Hi everything-list guys, does anyone have any suggestions for our friend Pete down here? He is eager to learn physics! Contact him directly if you have any suggestions. Stephen
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Felix Hoenikker <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 10:10 PM Subject: Re: Physics To: Pete Hughes <[email protected]> Peter, Please consider reading "Cat's Cradle" by Kurt Vonnegut. I think you'll find that this till be truly all that you need to know :) Also, as you read "Cat's Cradle," please post some messages at on the following discussion list: http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/hr4x2/physicists_what_do_you_think_of_the_following/ Best, F.H. On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Pete Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Felix, > I was just reading your post about GR and QM and their unification, my eyes > glazed over somewhat, I do not understand 'superposition' or 'hubble > volume', I am somebody cursed with great epistemic hunger, a high > intelligence and a low academic rigour and I spend hours hating the fact > that I do not know the theory of everything. > I recently realised that we live in a mathematical inevitability and that > physics was approaching simply describing mathematics and saying 'it is > because it is'. > I just hoped that you can point me to a book which explains either general > relativity (I recently purchased 'why does E=MC^2' but I am not quite onto > it), quantum mechanics, many worlds and their implications for free will, > consciousness, dreams and death. > I am sorry to bother you, > Regards, > Peter -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
