Winter Break Reading: Tom's Recommended List

[Tom_M]

Hope all you students are enjoying the break. What's on your reading list?

-I'm working through Feynman's "Classic Feynman" which has been very enjoyable, as well as trudging through Kline's Calculus. It is rather wordy, but I like the approach it has. I also just discovered 'Understanding Physics' by Isaac Asimov. It certainly isn't a rigorous text, but I really enjoy the historical background he gives, and he really brings the history of physics alive for me. It's a nice departure from the purely quantitative treatment of science, and gives a nice perspective.

I was also going to give Lisa Randall's books a look, starting with Warped Passages.

-Tom

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I'm just about done with Hitch-22. Next up I plan to finish Matterhorn which I stopped half way through last year.

 

[Boolean Boogey]

The Smartest Book in the World. I cannot wait to read it as it was written by a very intelligent stand up comedian, one of my favorites in fact.

 

[JorisL]

I finished Feynman's QED earlier this week. What a remarkable little book, should be part of the (under)grad physics curriculum really.