pleading. Steinhardt and Turok manage it well. Anyone know of any others?