I was reading about the Big Bang a while ago. The numbers are unimaginable. To have matter so condensed that the entire universe forms from something smaller than a quark in 1x10-32 seconds. And here we are on this little tiny planet out in the middle of nowhere fighting our brains out ... -----Original Message----- >From: Eric <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Jan 24, 2007 5:35 PM >To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: 31 words... > >A physicist told me that the period of expansion following the Big Bang >lasted 1 x 10 -32 seconds. That's a decimal point followed by >thirty-one zeros and then a one. > >------------------------------------------------------------------ >To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, >digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html