(September 2, 2015 at 3:12 pm)Alex K Wrote:What I'd have in mind is something slightly different: a book that simply describes the state of the art theory in good detail. Personally I haven't seen many books that do a good job (they usually put more speculative sexy stuff and don't spend enough time explaining the actual status quo, or have a focus on cosmology because it's sexy), but this looks good:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Theory-Almost-...0452287863
Of course, I would recommend my own work, but it is in German, and the first part will only come out in 4 weeks time.
Before I order this book and read it, how will doing so improve my life? What will I gain from this experience? And is that really worth more than a bottle of decent wine? That seems pretty hard to believe...
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
