Re: [APML] (OT) String theory?

["Richard Crisp" <rdcrisp@earthlink.net>]

there is one other book worth reading but it is a lot more challenging:

"The Big Bang" by Joseph Silk.

Silk packs more into one page than most authors do in 10. It is a very 
readable book, but it is very concentrated.

One unexpected side benefit: he explains what the blue stars are in 
Globs.... (no they aren't the so called blue stragglers; they are old main 
sequence stars that have exhausted their hydrogen fuel and have resorted to 
fusing helium)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Voetsch" <alanv12952@yahoo.com>
To: "APML" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] (OT) String theory?


> Thanks to all who responded. You have given me some great reading
> and/or research suggestions, starting with "the Elegant Universe'. That
> was mentioned more than any other.
>
> I also plan to follow up on suggestions by Stuart, Greg, and Richard
> for reading down the road.
>
> I find it facscinating that the largest structures in the universe are
> so dependant on the smallest of particles, and how they interact with
> other particles.
>
> Anyone ever read "The First 3 Minutes" by John Gribbon? I think that
> title and author are right. He actually tries to explain what might
> have happened, and what was there, before the big bang. Most folks
> won't go there, probably because they can't (mathematically) get past
> the singularity.
>
> Anyway, I haven't pondered these questions for quite awhile, and I
> think it may be time for another look.
>
> Alan
>
>
>
> SCT Astrophotography: http://www.pbase.com/avoetsch/astrophotography
> FS-102 G-11/Gemini: http://www.pbase.com/avoetsch12952/tak_fs102
> & http://www.pbase.com/avoetsch12952/fs102
> & http://www.pbase.com/avoetsch12952/takpf
>
>
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