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The Lightness Of Being: Mass, Ether, And The Unification Of Forces (2008)

by Frank Wilczek(Favorite Author)
3.94 of 5 Votes: 5
ISBN
0465003214 (ISBN13: 9780465003211)
languge
English
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Basic Books
review 1: It has always upset me that I was not able to become a poet. I have the hair, the looks and the personality, but it never worked out for me. This book certainly wasn’t written by a poet. Instead, it was written by a hater; a man who only has hate in his life. I guess you can see that in the choice of colour for the book cover. It’s dark, just like the author’s sole.When the author is a childern His mother was died.He was born in an unhappy family His
review 2: Although written in a "clear and concise" manner it still didn't make much sense to me.Its probably fine if your IQ is 150+ but to my average IQ it was, in a sense, easy to read but hard to understand.It did enlighten me on a few subjects and it did get me to understand that some particles get their
... more mass through field disturbance,but Frank Wilczek is certainly no Brian Greene or Paul Davies as far as his abilities to elucidate through analogy go. less
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mynameis77
Slow going but a decent book, for that intermediate level between popular science and text book
pm02
Very clear and enjoyable account of particle physics at the end of the 20th century.
1234
Not always easy to follow but fairly good read anyway.
Jasmine
Good read. Will probably read it again at some point.
Thommy
physics has gotten so weird.
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