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Summary: The Elegant Universe - Highly recommended, highly readable
Comment: In this age of rapidly changing theories of cosmology and physics The Elegant Universe explores the shortcomings of quantum physics and classical theory and the emergence of Super String Theory as the possible Great Unified Theory.

This is a very well written book; eminently readable. I enjoyed it immensely and was highly impressed by the analogies used to explain the most difficult of concepts which are being tackled by today's theoretical physicists.

This book discusses multiverses of 11 dimensions and more in terms even a layman such as myself can understand and visualize and presents theories which explain the possible origin of our universe, the Big Bang, and why it was inevitable and perhaps why it was not the only one.

Enjoy.

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Summary: The Elegant Universe
Comment: A good read i would recommend for anyone who is interested in science or astronomy.

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Summary: The Final Universe
Comment: This is a fine book but the Real Universe is only HERE: Schroedinger's Universe and the Origin of the Natural Laws

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Summary: Excellent resource for the layman....
Comment: Don't know much about new physics? This is stuff I didn't get the first time around--they weren't discussing it back then since all of us were running from the dinosaurs....

Anyway, Greene has a good descriptive edge that will keep you reading even if the subject of string theory and quantum physics gets a little too deep. Even if you've had physics 1 and 2 in college, I guarantee that those basic classes won't cover anything mentioned here, but you'll better have the mindset to take in this information.

Good luck! And remember that a college education is never a waste--if you really think how to use it well. A science background will certainly make you a better television series writer.

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Summary: Quantum Foam and Hidden Dimensions
Comment: There were parts of this book that were difficult to grasp, but what I liked about it was it's explanation of quantum foam and hidden dimensions. Quantum foam is a general concept in physicis that I had heard of, but didn't really understand. The author explained the meaning of it in a clear and succinct way, and showed why it is such a stumbling block for a unified theory. Also, his description of hidden dimensions made that concept much clearer for me. A good book if you are interested in physics and cosmology.

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