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Title: The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe by Steven Weinberg ISBN: 0-465-02437-8 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: January, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.1 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful. A source of ideas.
Comment: A masterpiece. Weinberg was able to keep all the physics, with almost no mathematics. There is, in this book, a sense of drama seldom to be found in scientific books. You should start your cosmology studies here, independently of how far you intend to go.
Rating: 5
Summary: A classic documentary on the origin of the universe
Comment: Stephen Weinberg received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Harvard university and has taught at the university of Texas for decades. He won the Nobel prize in physics in 1979 and has worked with such distinguished personages as the late Richard P. Feynman. In short, he is one of the leading minds in his field.
The First Three Minutes is an unusual book in astronomy / cosmology because it is now over 20 years old & yet it is STILL one of the classics of the "story" of the universe for the layman & non-expert. The book takes us on an exhilerating journey all the way back to the Plank epoch (10^-43 seconds after the Big Bang). Weinberg also deals with Einstein's theory of Relativity (which predicted the Big Bang), the Hubble Red Shift (the discovery that the universe is expanding) as well as the detection of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) in the 1960's by Ralph Wilson and Arno Penzias. All three of these factors, plus numerous other details all form the foundation for the way most scientists think about our universe (presently known as the Big Bang theory).
One of the things about Weinberg that I admire is that, like Carl Sagan, he concedes that he MIGHT be wrong, but that what he has to work with is the best paradigm available. This is brutally honest & also quite a refreshing approach. I tire quickly of reading science books that are written by individuals who are so conceited as to believe they know everything there is to know. One certainly does not have to worry about that type of arrogance with Weinberg.
So, if you even have a passing interest in cosmology, I would HIGHLY recommend this book. The book may be especially appealing to many people as it is 150 pages in & out (anyone who has ever browsed the science shelf at their local bookstore can readily see that there have been far longer books written on this topic). But oh, what a plethora of info that Weinberg furnishes in those 150 pages!
All in all, this is a very readable book which deals with a quite recondite topic.
Rating: 5
Summary: Brilliant book but some physics knowledge required
Comment: Beautifully written and highly recommended. Some physics knowledge is required but not much - certainly not undergraduate level. I wish Amazon would provide some editorial presence and delete the gibberish previous post titled "A creationist's fairytail on moving sands". This person populates his so-called review with a smattering of physics terms but makes absolutely no sense at all.
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Title: Dreams of a Final Theory : The Scientist's Search for the Ultimate Laws of Nature by STEVEN WEINBERG ISBN: 0679744088 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 01 February, 1994 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Elementary Particles and the Laws of Physics: The 1986 Dirac Memorial Lectures by Richard P. Feynman, Steven Weinberg ISBN: 0521658624 Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr (Trd) List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: The Inflationary Universe: The Quest for a New Theory of Cosmic Origins by Alan H. Guth, Alan P. Lightman ISBN: 0201328402 Publisher: Perseus Publishing Pub. Date: March, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.50 |
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Title: Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe by Martin J. Rees ISBN: 0465036732 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 08 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Last Three Minutes: Conjectures About the Ultimate Fate of the Universe (Science Masters Series) by P. C. W. Davies ISBN: 0465038514 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: January, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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