Science Slept Sixteen Centuries And What It Achieved When It Woke From Greek Science to Quantum Systems 2 Allan Karson
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Science Slept Sixteen Centuries is a book for the reader who wants to learn what physics is all about - and for the person who has taken a few physics courses in high school, but wants to learn more about its diverse theories and historical development.
Even if you have taken college-level physics courses, you might not necessarily know the fascinating history of physics development, and the backgrounds of physicists who contributed to that development, such as Kepler, Newton, the Bernoulli family, Planck, Bohr, Einstein, von Neumann and Oppenheimer, to name only a few.
And of course, if you want to learn why world civilization still suffers from a hiatus in the advancement of science in general — and physics in particular - this is the book for you.
In 2006, Allan Karson received enthusiastic feedback for his book idea, and was told that Science Slept Sixteen Centuries is a book that is very much needed. Now, 10 years later, this work is finally ready.
- This book is written for intelligent, inquiring people; it does not talk down to them.
- This book is exciting. Each chapter presents a different historical time period and a different physics discipline. This changing environment presents a continuing challenge. There are no long, non-factual, non-interesting or dull descriptions.
- This book keeps the quantity of math equations to a minimum. Only one equation is presented and explained in detail Einstein’s fascinating equation that transforms how people, objects and clocks appear to change when they are moving at speeds that approach the speed of light.
- There are no ‘heavy’ descriptions of physics theories; charts are used to provide supporting explanations and description points in charts usually consist of one-liners.
- This book's sources have been scrupulously read to assure correct and complete details.
Dive in to the mesmerizing world of the history and future of physics with Science Slept Sixteen Centuries.
Science Slept Sixteen Centuries And What It Achieved When It Woke From Greek Science to Quantum Systems 2 Allan Karson
Pure torture to read if one has any elementary school knowledge of grammar. Not to mention the repetitiveness and unnecessary notes.Could be of mild interest to someone who has absolutely no knowledge of basic history of the development of physics and it's key players, AND no understanding of American English. Most of his information seems to have come from wikipedia anyway--just do some research there.
Really feel sorry for people who paid for the print edition.
And, the charts he referenced are no longer available on the internet.
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Science Slept Sixteen Centuries And What It Achieved When It Woke From Greek Science to Quantum Systems 2 Allan Karson Reviews
I never thought I would be interested in a book about physics but I was incredibly engrossed and learned so much. It is very well written and insightful.
Not being particularly inclined to read about physics, I was surprised to find myself quite absorbed in this book. It’s really an overview of many aspects of physics, from the steam engine, to the laws of thermodynamics, to the formation of stars and black holes and much more. The author is passionate about his subject. The tone is personal, he digresses to cover this or that aspect of a physicist’s life -- not always physics-related – and clearly enjoys sharing his knowledge of the subject. Though I didn’t understand everything, I never felt lost. You get the sense the author is taking you by the hand to lead you through what is admittedly not an easy subject.
As a non-physicist (high school physics only), I am still interested in science and its beginnings. I have found this book to be exceptionally helpful in reaching this goal. It lays out the concepts very well, on a level that most anyone can understand. I would recommend it to everyone for an interesting read.
On my e-reader (kobo), this book has 411 pages and I struggled through to page 232 where I hit, what was for me, the final careless blooper (there have been very many before this). The author has explained at some length in the introduction how exponents work and that expressing numbers using exponents is the norm in science and virtually compulsory when talking about very large or very small numbers. But he doesn't really trust that the message has got through so he often wants to show the expanded number. Here he says (note the following is 10 with a superscript of -7) “..from 10-7 (or .0000007)" !!! I know this is just a silly stupid error but that was it – I'm too fed up with this level of errors in addition to the book's other faults.
The mistakes are egregious and too numerous to enumerate.
The book needs a massive editing and sub-editing exercise. The organisation is woeful to the point where the whole thread of description is lost. The punctuation is strange and the level of grammatical mistakes such as singular/plural subject/verb mismatches is unacceptable. His use of capitals is very strange, his use of quotation marks equally weird and he is addicted to dashes at inappropriate places in sentences.
The mistakes are at all levels; for example in the introduction he claims that he is going to use the MKS system of measurement in his book and then obliviously uses miles and feet and says things like
“Weight = Mass (called ‘slugs’ and applicable to a person or an object)”
A slug is a not an MKS unit - it is a unit in British Imperial or United States customary units.
I'm not going to criticise the level of physics explanations per se, but the standard of writing and poor organisation are such that I cannot see anyone learning any real physics from this.
Sorry, I like popular science books but cannot recommend this to anyone – it needs a lot more work.
This one's editing is certainly a major disaster! Other than typos, you may find there many a hiatus and repetition in wording, which are quite annoying and sometimes can affect your flow of thinking.
Great book that was very clear with minimal equations yet comprehensive enough to be thorough. Very well done history of physics!
Who was this written for? He says explicitly that it is to educate laymen on science history, but then he spends pages tediously laboring over an explanation of scientific notation. I have a sizable personal library of science history books. This one offers nothing of interest and is slow, dull reading. I'll hit the "REMOVE FROM DEVICE" button on my .
Pure torture to read if one has any elementary school knowledge of grammar. Not to mention the repetitiveness and unnecessary notes.
Could be of mild interest to someone who has absolutely no knowledge of basic history of the development of physics and it's key players, AND no understanding of American English. Most of his information seems to have come from wikipedia anyway--just do some research there.
Really feel sorry for people who paid for the print edition.
And, the charts he referenced are no longer available on the internet.
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