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Book Review: Gravity by James Hartle

May 19th, 2010 No Comments

My Goodreads Rating: 3 of 5 stars Trying to teach undergrads general relativity is about as easy as teaching a puppy… general relativity. Hartle strikes a pretty good balance with this book, offering 30-page chapters with *gasp* only a half-dozen equations that focus on conveying high-level concepts as well as chapters fully devoted to tensors, [...]

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Book Review: The Trouble with Physics by Lee Smolin

June 23rd, 2008 No Comments

My Goodreads Review rating: 4 of 5 stars Review It is obvious that Lee Smolin cares deeply and sincerely about the future of his field of physics. I read this with the intent to get a balanced view of string theory (having already read Brian Greene’s gushing pro-string theory book ‘The Elegant Universe’) but got [...]

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Book Review: Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott

June 22nd, 2008 No Comments

My Goodreads Review rating: 3 of 5 starsAn imaginative and thought-provoking read worth an hour of your time. Points out the inherent assumptions we harbor as consequences of our environment… and how foolish they can make as seem in the eyes of the more educated. View all my reviews.

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