Il calcolo del cosmo

(I actually reviewed the UK hardback, with this cover.) This is a weird one - it's a book where I'm really struggling to identify who it's for and what it is supposed to do. The only conclusion I can draw is that Calculating the Cosmos is intended for people who like Ian Stewart's excellent maths bo Leggi tutto

Vispār jau ir ļoti, ļoti grūti paiet garām grāmatai ar šādu nosaukumu. Kādu dienu biju nokāpis Jāņa Rozes grāmatnīcas pagrabstāvā un ieraudzīju šo grāmatu. Autoram, neskatoties uz to, ka regulāri sekoju viņa jaunumiem, atkal bija izdevies izdot grāmatu, kuru es biju palaidis garām. Nevar teikt, ka m Leggi tutto

I don't recommend this book for everyone, but it was a perfect fit for me. The last time I read a physics/astronomy book that taught me profound new things was Michio Kaku's Hyperspace . While I can definitely recommend Kaku's work for anyone, this book was more technical. I would say it speaks to a Leggi tutto

The first half of the book is a nice survey of our solar system, it's formation, and discovery. The second half goes off the deep end with bizarre dark matter denial, and crank alternatives to the Big Bang. He also gives a totally incorrect description of Schrodinger's cat. The author seems to see him Leggi tutto

Overall, a really nice book exploring some fundamental concepts behind the universe! A nice introductory book for people wanting to understand more about the cosmos with some intermediate concepts explained in the second half of the book. Despite claiming ‘how mathematics unveils the universe’, the Leggi tutto

I am not exactly sure what to say about this book. The first 4/5 of it were slow going and didn't seem to bring anything new to the table. I expected this book to have the passion and insight his book Fearful Symmetry, which dealt with patterns found on Earth, did. When this book came out, I rushed

I can't think of any book on mathematics that I have actively enjoyed listening too before. The book traces the evolution of mathematics and its links to astronomy starting with the Babylonian integration of mathematics into the study of astronomy and cosmology and working up to the modern day. New r Leggi tutto

A journey by the means the mathematics and physics, starting from the Earth to the remotest possible place in the universe. Ian Stewart explain enough of almost everything, not much in depth for the novices nor too shallow to makes one who already knew somethings bored. Best introductuon to the astrop Leggi tutto