2.5 StarsThe idea of a an Unmoved Mover or better still a First Cause is fascinating. Just to think that everything has a cause(s) which itself has a cause(s) takes one to a journey backward which we may well be ill equipped to take. This book didn't do much in that domain however, but it rather exp...
This book pauses with sufficient frequency during its romp through science from particle physics to astrophysics to take pokes at theistic religion to make it clear that the author's intention is to cast a shot across the bow of "God of the gaps" thinking which seeks refuge in the question, "Why the...
I found this book very frustrating. In the first place, Krauss spends far too much time God-bashing, instead of just sticking to the science. Fine, he doesn't believe that God created the universe, but there's absolutely no good reason to even bring it into a discussion of how our universe has been ...
Personally, I find the popular physics writings of Lee Smolen or Brian Greene a lot easier to digest than this book, and the content had less new material than I expected. I should also note that I had very little sleep during the week I read it, which may well have impaired my enjoyment, as you ne...
Point/CounterpointA Nice Brief Account Of The Inflation/Ω/Dark Energy ThreadKrauss, who was personally involved in some of the work and knows all the key actors, does a fine job of summarising progress in cosmology over the last fifteen years. The most significant development, needless to say, has b...
Unabridged, and (unfortunately) read by the author; check out the way he pronounces buttocks, had me crying with laughter...Butt(pause)OxAnd buttocks was used :a:lot:
There's an interesting discussion of the physics of transporter beams in section 23.9 of Penrose's The Road to Reality. Among other things, Penrose points out that teleportation is, in principle, achievable by sufficiently ingenious use of quantum entanglement. It requires, however, that the origin...
Libro molto interessante e non solo per i fan della serie. Un minimo di basi di fisica sono necessarie per capire le spiegazioni dell'autore, ma credo sia una cosa ovvia visto il titolo :) Molto interessante l'ultimo capitolo dove vengono mostrati alcuni errori della serie.
This book is a complete and utter waste of time and space. While I like physics and while I enjoyed reading this book when it was given to me as a birthday present, when I think about it, and in fact the more I think about it, the more pointless it becomes. Granted, science fiction has been a vehicl...
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