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| Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You: A Guide to the Universe | 
 enlarge | Author: Marcus Chown
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Category: Book
List Price: £8.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 6338
Media: Paperback
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 4.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 0571235468
EAN: 9780571235469
ASIN: 0571235468
Publication Date: September 4, 2008
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 Very Dissapointed November 10, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I was very dissapointed with this book but it serves me right as I bought it based on the hype. I cringed with just about every hack joke or wittism he tried. If you think you'll learn something even mildly serious about QM or are seeking painless enlightenment, this book is pointless even within its genre - read Feynmans QED and Six not so Easy Peaces (which are, really, once explained by Feynman.)These two simple books (with just a bit more of well worthwhile effort) you'll find will round rings around Chown. If you want enlightenment on Cosmology go for Asimov. If you know something about QM already you'll spot and cringe at the often mixed-up attemps to explain many things. The cartoon style cover does this book good justice though.
 An excellent non-specialist account October 6, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a first-rate book. If you're looking for an account of the current state of Quantum Mechanics and Relativity which is accessible to a non-scientist and takes you from the basics through to most recent developments, this is for you. It is easy to read, but doesn't fudge issues or patronise and has real intellectual weight beneath a thoroughly good-humoured surface. Marcus Chown has been one of our best scientific writers in journals like New Scientist for many years and has already written several really good books. This is well up to standard and I recommend it without reservation. A cracker.
The most complex topic in the easiest way to read October 2, 2008
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
After sometime of looking for a reading about quantum theory and relativity and after trying to read few books, I can tell now: I understand quantum theory and relativity. Previously, I tried some books but always the reading was so in the sky. This book lands all these complex concepts through simple examples giving you a clear view of the wonders that are hidden from our daily lives but keep our world running together.
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