Aeons: The search for the beginning of time by Martin Gorst, Fourth Estate,
拢14, ISBN 1841151173
WHEN God said “Let there be light!” He did more than create the world. He
also left us a conundrum: when, exactly, did time begin?
In the early 17th century, an Irish bishop, James Ussher, thought he had the
answer. After a life’s work of meticulous study and calculation, the theologian
finally settled on a date: the world was created on Saturday 22 October,
4004 BC.
Even though the bishop pinpoints the time of creation at 6pm with comic
accuracy, he earns our respect…
