I picked this book up the other day and started to read it. I have read A Brief History of Time by Steven Hawking and I was wondering if anyone had any insight into what this book has to offer that is not covered, in detail, in Hawking's book?
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
This is just a guess, but I'm going to say it probably has more dancing Wu Li masters.
Posted by Ramdac99 (Member # 7264) on :
thanks Tom, but there is no Dancing in the book. It's about "the new physics"
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
How do you know? They might not do any dancing until the end.
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
I read it a few years ago and quite enjoyed it. Hawking's book is more about cosmology, whereas Zukav's is, IIRC, more about physics on the small scale.
Posted by Ramdac99 (Member # 7264) on :
Twinky, so they cover more quantum mechanics than Hawking?
Posted by rubble (Member # 6454) on :
Flip to the end and look at the "Stable Particle Table". If you're interested in the why's and wherefore's of these subatomic particles you've found the right book. I have to admit that I've never made it to Chap. 1 in the 3 attempts I've made to read it. It has been collecting dust on my shelf for at least 6 years.