Today we are on the verge of discoveries that should soon reveal the deepest secrets of the universe. In Alpha & Omega, Charles Seife takes ...
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Nov 19, 2010
Darth
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I am hesitant to put a lot of science in the non-fiction category, just because so much of what they do these days feels to me like conjecture / speculation / extrapolation.
Too much is published by those with a point to try and prove, and so any minor, infinitesimal piece of datum collected is then constured as definitive proof of whatever theory (crackpot or intact pot - if that is the opposite of crackpot) the author is pushing.
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Too much is published by those with a point to try and prove, and so any minor, infinitesimal piece of datum collected is then constured as definitive proof of whatever theory (crackpot or intact pot - if that is the opposite of crackpot) the author is pushing.
I acknowledge that some of this is the nature of sci More...
Sep 12, 2009
Natasha
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A good enough introduction to the universe and various facets about it, including when it will end and how it began. Seife explained everything well enough, but the terminology does not stick in my head. He's throwing a lot of terms at you and I felt that he could have cut back a little on that. If this is a book that is trying to explain everything in more layman terms, then many technical terms could have been dropped. Also, I didn't need the footnotes telling me people got Nobel Prizes for th
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Dec 10, 2008
Joshua
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Really good book on the nature of that whole universe thing. Very understandable. Lots of math, but explained in a very friendly way. Great idea of uncovering the discoveries layer at a time. Might be a little confusing though as different parts of the book can contradict earlier sections, because it it written from a more enlightened perspective.
Apr 09, 2009
Mike
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Really thorough and well-written. If you have little or no exposure to the topic it is a great read. At the publication date it was completely up-to-date, but now 6 years later I long for a sequel! The author ranges far and wide tying together cosmology, astronomy, the "real world" and particle physics. Nicely done.
Aug 22, 2009
Liza
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The book is full of great information and ideas, but it's not written as eloquently in layman's terms as Sagan, Hawking, or Gott. Still worth reading if this sort of topic fascinates you.
Dec 08, 2011
BAKU
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Out of date now but okay ( has a glossary and ' expirements to watch ' )
Jul 14, 2008
Leif Erik
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This is a great introduction to the art of cosmology and strangely enough, quantum theory. It's five years old (at this point) and so is somewhat dated, but the history and descriptions of how and why scientists came to view the origin of the universe holds up.
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