As a scientist myself I found the original somewhat hard to get my neuron around! I shall look forward to the 12-year old's version! Since the original was top or near the top of the bestsellers list for quite some "time" there must be some very confused people walking around or perhaps the book is just meant to sit in their bookshelves and impress visitors as hilariously related in Myles na Gopaleen's (Flann O'Brien) "The best of Myles". As in Myles, perhaps those people have also paid an out-of-work astrophysicist to visit their homes and write erudite observations in the margins of Stephen's book!

mooman