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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 523 EAN: 9780393312768 ISBN: 0393312763 Label: W. W. Norton & Company Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 619 Publication Date: 1995-01 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Studio: W. W. Norton & Company Editorial Review: Product Description: In this masterfully written and brilliantly informed work, Dr. Thorne, the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, leads readers through an elegant, always human, tapestry of interlocking themes, answering the great question: what principles control our universe and why do physicists think they know what they know? Features an introduction by Stephen Hawking. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Just nice!Really makes difficult concepts understandable in addition it is a joy to read. Not like a boring or overwhelming text book. Rating: - Interested in black hole physics? Look no further...... you have found the book. The whole history on the subject, a clear account on how Einstein's work and the subsequent decades of study on black holes have changed mankind's view on time and space. A very accessible book, written in an engaging style by a true authority on the subject. What else is there to say? Oh yes, the price: simply a steal at about 2 cents/page. Rating: - Start here....I have read more physics books after reading this one, only to be disappointed. No other book no matter how well written, with so very few expections to few to mention can compare with how well this book reads. It's surprising what a fast read it is as well. I strongly suggest anyone who is at least alittle interested in this subject matter start here. Rating:  - The people behind the ScienceKip Thorne is the author of one of the most authoritative texts on Gravitation and Astrophysics. âaeBlack Holes and Time Warpsâ is meant to bring these recent advanced discoveries in cosmology to the masses. What makes this book most valuable is that it not only devotes many pages explaining the physics in simple terms, but also introduces the major players in the field, telling the stories of their lives, and describing in detail how they achieved their discoveries. The book is therefore very ... Read More Rating: - Einstein's legacy not that outrageousI didn't understand a lot of this book. The physics was largely beyond me and I could not grasp the embedded diagrams that Kip Thorne used. These embedded diagrams attempt to represent three-dimensional space-time on a two-dimensional piece of paper. But I enjoyed reading the book nonetheless. One can look at science in two (or perhaps more) ways; the process and the results. I am interested in process, the building of one idea upon another. And Thorne does this particularly well. I am not a big fan ... Read More |
