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Author:
Brian Greene
By Allen Lane
Brian Greene's The Fabric of the Cosmos with its questions about the limits of space and time and the texture of reality certainly looks a bit daunting to the uninitiated. Cosmic ripples, 11 dimensions to the universe and string theory that is somehow connected to a "Theory of Everything" are all a bit alien if you never really got to grips with Newton, let alone Einstein. It might look very heavyweight, but Greene is an excellent communicator and what he's writing about is perhaps the greatest intellectual challenge we face. There is no doubt that speculation about the nature of the heavens is very ancient. After centuries of thought "we still can only portray space and time as the most familiar of strangers". But enormous advances in understanding have been made especially over the last few decades. Whether we are high-flying city slickers or impoverished cattle-herders in the third world, speculation about space-time "takes on an almost mystical quality: we're considering the fate of the very things that dominate our sense of reality" according to Greene. Over the last century we have become much better acquainted with previously hidden features of the Universe, esp...
 Best book I ever read on the subject, 2010-05-28
On the title page when I read "The new Hawking only better.." I thought...well I have doubts but after reading the book I agree with this. Very readable and clear.... excellent book on the subject.
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Author:
Brian Greene
By Penguin
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Best book I ever read on the subject, 2010-05-28
On the title page when I read "The new Hawking only better.." I thought...well I have doubts but after reading the book I agree with this. Very readable and clear.... excellent book on the subject.
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Author:
Brian Greene
By Vintage
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Brian Greene or how to make Physics simple, 2010-03-09
Clear, simple language, brilliant examples, this book is for those who are interested in Physics but scared of the Maths involves in it. So far, I haven't founded any problems in order to understand the topics. It has helped me to realize how simple some questions in Relativity are if you have got a good example.
Highly recommendable
Author:
Desmond Bagley
By Chivers Audio Books
ACTION ADVENTURE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY, 2001-03-12
Desmond Bagley was obsessive when it came to research. Indeed he spent some time in the Bahamas with his wife researching this novel - the results (for anyone who has been to the islands)are clearly evident. The atmosphere literally floats off the page and engulfs you. Desmond Bagley (during the years he lived in Guernsey) was also mentor to bestselling author John Templeton Smith. Read Smith's latest works, Saigon Express and White Lie and see the Bagley tradition of excellence living on.
Author:
Brian Greene
By Vintage Books USA
To write a book to explain in simple, non-mathematical terms what superstring theory is in not a simple task. In The Elegant Universe Brian Greene, a physicist who works in the area, does a very good job. Superstrings are a theory of particle physics that lays claim to being the ultimate "Theory of Everything", merging Einstein's relativity and quantum mechanics into an understanding of the physics of the very small and very large in the Universe. Hence to understand superstrings, relativity and quantum mechanics have to be explained as well. In this Brian Greene does a very good job, giving one of the best explainations of relativity I have read in the process. Superstring theory is still very much in its infancy and The Elegant Universe does not claim that all the problems have been solved; in fact a point is made of pointing out all the present deficiencies of the theory. Probably not a book for the very beginner, but anyone who has read popular accounts of particle physics and relativity should gain a lot from reading this book. In places not an easy read, not for the style (which was generally very easy) but simply for the difficulty of some of the concepts...
Brian Greene or how to make Physics simple, 2010-03-09
Clear, simple language, brilliant examples, this book is for those who are interested in Physics but scared of the Maths involves in it. So far, I haven't founded any problems in order to understand the topics. It has helped me to realize how simple some questions in Relativity are if you have got a good example.
Highly recommendable
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Author:
Brian Greene
By Jonathan Cape Ltd
To write a book to explain in simple, non-mathematical terms what superstring theory is in not a simple task. In The Elegant Universe Brian Greene, a physicist who works in the area, does a very good job. Superstrings are a theory of particle physics that lays claim to being the ultimate "Theory of Everything", merging Einstein's relativity and quantum mechanics into an understanding of the physics of the very small and very large in the Universe. Hence to understand superstrings, relativity and quantum mechanics have to be explained as well. In this Brian Greene does a very good job, giving one of the best explainations of relativity I have read in the process. Superstring theory is still very much in its infancy and The Elegant Universe does not claim that all the problems have been solved; in fact a point is made of pointing out all the present deficiencies of the theory. Probably not a book for the very beginner, but anyone who has read popular accounts of particle physics and relativity should gain a lot from reading this book. In places not an easy read, not for the style (which was generally very easy) but simply for the difficulty of some of the concepts...
Brian Greene or how to make Physics simple, 2010-03-09
Clear, simple language, brilliant examples, this book is for those who are interested in Physics but scared of the Maths involves in it. So far, I haven't founded any problems in order to understand the topics. It has helped me to realize how simple some questions in Relativity are if you have got a good example.
Highly recommendable
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Author:
Brian Greene
By Potter Style
Icarus at the Edge of Time, 2009-11-30
Absolutely brilliant book with superb pictures from the Hubbel telescope. The story is very easy to understand for youngsters and should be an essential reading for those wanting to learn about Black Holes in their Science lessons
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Author:
Brian Greene
By Penguin
Brian Greene's The Fabric of the Cosmos with its questions about the limits of space and time and the texture of reality certainly looks a bit daunting to the uninitiated. Cosmic ripples, 11 dimensions to the universe and string theory that is somehow connected to a "Theory of Everything" are all a bit alien if you never really got to grips with Newton, let alone Einstein. It might look very heavyweight, but Greene is an excellent communicator and what he's writing about is perhaps the greatest intellectual challenge we face. There is no doubt that speculation about the nature of the heavens is very ancient. After centuries of thought "we still can only portray space and time as the most familiar of strangers". But enormous advances in understanding have been made especially over the last few decades. Whether we are high-flying city slickers or impoverished cattle-herders in the third world, speculation about space-time "takes on an almost mystical quality: we're considering the fate of the very things that dominate our sense of reality" according to Greene. Over the last century we have become much better acquainted with previously hidden features of the Universe, esp...
Best book I ever read on the subject, 2010-05-28
On the title page when I read "The new Hawking only better.." I thought...well I have doubts but after reading the book I agree with this. Very readable and clear.... excellent book on the subject.
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