> On Mon, 14 May 2001, Brian Sweeney wrote: > > > I read a really good book a while back called "Physics for the Rest of > > Us"(HIGHLY recommended for those curious about modern physics) Good way to > > say newbie without saying "dummie", I thought. > > > > One of the books I like to recommend when it comes to describing physics to a > layman is "The Dancing Wu Li Masters." Spectacular description of particle > physics...and done in a way that most everybody can grok it. > > "The Elegant Universe" is another really good one...that's about super-string > theory. I'll jump in and recommend _Hyperspace_ by Michio Kaku as another readable layman's theoretical physics book. -min _______________________________________________ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
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