Frank, And what's your view of "What is Real?", by Adam Becker? I'm thinking of having a look at it.
Ron Ron Newman, M.S., M.M.E. Partner, Caditz-Newman <http://newman.caditz.us>, Smart Infrastructure for Autonomous Vehicles Founder, IdeaTreeLive.com <http://www.Ideatreelive.com> Knowledge Modeling Piano <https://www.ronnewmanpiano.com> Blog <https://blog.ideatreelive.com> On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 6:40 AM Frank Wimberly <[email protected]> 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. > ----------------------------------- > Frank Wimberly > > My memoir: > https://www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly > > My scientific publications: > https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 > > Phone (505) 670-9918 > > On Tue, Dec 4, 2018, 11:21 PM Nick Thompson <[email protected] > 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:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Prof David >> West >> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 10:26 AM >> To: [email protected] >> 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 >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe >> http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >> > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
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