> And now, I'd like to solicit some recommendations
from everyone else. I've been wanting to read up on
cosmology lately. Is there a good book (accessible to
lay folk) that explains things like the relative merits of
Big Bang theory versus the steady-state model of the
universe, and is fairly up to date? Also, can anyone
recommend a good book on twentieth-century
American political history?
>
> Iss "full cardboard jacket" achar

For some reason I read "cosmetology" where you wrote
"cosmology". I then proceeded to read "lay folk" as
"lady folk". For half a second I pondered why you
would be interested, but nothing came up. So, I just re-
read it and all my confusion went away :)

Tess