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The Theory of Almost Everything: The Standard Model, the Unsung Triumph of Modern Physics by Robert Oerter

The Standard Model has a surprisingly low profile for such a fundamental and successful theory.... In physics news items, the Standard Model usually plays the whipping boy. Reports of successful experimental tests of the theory have an air of disappointment, and every hint of the theory's inadequacy is greeted with glee. It is the Rodney Dangerfiel... (See the whole review)

(Added by Sarah House on 8/18/2005, 9:00pm)

Discuss this Book (4 messages)

Friday, August 19, 2005 - 5:39am

It might be better than my own Tipler, who is quite very technical on Hadrons, Leptons, quarks and so on. I'd like to know how deep it goes into the scientific material. Are there any discussions about Proton-collapse and such, or is it just like Stephen Hawking's "Universe in a nutshell"?

Friday, August 19, 2005 - 6:05am

No proton collapse. It's not too technical, focusing more on the concepts than the details.

Sarah

Friday, August 19, 2005 - 6:44am

Might I also recommend Bill Bryson's "A Short History Of Nearly Everything", which, as the name suggests, does what it says on the tin (so to speak), if you happen to be from outside the scientific community. To save my fraught little fingers further typing in singing its praises might I suggest giving it a Google or, perhaps, even a little caress of the spine next time you visit your friendly neighbourhood bookshop.

Monday, August 22, 2005 - 8:32pm

Flatlanders & assorted higher dimensional beings,-

I read 'Hyperspace' in High School as my concession to knowing something about cosmology. Reckon I'll die without needing to read a second book on the subject.

Got all the theories and biographies. Lets you into the "world" of cosmology. Talks about the 'old' days of manual mathematics. Also semi-autobiographical, about a boy-wonder who made good and is still in the game- and who can write very well.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0385477058/ref=sib_dp_pt/002-6029686-1233658#reader-link