Title: Counting the Eons [17 essays]
Description: A collection of essays on topics in Science written for the common person, laced with his trademark humour:

Light as Air? (March 1981)
Too Deep for Me (April 1981)
Under Pressure (May 1981)
The Word I Invented (October 1980)
Yes! With a Bang! (June 1981)
Let Me Count the Days (October 1981)
Counting the Eons (November 1980)
The Runaway Star (July 1981)
The Dance of the Stars (August 1981)
Getting Down to Basics (September 1980)
And After Many a Summer Dies the Proton (September 1981)
Let Einstein Be! (December 1981)
Beyond Earth's Eons (December 1980)
The Crucial Asymmetry (November 1981)
All and Nothing (January 1981)
Nothing and All (February 1981)
Milton! Thou Shouldst Be Living at This Hour (August 1980)
Subjects: Science, Astronomy, Astronomie