Fear Of Physics: A Guide For The Perplexed (1994) - Plot & Excerpts
There are a few gems in this book. Krauss dedicates some time to explaining how scientists (physicists in particular) think. He scratches the surface of why this is successful (and even talks about when it hasn't been as successful).But the title of the book is misleading. This book is mostly anecdote. If you want to be told a bunch of random physics facts, read this book. If you're actually weary of physics, and feel it's beyond your grasp, and best left to the experts, don't read this book. Yet. First, read about this history of science.You see, people need to first learn how we came to know the things we know. Telling science as a story, starting in antiquity, and blossoming into modern speculative cosmological theories. Telling science as a list of facts robs the reader of a good reason to believe any of it.Also, if you're considering the audio form of this book, be warned. It's read by the author. Don't get me wrong. I love to hear Krauss speak. But they apparently recorded this one in "record time" and it shows.
This book was a fantastic read. I am sure that some topics might be a bit more difficult to follow for someone completely new to the subjects, but I found the book very interesting. Krauss did a phenomenal job bringing difficult to understand scientific topics and comparing them to everyday things that make visualizing them much easier. Anyone that has a... fear of physics... (or even those with a non-scientist's understanding like me) should read this book. You'll come out thinking a lot more like a physicist than you thought possible.
What do You think about Fear Of Physics: A Guide For The Perplexed (1994)?
Después de leer a Brief History of Time de Hawking este libro me resultó mucho más complejo de leer, la manera en que Hawking describe fenómenos y teorías físicas es mucho más fácil de entender que las explicaciones de Lawrence. Sin embargo este libro va más allá y describe fenómenos con mayor detalle y deja vislumbrar lo complejo de la física moderna. En muchas ocasiones tuve que reeler párrafos enteros y en otras hasta buscar términos y conceptos en wikipedia (donde por cierto se explican con mayor sencillez). En general es un buen libro sobre física para no físicos, deja mucho aprendizaje y mucha duda, como todo buen libro debería de hacer, es algo pesado de leer y se le debe de tener paciencia.
—Nacho Montesinos
