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Review by Nigel (310517) Rating (9/10) Review
by Nigel The book is split in to three parts, Newton, Einstein and finally, Beyond Einstein. All three are well written, with the first two concisely laying out the particular thoughts of the time and the how the theories were developed and demonstrated in the real world, to the limits of the technology of the time. The third part looks at how much we have learnt but how little we know. What we have is a really strong framework that we believe is leading us in the right direction but there is a long way to go. This is a really good popular science book which doesn’t drown you in mathematics. Some may be put off by the theme of the book but you have no need to worry, Marcus Chown has excelled at making the subject matter accessible, in a very readable way, to just about anyone. I particularly liked the sprinkling of fictional anecdotes that brought an otherwise possibly dry subject to life. What this book summarises succinctly is that we have a good understanding of how little we actually know; we have made great strides in science yet we have barely scratched the surface of the complexities of the universe… mind-bogglingly brilliant. Supersymmetry anyone? |
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