Rock of Ages and Other Lives, Other Worlds

About the Book

These stories are loosely based upon cosmological theories and possibilities that could have happened.  “Rock of Ages” is based upon what may have happened eons ago if we had not advanced to the copper and iron ages.  It is possible that intelligent species may have developed advanced technology based upon stone only.  We today use some of that technology in our electronics (transistors, integrated circuits, etc.) which are based upon silicon base structures.  Therefore, I believe that the technology presented in the story “Rock of Ages” could have happened.  Maybe not on this planet but somewhere in nearby space.

            “Other Lives, Other Worlds” is loosely based upon the ‘infinite universes’ theories that are being looked into today.  Maybe some advanced civilization, not necessarily in this universe has come upon a way to traverse between universes and produce the effects that are presented here. 

            These stories are only a possibility and are probably improbable as far as we know today.  Remember no one in Washington’s or Adam’s time would ever have dreamed about the communications and transportations or any of the other technological advances that we take for granted today.  Who knows what will happen in the future if we can keep from destroying ourselves and the planet.

About the Author

I was born in Weehawkin, New Jersey on January 19 1931.  I was raised and educated in the El-hi school system of West New York, New Jersey.  After graduation from high school, I continued my education at night at the Rutgers University Extension in West New York.  I later transferred the credits earned there to Fairleigh Dickinson University, first at Rutherford and then later at Teaneck Campus.  I received a B.S.E.E. in 1963 and an M.S.E.E. in 1968.   I obtained a Professional Engineering license in New Jersey and Vermont.  I started work while still in high school doing stock room and other work for a local druggist and later for a large candy store chain.  After graduation from high school, I worked as a messenger in New York for four months, went to work for a local bank as coin teller, Christmas club teller and bookkeeping machine operator.  I then joined a large business machine corporation where I trained as a Field Service Engineer.   After receiving my Baccalaureate degree, I joined a large needle arts corporation.  I have served in various capacities (Project Engineer, Engineering  manager, Section Manager in the Packaging Industry, xerographic copy industry, knitting industry, A &E with a company that developed high capacity belt conveyors (grain, coal, steel).  I spent twenty-six years in the United States Naval Reserve and retired as a commissioned officer.  My hobbies include music (I play violin, organ and flute), photography and writing.  I am married to the same woman for over fifty years.  I own my own home in New Jersey.  I enjoy reading about Physics and Cosmology (Stephan Hawking, Kip Thorne, Richard Feynman, Roger Penrose, etc.).