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Summary: Great topics for a poorly written books
Comment: This book intents to cover lots of topics, and fails miserably. In the first part, the author poorly reviews the development of relativity and quantum mechanics. She fails to convey the rich and puzzling nature of these theories and, in addition, writes in such an appalling style that one is left wondering whether the text had the benefits of an editor at all. The narrative line is repetitive and convoluted. There are some stylistic pearls as "the German-born Max Born". Words are repeated once and again -- has anyone counted how many time the string "later on" occurs in the text? -- and the tone is patronizing of the reader. In the second part,the author describes her own research and related topics. Here the quality of the text improves. Advice: buy only the second part of the book!
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Summary: If Hawking bores you, read this book
Comment: PROS: Deep analysis of high energy physics. Good job at explaining bizzare ideas/theories.
CONS: Although Randall makes many analogies to try to grasp tough concepts, I wish she would have made even more. Also, the book could use more and better illustrations to help the reader understand these extremely complicated ideas. The book loses one star for each of those shortcomings.
CONCLUSION: If you've read Stephen Hawking and found yourself wanting to know more, read this book. It's extremely difficult to subject to write about, especially for the layperson. She does a pretty good job.
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Summary: awesome!
Comment: Why couldn't she be an instructor of mine?????? I'm very interested in physics and whatnot and this book is awesome. I don't know what else to say. you'll like it!
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Summary: The book of intelligible modern physics
Comment: The contents of the physics which progressed after the 20th century came are explained plainly.
It is the book of the interesting contents which can imagine the strange universe.
The experimental device which will work in 2008, and this result are pleasure.
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Summary: Standard Model vs. Strings...
Comment: Lisa Randall has done an amazing job of relating some fairly tricky-to-comprehend subject matter. Her perspective falls heavily into the experimental scientist camp, firmly rooted in the standard model, versus many of her colleagues in the string theory camp who are certain that they have the answer, even if they can never prove it. You will still find plenty of mind, space and dimension-bending theory in this text, but Dr. Randall is meticulous about defining the line between what we know, what we can know, and what we cannot know. As attractive as string theory is, Dr. Randall keeps her audiences' feet firmly stuck to the ground of currently accepted information on the behavior of fundamental particles and interactions. She places string theory in a realistic perspective not often elucidated by its proponents.
Rather than spoil the journey through all of the incredible possibilities that surround the dimensional nature of the universe, Lisa Randall reminds us that the world is an even more awesome and bizarre place when we are not seduced by shortcuts. When we don't skip to the end, we are still able to enjoy every step on our path to discovery. Lisa Randall also enables readers with varying degrees of knowledge to read the book at several levels by warning the novice when it would be a good time to skip to another section, and when more seasoned learners may want to stick around for more background and detail.
For a really good time, I recommend reading Michio Kaku's Parallel Worlds either just before or just after Warped Passages. Both of these amazing minds do a great job of illustrating their thinking on the dimensional possibilities in the universe, or rather, "multiverse". Both physicists are great story-tellers and do a wonderful job of laying the historical foundation for our current state of understanding and theory. Both authors make compelling arguments for their perspective.
Summary: Great topics for a poorly written books
Comment: This book intents to cover lots of topics, and fails miserably. In the first part, the author poorly reviews the development of relativity and quantum mechanics. She fails to convey the rich and puzzling nature of these theories and, in addition, writes in such an appalling style that one is left wondering whether the text had the benefits of an editor at all. The narrative line is repetitive and convoluted. There are some stylistic pearls as "the German-born Max Born". Words are repeated once and again -- has anyone counted how many time the string "later on" occurs in the text? -- and the tone is patronizing of the reader. In the second part,the author describes her own research and related topics. Here the quality of the text improves. Advice: buy only the second part of the book!
Customer Rating:
Summary: If Hawking bores you, read this book
Comment: PROS: Deep analysis of high energy physics. Good job at explaining bizzare ideas/theories.
CONS: Although Randall makes many analogies to try to grasp tough concepts, I wish she would have made even more. Also, the book could use more and better illustrations to help the reader understand these extremely complicated ideas. The book loses one star for each of those shortcomings.
CONCLUSION: If you've read Stephen Hawking and found yourself wanting to know more, read this book. It's extremely difficult to subject to write about, especially for the layperson. She does a pretty good job.
Customer Rating:
Summary: awesome!
Comment: Why couldn't she be an instructor of mine?????? I'm very interested in physics and whatnot and this book is awesome. I don't know what else to say. you'll like it!
Customer Rating:
Summary: The book of intelligible modern physics
Comment: The contents of the physics which progressed after the 20th century came are explained plainly.
It is the book of the interesting contents which can imagine the strange universe.
The experimental device which will work in 2008, and this result are pleasure.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Standard Model vs. Strings...
Comment: Lisa Randall has done an amazing job of relating some fairly tricky-to-comprehend subject matter. Her perspective falls heavily into the experimental scientist camp, firmly rooted in the standard model, versus many of her colleagues in the string theory camp who are certain that they have the answer, even if they can never prove it. You will still find plenty of mind, space and dimension-bending theory in this text, but Dr. Randall is meticulous about defining the line between what we know, what we can know, and what we cannot know. As attractive as string theory is, Dr. Randall keeps her audiences' feet firmly stuck to the ground of currently accepted information on the behavior of fundamental particles and interactions. She places string theory in a realistic perspective not often elucidated by its proponents.
Rather than spoil the journey through all of the incredible possibilities that surround the dimensional nature of the universe, Lisa Randall reminds us that the world is an even more awesome and bizarre place when we are not seduced by shortcuts. When we don't skip to the end, we are still able to enjoy every step on our path to discovery. Lisa Randall also enables readers with varying degrees of knowledge to read the book at several levels by warning the novice when it would be a good time to skip to another section, and when more seasoned learners may want to stick around for more background and detail.
For a really good time, I recommend reading Michio Kaku's Parallel Worlds either just before or just after Warped Passages. Both of these amazing minds do a great job of illustrating their thinking on the dimensional possibilities in the universe, or rather, "multiverse". Both physicists are great story-tellers and do a wonderful job of laying the historical foundation for our current state of understanding and theory. Both authors make compelling arguments for their perspective.
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