jutntog1 Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 Whats the best summery of all basic info that could be found at a liberary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 Hawkings "Brief History of Time" was good, and well written. Also try "The Elegent Universe" by Brian Greene. You could go onto some websites...college proffesors' lecture notes are often posted online...that's how I learned the basic theory. Nothing beats a good book, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5614 Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 In Search Of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality and the sequel Schrödinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality both by John Gribbin are great, starting with an assumption of school level knowledge and advancing through a lot quantum physics. It's a good book for beginners but even intermediates will find parts of it new or interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severian Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 Hawkings "Brief History of Time" was good. No!No! Dreadful book! Please don't buy it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5614 Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 I'd heard similar reviews as what Severian said. The Elegant Universe is more about superstring theory then QM, although I suppose there's a relationship between the 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starbug1 Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 No!No! Dreadful book! Please don't buy it! How so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 I'd heard similar reviews as what Severian said. The Elegant Universe is more about superstring theory then QM' date=' although I suppose there's a relationship between the 2.[/quote'] Greene explains quantum mechanics before he gets to string theory, and does a good job of it too. I enjoyed a brief history time, why bad reviews? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettina Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 I liked Hawkings book, and now I'm reading one a friend gave me called: Stephen Hawkings Universe...by David Filkin. Its short, but interesting. Bettina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5614 Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 I didn't know that The Elegant Universe started off with QM, that's interesting, may have to look into that book! I enjoyed a brief history time, why bad reviews? I heard that he oversimplifies things to a point where they can become technically incorrect. Otherwise I've just heard generally mixed opinions on it. When there's a book which everyone I know who has read it says it's great (Schrödinger cat/kitten books) compared to the Hawking's one which on this site alone has had JaKiri, Radical Edward & Severian give it negative reviews I'd go for the one which everyone likes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DQW Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Whats the best summery of all basic info that could be found at a liberary.At what level of math preparation ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timo Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Greene explains quantum mechanics before he gets to string theory, and does a good job of it too. I enjoyed a brief history time, why bad reviews? I enjoyed reading it, too. But it´s as much a book on QM as your local newspaper is a book on economy. I don´t know the book by Brian Greene but if it´s anything like these (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.html), then the same applies there. Simply no substance. On topic: Sadly, I´ve never been the person who is able to learn from books. For me, they´re a great tool to look things up but not one to learn a certain topic. However, there are some really good lecture notes available for free download (or as html sites). Take a look around in the web. If it´s a page of a univerisite´s physics department you can be rather sure that at least you´re not presented complete crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jutntog1 Posted September 23, 2005 Author Share Posted September 23, 2005 Thanks For all the posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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