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As of 7 AM pacific on Wednesday 13 December a total upset on Amazon physics bestseller list
Lisa Randall's books which have been mostly in the 26-50 part of the list for a couple of months-----i.e. the hardcover and the paperback editions of Warped Passages----have suddenly jumped to the top!
They are #1 and #3.
All you Lisa-fans BREAK OUT THE CHAMPAGNE!
You may say that the perceptions of the book-reading public are not part of the Beyond the Standard Model scene and should be beneath our consideration here at this forum, but I'm probably not alone in thinking that especially in a democracy the perceptions of the educated reading public ARE a part of the scientific process and are part of how the whole Enterprise functions. Like it or not, it's part of how progress happens (or doesn't happen) and deserves to be included in the picture along with more serious stuff like the latest research results. Maybe it is not AS important, but it does matter.
And Lisa braneworld constructions are definitely Beyond the Standard Model.
Anyway, whether you take this as serious news or just fluff, here it is.
Here are the top 12 on the physics bestsell list as of 7 AM pacific 13 December. A lot of these would make good CHRISTMAS PRESENTS and that may be what is driving sales at this point!
1. Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions
by Lisa Randall
$10.85
2. This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
by Daniel J. Levitin
In stock on December 20, 2006. Order it now.
$16.47
3. Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions (hardcover)
by Lisa Randall
$18.45
4. Postcards from Mars: The First Photographer on the Red Planet
by Jim Bell
$31.50
5. The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
by Brian Greene (Author)
$10.85
6. The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God
by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan (Editor)
$16.43
7. A Brief History of Time A Brief History of Time
by Stephen Hawking
$12.24
8. The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next
by Lee Smolin
Average Customer Review:
$17.16
9. The Road to Reality : A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe
by Roger Penrose
$26.40
10. The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
by Brian Greene
$11.53
11. A Briefer History of Time
by Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow
$16.50
12. The Universe in a Nutshell
by Stephen William Hawking
$23.10
Lisa Randall's books which have been mostly in the 26-50 part of the list for a couple of months-----i.e. the hardcover and the paperback editions of Warped Passages----have suddenly jumped to the top!
They are #1 and #3.
All you Lisa-fans BREAK OUT THE CHAMPAGNE!
You may say that the perceptions of the book-reading public are not part of the Beyond the Standard Model scene and should be beneath our consideration here at this forum, but I'm probably not alone in thinking that especially in a democracy the perceptions of the educated reading public ARE a part of the scientific process and are part of how the whole Enterprise functions. Like it or not, it's part of how progress happens (or doesn't happen) and deserves to be included in the picture along with more serious stuff like the latest research results. Maybe it is not AS important, but it does matter.
And Lisa braneworld constructions are definitely Beyond the Standard Model.
Anyway, whether you take this as serious news or just fluff, here it is.
Here are the top 12 on the physics bestsell list as of 7 AM pacific 13 December. A lot of these would make good CHRISTMAS PRESENTS and that may be what is driving sales at this point!
1. Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions
by Lisa Randall
$10.85
2. This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
by Daniel J. Levitin
In stock on December 20, 2006. Order it now.
$16.47
3. Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions (hardcover)
by Lisa Randall
$18.45
4. Postcards from Mars: The First Photographer on the Red Planet
by Jim Bell
$31.50
5. The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
by Brian Greene (Author)
$10.85
6. The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God
by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan (Editor)
$16.43
7. A Brief History of Time A Brief History of Time
by Stephen Hawking
$12.24
8. The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next
by Lee Smolin
Average Customer Review:
$17.16
9. The Road to Reality : A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe
by Roger Penrose
$26.40
10. The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
by Brian Greene
$11.53
11. A Briefer History of Time
by Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow
$16.50
12. The Universe in a Nutshell
by Stephen William Hawking
$23.10
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