killdeer43
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Should we be on the edge of our collective seats? :biggrin-new:uh uh....
Joe
Should we be on the edge of our collective seats? :biggrin-new:uh uh....
Should we be on the edge of our collective seats? :biggrin-new:
Joe
For now, let's just get the pop corn ready. Just in case. :tongue:
If I were a betting man I'd wager that the good doctor knows the answer to that now....If I were a betting man, I'd wager that he's right on that one, too.
http://siz.io/gravitational-waves-sounds-are-not-like-stephen-colbert-expected/uh uh....
I did read his Brief History of Time back in the day, and found it approachable. (I mean, its not like I'm a college professor or som...oh wait.) Apparently he followed that some years later with A Briefer History of Time, which is supposed to be more accessible. I'd start there.I never read any of his stuff. I always figured it was beyond my pay scale, so to speak, and, like many things in the theoretical physics, apt to be dis-proven for a new idea. What book of his would be a good place to start ?
Hawking was a great physicist, but he was not that great as a science writer. There are many excellent books about cosmology and the current state of science that are much better than those of Hawking. Here are a few....
Origins, Fourteen billion years of cosmic evolution [2004] -- Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith
The Red Limit [1977]-- Timothy Ferris
Blind Watchers of the Sky, The People and Ideas that Shaped Our View of the Universe [1996] -- Rocky Kolb
The First Three Minutes, A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe [1977] -- Steven Weinberg
Wrinkles in Time [1993] -- George Smoot, Keay Davidson
I like Timothy Ferris' writing style & approach in particular.....
I'm not a big science fan, but I do recall Mr Hawkings stating that the gold record placed on the voyager probes showing Earth's location my not have been the smartest move on mankind's part. You never know who is coming home for dinner.
Tommy
Double-dipping, even:You're on a tear today!
I'm not a big science fan, but I do recall Mr Hawkings stating that the gold record placed on the voyager probes showing Earth's location my not have been the smartest move on mankind's part. You never know who is coming home for dinner.
Tommy
It was pointed out to me that my earlier post on this subject may have crossed the line on our agreement not to discuss politics or religion, so I have deleted it. I value this forum for not descending into the constant bickering of social media, and my intent was not to start an argument.
.....but it got me wondering: if the the good dr happened to gaze into a telescope one night and observe something radically undiscovered do you suppose he was more of a "wtf" guy than an "omg" guy?
Yep.We're living in an era of precision cosmology! :saturn:
Yep.
Just ask RuPaul
if the the good dr happened to gaze into a telescope one night and observe something radically undiscovered do you suppose he was more of a "wtf" guy than an "omg" guy?