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Subject: Re: WAY off topic -- Mass of the Universe {Not a word about big-O in here!}

Author: Dan Homan

Date: 06:11:29 05/11/01

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On May 10, 2001 at 17:51:59, John Dahlem wrote:

>I don't really understand exactly how anything like this could be considered.  I
>would imagine there is absolutely no way to measure the mass or size of the
>universe in any possible way. So getting this away from math and numbers (maybe)
>can you tell me what is the basis behind these numbers which I don't understand?
> I hear about the Big Bang theory and stuff like that; makes no sense to me how
>they decide these things about the universe...

Read "The Big Bang", by Joseph Silk ...  great book that explains all this
stuff.  It serves as a good introduction to astronomy as it tries to explain how
we can 'know' about the universe.

 - Dan



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