Einstein’s Mistakes claims to investigate the mathematical, logical, and even physics-related mistakes in Einstein’s papers. Sounds interesting, doesn’t it? But instead the author organizes the materials as a biography of Einstein, including such irrelevant items (for the scientific mistakes) as his shabby treatment of women and his unseemly interest for money and for evading taxes. The author [...]
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November 11, 2008
Surely you are Joking Mr. Feynman by Richard Feynman
Surely you are Joking (Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) is a memoir, of sorts, by Richard Feynman, the Noel Prize winner physicist. I say “of sorts” because it’s really a series of anecdotes, some very short and some longer ones, stitched together loosely and written in an often clumsy manner. When [...]
October 13, 2008
Physics for future presidents by Richard Muller
Physics for Future Presidents, as I learned from the book jacket after I had already brought the book home, was created from the lectures of a UC Berkeley (physics) professor as part of the “Physics for non-Physics majors” class, the type of class that traditionally makes professors cringe when asked to teach it. Why waste [...]
