Science books? Not for me

By Ashley Rhodebeck

I’m in over my head.

I recently started reading “The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality” by the Dalai Lama.

It wasn’t a book I chose. Rather, it’s one my science-minded sister loaned me last Christmas. Unable to decide which book I wanted to start next, I figured I might as well work toward getting it off my shelf.

No doubt, the book is interesting. The Dalai Lama makes comparisons between Buddhism and science and shares stories from his life about why science interests him.

I cannot, however, go into much more detail than that.

I finished reading a chapter about quantum physics and began another on the Big Bang Theory, but my brain absorbed squat. I even admit to skimming the last pages of the quantum chapter.

The book requires focus and, perhaps even more important, care in the subject.

I’m determined persevere, though. It’s only 200 pages.

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