Comments on: The Elegant Universe

By: Arun

Arun — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hi Surya,
nice blog.ive heard quite a lot about the brilliant “surya ramkumar” from PC Thomas’ and from some other teachers there.really happy (and a bit surprised!!) to see this blog.
keep writing…
–arun
ps:plz dont go to my page,its not upto blog standards.

By: Pramod

Pramod — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This indeed is a great book – though not a light read – I didn’t think it was really scientific – but for someone who has left “real” science technology behind its boooks like these that help me keep in touch with a world that I was once part of :-) – Kind of helps broaden perspectives I think – reading these books – very much like reading Stephen Hawkins History of Time.

But another of my fav. books which indeed is not pop-science as my friends here tend to call my collection of science books is “On the shoulders of giants” edited by Stephen Hawkins. Unlike most other books – this actually contains the original works (translated to more or less plain english) by great thinkers like Newton, Galilie, and Einstein. Its interesting to see in one place and in a sense compare Newtons work with Einsteins!! One of those books that you can keep on your reading table and read it over a loooong period of time.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0762413484/qid=1113392000/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-6555406-0351250

By: Surya

Surya — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hi Arun,

Thanks for the comment and thanks for dropping by..

By: Surya

Surya — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Had heard about On the shoulders of giants – the thought of reading original works in kinda daunting, yet intriguing I guess…Hope to pick it up sometime – Thanks for the recomm.