Andy's review
The Final Theory: Rethinking Our Scientific Legacy by Mark McCutcheon
Andy's review
rating:
bookshelves: favorites, history, non-fiction, nonfiction, own, philosophy, physics, science
status: Read in March, 2008
rating:
bookshelves: favorites, history, non-fiction, nonfiction, own, philosophy, physics, science
status: Read in March, 2008
Where do I start? This book covers just about everything in science, from gravity to light to magnetism to orbital mechanics to relativity to quantum mechanics .. and on and on. It purports to be the now-infamous Theory Of Everything that science has been searching for in vain for centuries, so it covers a lot of ground, but in a very readable way even for amateur enthusiasts. Read the free first chapter online for yourself.
I can't say whether it is the final word on how our universe operates, as it claims, but it sure is eye-opening and very convincing! I had no idea just how tenuous even our most elementary scientific beliefs really are, and I never thought I could see so much from such a sweeping new perspective until I read this book -- had to read it to believe it!!
I can't say whether it is the final word on how our universe operates, as it claims, but it sure is eye-opening and very convincing! I had no idea just how tenuous even our most elementary scientific beliefs really are, and I never thought I could see so much from such a sweeping new perspective until I read this book -- had to read it to believe it!!
