> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Dave Long > Sent: 07 May 2009 14:11 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [silk] Best Science book you would recommend to a friend ? > > In a related but different vein, I'm interested in finding more books > like _QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter_ or _Naive set > theory_. > > Any suggestions for science books which actually manage to hit that > elusive median, where the calculations are neither too daunting for > novices nor simply handwaved away? > > -Dave
I would recommend 'In Search of Schrodinger's Cat' and 'Schrodinger's Kittens' by John Gribbin. Good balance between science, maths and diagrams. He also manages to come up with some pretty good analogies without diluting the science. In the second book, quite some time is spent in discussion of QED. It also reminded me of one of the footnotes mentioning Feynman... '...when a colleague of mine, Marcus Chown, was a student at CalTech he asked Feynman to explain to his (Chown's) mother why physics was important. Feynman wrote to her to put things in perspective. He told her not to worry about what her son's work was all about. "Physics is not important," said Feynman in that letter, "love is"'. Keith No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.325 / Virus Database: 270.12.22/2105 - Release Date: 05/08/09 11:43:00
