pop physics

[rm]

Hey y'all, I'm an idiot at physics (the only science that seriously, seriously stymied me in school, which is a pity, since I rock at math), but want to read some "pop physics" type crap, probably on string theory type stuff. Recommendations?

Comments

[don-negro.livejournal.com]

The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene.

[graene.livejournal.com]

As 'how this world works' digressions, I found the strong theory explanations in the Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson very easy to follow and really enjoyed the books overall. Of course, it's a little hard to know where he diverges from accepted current knowledge into either recent hypotheses or his own imagination, but it all appears to make wonderful sense.

Not quite what you're looking for, I know.

[hangedwoman.livejournal.com]

I can't say what it covers on string theory, but I know quite a few people who love The Dancing Wu Li Masters.

[timiathan.livejournal.com]

Everything by Michio Kaku, but Hyperspace in particular. And I'd second the Brian Greene, though I prefer Kaku.

[askeladden.livejournal.com]

Nothing to do with string theory, but the master of pop physics is Richard Feynman. Great prose style and funny as hell.

[heron61.livejournal.com]

The Life of the Cosmos by Lee Smolin is primarily astronomy & cosmology, but it's a fine book, full of much of the wonders of modern astrophysics.

Not Quite all the Way to String Theory

[senseless.livejournal.com]

But if get's to the fourth Demension...

http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/classics/classics_archive/heinlein/heinlein1.html

[fremen-dancer.livejournal.com]

Not quite entirely about string theory, but The Holographic Universe is absolutely fascinating.