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물리학 최전선
시공 변환
스핀. 질량. 전하.
참고로 아마존 리뷰데이터 올립니다.
Each chapter in this book lays down the foundation for the next chapter. Greene manages to group together scattered discoveries from the past century or so according to their relevance to the topic at hand, and it feels very natural. Every complex concept is explained in somewhat technical detail and then followed up immediately by a clever (and occasionally humorous) analogy. The key points are always restated and rephrased to make absolutely sure the reader is on the same page with the author. This method really does wonders for nailing important concepts to your head, which turns out to be absolutely essential as the book progresses and new ideas are stacked atop the old. This book, overall, is interesting. There are some extraordinarily intriguing chapters that will have your mind racing for at least a couple days, trying to piece together the chapter's implications, and then there are a couple dull chapters that almost feel like a chore to get through. However, the dull chapters, which seem to be flooded with basic mathematical and technical details, are necessary to understand the big picture. Greene only presents us with the details we need to understand, nothing more, and I honestly can't think of a way he could have made these dull chapters exciting. If you are a curious physics newbie, or only know bits and pieces about the basic concepts of string theory, special and general relativity, quantum mechanics, black holes, the big bang, or hidden dimensions, this book is certainly for you! If you are already knowledgeable in these subjects and seek the deepest technical and mathematical information about them, I'm guessing you will not find what you are looking for in this book. By way of explaining the use of the term "layman," let me point out that this book is not light reading. I don't believe it can be read by those without at least some exposure to college level physics. I am a former high school physics teacher, and I had to really stretch to understand Dr. Greene's explanations. Nevertheless, considering the mathematical and physical complexity of the subject matter, Dr. Greene has done a splendid and remarkable job of explaining the subject at a conceptual, nonmathematical level. Anyone with a physics background through the level of an introductory course in modern physics will find Dr. Greene's treatise accessible. It brings the reader closer to the current state of research in the rapidly moving field of superstring theory than books written even two years ago. The book requires work, but it was a labor of love. This book is beautifully and artfully written and was a joy to read. I recommend it highly to anyone with the modest physics background described above who enjoys exploring theoretical physics and cosmology at a level approximating that of Scientific American.Customer Reviews
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대단한 책입니다. 상대성원리 이해한 분들에겐 그냥 술술 읽히는 책입니다. 뉴턴이나 아인슈타인은 우주관을 만든 분들이죠. 위대한 과학자라는 것을 느끼게 되죠. 저자 브라이언 그린의 스토리텔링능력이 탁월합니다.
우아한 우주!
고등학생 때 처음 만나 끈이론을 맛보게 해 주었던 책이었죠.
박사님이 주신 키워드 중심으로 다시 한번 읽어 보고 싶습니다..
시공 변환, 스핀, 질량, 전하.
이책은 제가 맨처음 샀던 자연과학서적입니다.
물리학을 전공한 어느 한 업체의 사장이 우연히 우주와 물리학이야기가 나와서 제가 관심을 보이자, 일반인들도 쉽게 읽을 수 있는 책이라고 추천해준 책입니다.
호기심에 절반정도 어금니를 깨물고 읽다가 자연과학지식이 전무한지라 읽기를 포기하고 책장만 지키고 있었던 책입니다. 이제 박자세에서 1년넘게 갈고 닦은 실력으로 쉽게 이해하고 즐겁게 읽을 수 있으리라 생각합니다.
조금 더 시간이 지나면 이책이 소설책처럼 읽힐 날이 오리라 생각합니다.
그때가 되면 시간을 단축하여 읽어 줄 계획입니다.^^