Re: Holiday reading suggestion?


Adam Rykala wrote:
On 23/5/06 09:22, in article B7ednYbFG7RaW-_ZRVny1w@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, "AB"
<mail@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

As we are possibly like-minded people here, does anybody have any
suggestions for some holiday reading this summer?

Any astro-related recommendations would be welcome although as I am a
relative beginner nothing too heavy please. Bear in mind i will not have
access to my scope and most likely I will be reading it when its light (and
hopefully sunny) so nothing that requires me to do any observing as I read.

Thanks




Brian Greene - either The Elegant Universe of The Fabric of the Cosmos -
captivating reading. Can be a bit hairy at times but he is quite good at
telling you when to skip bits) - and provides synopsis of the relevant bits.

--

A

I only see in infrared...

I most certainly recommend it,it has all the razzle dazzle of the late
20th century but as people have actually come home to discover our
planet again,it amounts to highlighting just how indulgent and out of
control mathematicians became.


Q: When you talk about quantum entanglement and teleportation, people
might think immediately of the realm of "Star Trek."
Greene: Sure. The most amazing element of "Star Trek" is the
transporter, I think: the ability to "beam" a person or an object
from one place to another. Certainly we cannot do that today. But using
quantum entanglement, researchers have successfully beamed, if you
will, a particle from one place to another. Now, doing that for a
particle is a far cry from doing it for a human being. But it is the
first baby step in that direction. That is very exciting.



Try De Revolutionibus -

http://webexhibits.org/calendars/year-text-Copernicus.html

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