6.27.2005
The Fabric of the Cosmos
by Brian Greene, 493pgs, paperback
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Official Grade: A
In some ways I think this book is better than Greene's first (The Elegant Universe). He has much better writing style this time around that makes it easier to read. Additionally, he spends more time developing analogies that lead up to hard ideas, although he has more hard ideas and often has to lead you along a jump or two to get there from the analogy, so you still don't know everything. He does reference his first book quite a bit, so you should probably have it around, although it doesn't necessarily need to be read before this one. What book is about: more formulations on string theory, or should I say string/brane theory?, what physical evidence supports it, what predictions it makes for spacetime, physics and cosmology, and future experiments that will give it even more support.
Amazon site
Official Grade: A
In some ways I think this book is better than Greene's first (The Elegant Universe). He has much better writing style this time around that makes it easier to read. Additionally, he spends more time developing analogies that lead up to hard ideas, although he has more hard ideas and often has to lead you along a jump or two to get there from the analogy, so you still don't know everything. He does reference his first book quite a bit, so you should probably have it around, although it doesn't necessarily need to be read before this one. What book is about: more formulations on string theory, or should I say string/brane theory?, what physical evidence supports it, what predictions it makes for spacetime, physics and cosmology, and future experiments that will give it even more support.
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