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Science 8 November 2002:
Vol. 298. no. 5596, p. 1178
DOI: 10.1126/science.1076840
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Books

COSMOLOGY:
Lucifer in the Sky with Dinosaurs

A review by Marcia L. Triunfol

The Prophet and the Astronomer
A Scientific Journey to the End of Time
Marcelo Gleiser
Norton, New York, 2002. 272 pp. $26.95, C$38.99. ISBN 0-393-04987-6.

In this account of cosmology for the nonspecialist, Gleiser focuses on apocalyptic ideas in science and religion and on the scientific inspiration humans have drawn from their spiritual yearnings.
The author is at Next Wave and AIDScience, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005, USA. Email: mtriunfo{at}aaas.org

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