Re: Cosmic_Inflation is an artificial model of the Planck_Length transition...

In article <t8ydnQdfev_iJBDZnZ2dnUVZ8t2dnZ2d@xxxxxxxxx>, T Wake
<Usenet.es7AT@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Yeah, I have a book from MK (Hyperspace) and while he is a very interesting,
engaging writer, sometimes he does go out deep into the leftfield :-) I may
look into getting it. (Birthday soon!)

I suspect Brian Greene's books may be over Jeff's head. Brian Greene
actually includes some mathematics in his books :-)

Best one I can suggest for Jeff is the "Big Bang" by Simon Singh.

Jeff - I know you are reading this, because you cant help yourself - go to
amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BHA3K4

It will only cost you $7.99. I am sure a super coder like yourself can make
a "game bankers play" which will cover that cost.

You may even learn enough to act as springboard to other, greater, things.
(At the minimum you will learn the difference between the big bang and
inflation - and who actually coined the term "big bang").

And "Wrinkles in Time" by Eric Smoot - its a description of the buildup
(historically and scientifically) behind COBE as well. Ok so its a bit
old now, but its a nice way to catch up with the precursor to WMAP.

I also have The Road To Reality, now there's a dense read. I pick it up
and flcik through interesting bits - but its too much like learning ;-)

Kip Thornes Black Hole book is good too, in a sort of "state of play"
framework. I must go out to the bookstore and start looking for new
reading material

I am (sort of) tasked with reading up on this sort of stuff, as my
final year dissertation is going to involve sub-mm galaxies....

--
The greatest enemy of science is pseudoscience.

Jaffa cakes. Sweet delicious orangey jaffa goodness, and an abject lesson why
parroting information from the web will not teach you cosmology.
.

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