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

In <120620062003315356%phineaspuddleduck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, sent to
sci.physics on Monday 12 June 2006 20:03, Phineas T Puddleduck
(phineaspuddleduck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) had a brainstorm and wrote:

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 going to do some Amazon searches now :-)

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....

Cool - rather you than me!


--
T Wake
Usenet.es7 at gishpuppy.com
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