| 1. |  | Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
from Topeka Bindery
Price: $26.85
Customer Review:
This is a tour de force of explaining the great effort to unified all fields of physics through the superstring theory. Needless to say, it is an extremely difficult subject and requires a great deal of technical knowledge and imagination to understand. Compounding that difficulty is the fact that... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations
from Cambridge University Press
Price: $26.09
Customer Review:
It seemed a high price for a small paper back, but I've found it to be very much worth the cost. Whether you're a student new to the subject or a professional looking for a quick review, this is an excellent text. Short, too the point and clearly written, it is exactly as advertised.
The only... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | Using and Understanding Mathematics: A Quantitative Reasoning Approach
from Addison Wesley
Price: $122.67
Customer Review:
This is not really a review perse. I'm getting this book for a prereq in college. I'm just wondering if anyone knows the difference between the 3rd and 4th editions. Or is this another fantastic move of the publishing industry to save their lives/waste our money? | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe
from Vintage
Price: $17.16
Customer Review:
I love this book! After so many pop science tomes(Strings for Simpletons, etc), it was so fine to find a book that dumps it all on you and interconnects so many ideas and disciplines. I'll be reading parts of it for years, and reading physics texts to try to make out the more obscure sections and... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 5. | ![]() | Advanced engineering mathematics
from Wiley Eastern
Customer Review:
This is one of the worst books I have ever used. The examples given in the book are not explained so unless you are the teacher or have prior knowledge to the subject matter you are just lost. I find myself using google for help more than this book. | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | Linked: The New Science of Networks
from Basic Books
Customer Review:
This book's author explores networks that exist in everything from Hollywood actors to cellular proteins and lets us into the private (and unexpectedly exciting and humorous) world of mathematicians and physics professors. The 80/20 rule is described as it applies to monetary success by people, web... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | The Complete Idiot's Guide to String Theory
from Alpha
Price: $11.53
Customer Review:
Having some experience with this subject, I purchased this book to fill in gaps in knowledge I have about the "current state" of String Theory among physicists. The part that needs improvement is the "In The Loop" sections, that are supposed to give information about the physicists who are writing... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | SYNC: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order
from Hyperion
Price: $16.47
Customer Review:
This is the account of how scientists are looking for Sync, the science of how the world synchronizes itself out of chaos in both the living and nonliving realms, as well as the matehmatical laws that rule them. The simplest form of sync is observed in the way how two pendulums synchronize... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity (Great Discoveries)
from W. W. Norton & Company
Price: $10.17
Customer Review:
Since DFW has committed suicide, we will not see an edition revised by him. In re-reading the reviews, it appears that style means a lot. I personally found the book witty. It was a little slow sometimes because of the convolutions he introduced in style, but mostly I kept plowing (and chuckling)... more info | 3.0 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences
from Wiley
Price: $96.19
Customer Review:
While this is a great book that covers all the math you'll need in undergraduate physics, if you have not taken differential equations, linear algebra, and other math courses, you will have a difficult time with this book. The author assumes you know everything already and just bought the book for a... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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