Physics Books

Several reviews have criticized this book for lack of technical depth, yet the author clearly states that this was not her intention and directs you to Calleman's work for this material. You don't hand a child a copy of Webster's Unabridged and...
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This book is impossible to read, makes no sense, and basically reads like the ramblings of a lunatic.
Don't bother with this.
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they had some credibility until she started predicting events. I could go along with the interpretation of the mayan calendar but when she started pedicting events in 2006 and 2007, which have already passed, she lost credibility. She may still be...
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If you are mildly or even very interested in spiritual or psychic phenomena but always doubtful of the source, you will find confirmation in the scientific studies presented in this book. For me, the ZPF theories even confirm what Buddha said...
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Being an Osteopath I thought it might have been a book on how one might be able to perceive the field. Unfortunately it is more about evidence for the field which is more theoretical than I had hoped for.
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This book is full of interesting information, and cutting edge ideas based on new research into physics. However, I found it quite hard-going at times - the author's style isn't particularly readable. I often had to grit my teeth in determination...
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Don't know much about new physics? This is stuff I didn't get the first time around--they weren't discussing it back then since all of us were running from the dinosaurs....

Anyway, Greene has a good descriptive edge that will keep...
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just read lee smolin's book.

The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next (Paperback)

over 30 years,the gang of stringers have been trying to find any evidence even at...
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This book has drawn a great deal of praise, but I think that praise tends to mainly come from two audiences: (a) knowledgable physicists who are already sold on string theory and don't really need to read the book, and (b) lay readers who are...
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Paul Davies continues to be (amongst other things)a physics icon for the layman (self-educated) physicist such as I...A great read for all who are still entertaining the big questions of life...such as GOD...etc...Funny when I was growing up I...
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Books of this kind usually spend the first 1/2 of the book on some background physics, preparing you for the new theory you're going to get at the end. The Elegant Universe, which deals with String Theory, does a great job of this, for example....
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Fairly well written, a decent explanation of physics/cosmology thus far. However, I was expecting to read a little more about HIS theory, not just re-hashing what we already know from other sources.
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Great book for begginers looking to understant the basics of sound. Clear and easy to understand.
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i just tried to listen to the track lessons on my very expensive and revealing audio system, and to my surprise the tracks on the cd lessons are on MP3!!! WHAT a book made for critical listeners can't hear it on a high end cd player! i dont...
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A book with this breath and sublty comes along a couple of times in a generation. There have been Feynman's Lectures on Physics, Misner Thorne Wheeler Gravitation and others. Penrose is a world class mathematician and physicist (but you already...
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As an occasional reader of some of the more general books on the universe, I was looking for something with a little more detail, something that didn't run away from math. A quick read of the intro and I thought this would be the perfect book....
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I love Mathematics and Physics The writter obviously loves them too judging by his 'Teacher' approach in presenting both subjects. The carefully crafted presentation in this book is a welcome approach for subjects such as these. I'm not finished...
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If I had to sum up Stephen Hawking's The Universe In A Nutshell in one word, it would be brilliant. In this masterpiece Hawking somehow takes the most, in my opinion, complicated and confusing science topics and breaks them down into a...
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This book is a completely commercial product. It's written for average people to read and memorize, so that they can impress others with. Of course, no one will argue with them for two reasons: It's written by Hawking, and it is just like saying...
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A Startrek to Eternity
After having read, and thoroughly enjoyed, Stephen Hawking's previous book (A Brief History of Time) I was a little disappointed in this one. Not that it isn't entertaining or that Professor Hawking isn't presenting...
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Well, I'm not a dummy but this book will make you check your past algebra skills.
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if you are really a "dummy" when it comes to physics, then this book is nearly a waste of money. It has incomplete explanations and very few examples.

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It's pretty good, although it could be better. It would have helped to be a little more concise, or to have more examples; really just MORE. It does help, though.
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