Antonio Padilla
Autore di Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Cosmic Quest from Zero to Infinity
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Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Cosmic… di Antonio Padilla
British physicist Padilla offers a lively and enjoyable volume on 3 tightly related subjects. The several mostly-math delvings focus on unimaginably large integers (such as Graham's number and Tree(3)), extremely small real numbers, symmetry, and the Cantorian infinities. The mostly-physics ones include relativity, entropy, quantum theory, and theory of particles such as the Higgs boson. And some of the mostly-cosmology ones address black holes, the anthropic and holographic principles, and dark energy. His non-dismissal of multiverse theories and optimism for string theory will not endear him to physics blogger Peter Woit.… (altro)
More like 3.5 - 3.75 stars.
An interesting read exploring physics, mathematics, and the history of their development. At times it was a little meandering and difficult to follow and the metaphors were hit or miss. Still, you could tell it was written with a real passion and the subject was something I was glad to learn more about.
An interesting read exploring physics, mathematics, and the history of their development. At times it was a little meandering and difficult to follow and the metaphors were hit or miss. Still, you could tell it was written with a real passion and the subject was something I was glad to learn more about.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 4
- Utenti
- 99
- Popolarità
- #191,538
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 13
- Lingue
- 2