His “Two Cultures” argument is spot on. That’s why, after a 50 year career as a research professor of physics, I’ve given up my three research grants to devote myself to teaching non science students about relativity, quantum mechanics, and the early universe. This is to pay them back for their tax support of my career and to help introduce them to their world. A part of the course requires then to read great expository books like Lawrence’s.
For a review of The Edge of Knowledge, it seemed to me that Sharp spent too much ink on other authors. I have always enjoyed, and learned much from, Richard Dawkins' books, and I've read Dennett's Darwin's Dangerous Idea. But this review was about The Edge of Knowledge. Nevertheless, I hope it wets the appetite of the public. Although Sharp was "somewhat flummoxed" by the physics, I'm confident that my reading of Dr. Krauss' other books will give me the background to understand the material in the new book.
His “Two Cultures” argument is spot on. That’s why, after a 50 year career as a research professor of physics, I’ve given up my three research grants to devote myself to teaching non science students about relativity, quantum mechanics, and the early universe. This is to pay them back for their tax support of my career and to help introduce them to their world. A part of the course requires then to read great expository books like Lawrence’s.
For a review of The Edge of Knowledge, it seemed to me that Sharp spent too much ink on other authors. I have always enjoyed, and learned much from, Richard Dawkins' books, and I've read Dennett's Darwin's Dangerous Idea. But this review was about The Edge of Knowledge. Nevertheless, I hope it wets the appetite of the public. Although Sharp was "somewhat flummoxed" by the physics, I'm confident that my reading of Dr. Krauss' other books will give me the background to understand the material in the new book.