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Piękno Wszechświata. Superstruny, ukryte wymiary i poszukiwanie teorii ostatecznej
Brian Greene
4.03 AVERAGE
277 reviews for:
Piękno Wszechświata. Superstruny, ukryte wymiary i poszukiwanie teorii ostatecznej
Brian Greene
4.03 AVERAGE
Fascinating stuff, even if it's wrong, which I don't think it is (at least not 100% wrong). I need to go read Smolin's book that apparently describes what's wrong with string theory and why it's holding back physics studies to really get an appreciation for that.
I read this in it's digital edition, but if I were to attack it again (which would be necessary for me to really *comprehend* this stuff), I would grab a paper copy. In the digital edition, tables and figures are separated from their context by two or three page flips most of the time, and the footnotes are all the way at the end of the book, making navigation more complicated than it should be.
I read this in it's digital edition, but if I were to attack it again (which would be necessary for me to really *comprehend* this stuff), I would grab a paper copy. In the digital edition, tables and figures are separated from their context by two or three page flips most of the time, and the footnotes are all the way at the end of the book, making navigation more complicated than it should be.
This book leads me to believe that the reason I got a C in my senior Physics class is NOT because I'm incapable of understanding it, but because it was right before my English class and I'd do my English homework instead of paying attention.
It's engaging and accessible, and broke my brain a number of times. And I feel like I actually understood mostly everything he talked about. The many examples that felt like math words problems without having to solve anything myself are probably the reason I was able to grasp these concepts at all.
By the end, though, I was awash with nihilism and convinced that I'm imaginary. And while I'm looking forward to exploiting these feelings for poetry, right now I'm going to continue reading some YA with strong female protagonists. For, like, a week.
It's engaging and accessible, and broke my brain a number of times. And I feel like I actually understood mostly everything he talked about. The many examples that felt like math words problems without having to solve anything myself are probably the reason I was able to grasp these concepts at all.
By the end, though, I was awash with nihilism and convinced that I'm imaginary. And while I'm looking forward to exploiting these feelings for poetry, right now I'm going to continue reading some YA with strong female protagonists. For, like, a week.
to be honest i loved about 50%-60% of this book, but then i felt like i am reading a science fiction novel. it seemed to me like string physicists just adapt the theory or add parts to it to explain anything even if it is highly fictional however i liked some of its fictional "theories". but despite all it was very well written and he could explain both quantum mechanics and relativity in a really easy beautiful way than anyone else.
Don't be intimidated by the title. Brian Greene is an excellent writer and a good teacher; the book is written so it's accessible by anyone. All the complicated math is in the index, if you want to look at it, but he leaves it out in the main text making the book very reader friendly. Thoroughly interesting.
A really interesting book, if you're a physicist. A good explanation of string theory, without any overly complicated mathematics.
Good news: I'm definitely no longer interested in physics, even moderately. This book was a one-way ticket to Napville.
I've stayed away from physics in the past because: math! But this book did an excellent job of explaining sting theory (and the theories that came before it) with nary an equation is sight.