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A second from me for Bonk. Read it a couple of weeks ago and totally agree with cassidym.
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Has anybody read The Book of Universes by John D. Barrow? If so, I'd like to hear your opinion.
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I've started reading Bonk and I must admit it has an interesting subject but sometimes I just can't stand her humor. It just feels fake, unnatural. Sometimes I do laugh, well, most of the time but there are moments where it feels so forced that I just can't continue reading.
Maybe it's because I've watched the TED speech and she repeated several jokes there. Last edited by Ixt; 09-01-2011 at 09:02 PM. |
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I recently read "The Reluctant Mr. Darwin" by David Quammen. It is mainly about what Darwin was doing between the Beagle voyage and the publication of "On the Origin of Species". What made it especially interesting for me was the interleaving of description of the events in Darwin's personal life with his life in science.
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If you like that style, you should try Michio Kaku's Einstein's Cosmos. He writes about Einstein's science then about Einstein the man. Best book on Einstein I've read
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09-24-2011, 06:13 AM | #219 |
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This looks interesting. Anyone read it?
From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time Sean Carroll http://www.amazon.com/Eternity-Here-...=pd_rhf_shvl_2 From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. No one is better equipped to take readers on a rollercoaster ride through time, space, and the origins of the universe than Caltech theoretical physicist Carroll, cofounder of Cosmic Variance, one of the top science blog sites. We're not thinking small here, Carroll announces with glee before launching into his topic. Time is a medium we move through and a way to sequence events. But the Arrow of Time' is also the only feature of the universe with one irreversible direction: time goes forward. This fact plays an important role in the second law of thermodynamics: the entropy (disorderliness) of an isolated system either remains constant or increases with time. This has implications for our understanding of the Big Bang origins of the universe. We may not be able to travel back in time, but we can find ways to peer back across it and see clues to how the universe evolved, thanks to such discoveries as quantum mechanics and relativity theory. Carroll writes with verve and infectious enthusiasm, reminding readers that science is a journey in which getting there is, without question, much of the fun. Illus. (Jan.) |
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Another I ran across: Brian Cox - Why does e=mc2
http://www.amazon.com/Why-Does-mc2-S...6865396&sr=8-4 Anyone read? What did you think? He upcoming book looks good as well: The Quantum Universe: (And Why Anything That Can Happen, Does) http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Univer...6865396&sr=8-3 Last edited by kennyc; 09-24-2011 at 08:04 AM. |
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Just finished The Information by James Gleick.
http://www.amazon.com/Information-Hi...6990487&sr=1-1 Great job as are all his books. I'd give it a 5/5 but I was already familiar with much of it so ... 4/5 Definitely recommended, he covers much of the computer history -- babbage, turing, shannon, wikipedia etc. Last edited by kennyc; 09-25-2011 at 06:41 PM. |
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About 60 pages into Hidden Realities by Brian Greene and so far like it a lot. It's about multiple universes and very interesting. He does a great job describing the uncertainty principle; in fact the most logical one I've read.
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Only The Elegant Universe which I liked a lot.
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