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A User's Guide To The Universe: Surviving The Perils Of Black Holes, Time Paradoxes, And Quantum Uncertainty (2010)

by Dave Goldberg(Favorite Author)

3.96 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0470496517 (ISBN13: 9780470496510)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Wiley

review 1: The best thing I can say about this book, as with most any nonfiction, is that I learned something. There is more than that though. Often in nonfiction, there is a bit of showing off where the authors seem smug at knowing everything. Not here. That's what makes science great: the possibility of being wrong. The User's guide also shows how science can be fun. The jokes are sometimes lame (sorry Dave), but it was an enjoyable, informative guide to the universe, or at least the parts of the universe we know much about right now.
review 2: User's Guide is an enjoyable & approachable layman's guide to the fun, fascinating world of physics. The authors use humor & analogy to convey complicated ideas and explain them in fairly straightforward terms. Also the book cove... morers a pretty wide range of modern-day physics topics and gives some history on the subjects to give them some depth.That all said, the book does get into some thorough detail in a lot of areas and while this is great for anyone looking to get a real understanding of what's going on it could conceiveably be more than the casual reader is looking for; just something to be aware of.Overall this is a great whimsical introduction for any basic science enthusiast or student. In fact I gave this book as a gift to a young highschool student hoping it would encourage a possible future interest in the world of science. less

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