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Brian Greene is a great author who can make even the most cutting edge physics seem simple with a diagram and a description. I picked up Fabric of the Cosmos because I read his other work The Elegant Universe and although I am on the fence about string theory which is where The Elegant Universe focused in on, Fabric of the Cosmos has only a few chapters where he touches on the subject. Leaving us with Quantum Mechanics and General Theory of Relativity to explain most of what is going on. I gave the book a 4 out of 5 because some of what he talked about was rehashed from his first book making him seem lazy about the subject. But it is a great book and a good read for anyone who is interested in the state of affairs in the physics community
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The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality by Brian Greene
irocalex, April 19, 2009
Brian Greene is a great author who can make even the most cutting edge physics seem simple with a diagram and a description. I picked up Fabric of the Cosmos because I read his other work The Elegant Universe and although I am on the fence about string theory which is where The Elegant Universe focused in on, Fabric of the Cosmos has only a few chapters where he touches on the subject. Leaving us with Quantum Mechanics and General Theory of Relativity to explain most of what is going on. I gave the book a 4 out of 5 because some of what he talked about was rehashed from his first book making him seem lazy about the subject. But it is a great book and a good read for anyone who is interested in the state of affairs in the physics community(4 of 6 readers found this comment helpful)