[FRIAM] two books

[Ron Newman]

Frank,
And what's your view of "What is Real?", by Adam Becker?  I'm thinking of
having a look at it.

Ron
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On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 6:40 AM Frank Wimberly <wimberly3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> We decided that The Road to Reality was unreadable because it's neither
> here nor there.  It was very Advanced without being mathematical enough.
> Kind of like a long badly written Scientific American article.
>
> To make a long story short, we finally read Gauge Fields, Knots and
> Gravity by John Baez more or less successfully.  The first part of the book
> covers manifolds, differential forms and, in general, the math you need for
> general relativity and quantum field theory.  If you want another opinion
> ask Jon Zingale or Barry Mackichan.
>
> Frank
>
> Or travel back in time and ask Hywel.
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> On Tue, Dec 4, 2018, 11:21 PM Nick Thompson <nickthompson at earthlink.net
> wrote:
>
>> Hi, Dave,
>>
>> Missed this note the first time.  Frank and Hywel had a go at this a
>> couple
>> of years ago, and I bought the book and tried to join them.  Whew!  It was
>> at that point I gave up on the notion that I could read anything if I
>> tried
>> hard enough.  Hywel has since died, but I think there was at least one
>> other
>> person involved, who, with Frank, might be able to give you some
>> guidance.
>>
>> Nick
>>
>> Nicholas S. Thompson
>> Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology
>> Clark University
>> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] On Behalf Of Prof David
>> West
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 10:26 AM
>> To: friam at redfish.com
>> Subject: [FRIAM] two books
>>
>> I just finished reading What is Real? by Adam Becker. A straightforward
>> discussion of Quantum Physics and the "Copenhagen Interpretation," and the
>> arguments surrounding it. it offers an indirect but scathing study of how
>> science is really done and how far the practice of science is from the
>> ideal
>> of a "scientific method." Also an interesting discussion of the
>> relationship
>> between 'science' and 'phi8losophy'. Might be of interest to several
>> FRIAMers.
>>
>> Starting to read Roger Penrose's, The Road to Reality: a complete guide
>> tot
>> he laws of the universe. I would really like some advice / comments from
>> the
>> mathematicians in the community as to the value of the book and the likely
>> hood that I might gain sufficient understanding of manifolds, symmetry
>> groups, etc. etc. to understand some of the conversations on the list and
>> at
>> the mother church.
>>
>> dave west
>>
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