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 The Matter Myth - Paul Davies and John Gribbin
Newest Review: ... this book can still be read as a paradigm of good science writing. There are enough mind-expanding ideas in here to change ... more  ... the way you look at the world half-a-dozen times or more, and it's all written in a clear, learning-worn-lightly prose that I only wish were commoner in popular science books. Complexity, chaos, determinism, multiple realities, the beginning – and the end – of life, the universe, and everything: it's all in here, and even if a lot of the more speculatory stuff will now have been discarded by physicists, the intellectual adventure of this book will continue to reward readers for years to come. I’...more |
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The Matter Myth - Paul Davies and John Gribbin: Immaterial World (169 words)
by amygdala - written on 12/07/00 (Useful, 31 readings)
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The Matter Myth: Towards 21st Century Science, Paul Davies and John Gribben Published in 1991, which, given the speed of advance in physics, is four or five ice ages and a mass extinction or two ago, this book can still be read as a paradigm of good science writing. There are enough mind-expanding ideas in here to change the way you look at the world half-a-dozen times or more, and it's all written in a clear, learning-worn-lightly prose that I only wish were commoner in popular science books. Complexity, chaos, determinism, multiple realities, the beginning – and the end – of life, the universe, and everything: it's all in here, and even if ...
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