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A Primer for Physicists
Aug. 9th, 2012 11:37 pmJan 2012
The Quantum Universe: Everything That Can Happen Does Happen - Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw - Allen Lane, 2011
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It is famously said of Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time that many people bought it but almost no-one read it. I fear that this may also be true of this book, which is a shame because it is one of the most lucid and substantial explanations of quantum mechanics that I have come across. Given to the right young mind, it might have a similar life-transforming effect to the one that Steven Rose’s Chemistry of Life had on mine.
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The Quantum Universe: Everything That Can Happen Does Happen - Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw - Allen Lane, 2011
* * * *
It is famously said of Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time that many people bought it but almost no-one read it. I fear that this may also be true of this book, which is a shame because it is one of the most lucid and substantial explanations of quantum mechanics that I have come across. Given to the right young mind, it might have a similar life-transforming effect to the one that Steven Rose’s Chemistry of Life had on mine.
( Read more... )