To: King Prout; PatrickHenry; RadioAstronomer
I don't suppose that any of you could recommend a good layman's guide to physics. I took a look at 'physics for dummies' (no, I'm not kidding), but I'm not certain that I really trust that series to be accurate.
18 posted on
05/04/2006 12:28:02 PM PDT by
Chiapet
(I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me)
To: Chiapet
I don't suppose that any of you could recommend a good layman's guide to physics.I'd be interested, too, though what I probably need is a "Physics for Profoundly Mathematically-Challenged Dummies"
22 posted on
05/04/2006 12:32:00 PM PDT by
ToryHeartland
("The universe shares in God’s own creativity." - Rev. G.V.Coyne)
To: Chiapet
Don't let me forget. I will take a look thru my library tonight.
24 posted on
05/04/2006 12:34:18 PM PDT by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior member of Darwin Central)
To: Chiapet
Hawkings' "A Brief History of Time" ain't too confusing.
most of this cosmology stuff makes my brain hurt, honestly.
25 posted on
05/04/2006 12:35:48 PM PDT by
King Prout
(many complain I am overly literal... this would not be a problem if fewer people were under-precise)
To: Chiapet
'physics for dummies' is most likely as accurate for the lay person as anything else you could read.........Spanish for dummies was pretty darn good - we need one ASAP called English for dummies........
27 posted on
05/04/2006 12:38:27 PM PDT by
yoe
(Aim low boys, they're riding Burros.........................)
To: Chiapet
The "blank" for dummies series books are generaly good. I don't know of any simplified text's, good, or not. I use good texts. An explaination of any simple physics can be found on the net though.
79 posted on
05/04/2006 6:41:39 PM PDT by
spunkets
To: Chiapet
Stephen Hawkings books are well written and easily understood by the layman.
To: Chiapet
Get the book by Stephen Hawking (A Brief History of Time). The book is amazing ....not only in that it really expounds on a whole set of very interesting aspects and facets of the universe, but also in the manner in which it manages to convey subject material that should be brain-warping in a manner that is both INTERESTING and UNDERSTANDABLE. The guy should get an award just for that!
98 posted on
05/05/2006 1:29:16 PM PDT by
spetznaz
(Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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