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Smolin "Trouble" is #4 physics bestseller (after a year)

Martin
in Modern and Theoretical Physics

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Smolin "Trouble" has done well. I just checked as of Sunday 26 August noon Pacific time and it was the #4 amazon physics bestseller,

with storewide salesrank 938. It is fairly unusual for physics books to get salesrank under 1000.

 

It was selling better than the usual string favorites (Greene, Randall, ...) as you might expect, since it's #4.

 

UPDATE: by 2PM the same day it was #3 physics bestseller with storewide salesrank 825.

 

The orange paperback edition has replaced the blue hardcover that came out a year ago.

 

"The Trouble with Physics...and What Comes Next" has actually been out almost exactly a year. The blue hardcover first edition officially went on sale September 2006, but Amazon was already filling orders in late August---same this year: the paperback officially goes on sale 4 September but Amazon is shipping them already.

 

It's a good book---great reading, fascinating stories, clear explanations of physical ideas---and i do think it has helped to make a difference.

 

Happy Birthday "Trouble".

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