anyone got any recommendations where and what i should read to get a better understanding for science. just a high school student getting into science lately and hoping to get a degree in something at uni.
so anyone got any good reading materials or people to follow.
cool thx
Here are a few books I enjoyed that cover general science and physics. Velocity of Honey, Jay Ingram [http://www.penguin.ca/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780140295337,00.html]
Why doesn't honey flow out in all directions across your toast? What's the science behind the theory of 'six degrees of separation'? How do stones 'skip'? When visiting a new place, why does getting there always seem to take so much longer than returning home? In The Velocity of Honey, bestselling author Jay Ingram muses upon these and many more daily mysteries that puzzle and perplex.
From mosquitoes to the Marvel Universe, baseball to baby-holding, Ingram's topics are diverse. He also makes startling connections. In some pieces, he relates anecdotes from the history of science and demonstrates their relevance to contemporary scientific debates. In others, he explores the science behind many of our proverbial expressions, common sayings such as 'time flies when you're having fun' and 'it's a small world after all.' In still others, he highlights intriguing links between the worlds of art and science.
As in his hugely popular The Science of Everyday Life, Ingram makes the science of our lives accessible and fascinating.
The Physics of Superheroes, James Kakalios. [http://www.amazon.com/The-Physics-Superheroes-James-Kakalios/dp/1592401465]
If superheroes stepped off the comic book page or silver screen and into reality, could they actually work their wonders in a world constrained by the laws of physics? How strong would Superman have to be to "leap tall buildings in a single bound"? Could Storm of the X-Men possibly control the weather? And how many cheeseburgers would the Flash need to eat to be able to run at supersonic speeds?
Face front, True Believer, and wonder no more! Because in The Physics of Superheroes acclaimed university professor James Kakalios shows that comic book heroes and villains get their physics right more often than you think.
In this scintillating scientific survey of super powers you?ll learn what the physics of forces and motion can reveal about Superman?s strength and the true cause of the destruction of his home planet Krypton, what villains Magneto and Electro can teach us about the nature of electricity?and finally get the definitive answer about whether it was the Green Goblin or Spider-Man?s webbing that killed the Wall Crawler?s girlfriend Gwen Stacy in that fateful plunge from the George Washington Bridge!
And along the same lines, The Physics of Star Trek [http://www.amazon.com/Physics-Star-Trek-Lawrence-Krauss/dp/0060977108]
What warps when you're traveling at warp speed?
What's the difference between a holodeck and a hologram?
What happens when you get beamed up?
What's the difference between a wormhole and a black hole?
What is antimatter, and why does the Enterprise need it?
Are time loops really possible, and can I kill my grandmother before I am born?
A few others I enjoy, that can start to get more complicated, are Physics of the Impossible, Michio Kaku [http://www.amazon.ca/Physics-Impossible-Scientific-Exploration-Teleportation/dp/0385520697]
A fascinating exploration of the science of the impossible?from death rays and force fields to invisibility cloaks?revealing to what extent such technologies might be achievable decades or millennia into the future.
One hundred years ago, scientists would have said that lasers, televisions, and the atomic bomb were beyond the realm of physical possibility. In Physics of the Impossible, the renowned physicist Michio Kaku explores to what extent the technologies and devices of science fiction that are deemed equally impossible today might well become commonplace in the future.
From teleportation to telekinesis, Kaku uses the world of science fiction to explore the fundamentals?and the limits?of the laws of physics as we know them today. He ranks the impossible technologies by categories?Class I, II, and III, depending on when they might be achieved, within the next century, millennia, or perhaps never. In a compelling and thought-provoking narrative, he explains how the science of optics and electromagnetism may one day enable us to bend light around an object, like a stream flowing around a boulder, making the object invisible to observers ?downstream?
and The Elegant Universe, Brain Greene [http://www.amazon.ca/The-Elegant-Universe-Superstrings-Dimensions/dp/0375708111]
"[Greene] develops one fresh new insight after another...In the great tradition of physicists writing for the masses, The Elegant Universe sets a standard that will be hard to beat." --George Johnson, The New York Times Book Review
In a rare blend of scientific insight and writing as elegant as the theories it explains, Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away the layers of mystery surrounding string theory to reveal a universe that consists of 11 dimensions where the fabric of space tears and repairs itself, and all matter-from the smallest quarks to the most gargantuan supernovas-is generated by the vibrations of microscopically tiny loops of energy.
Green uses everything from an amusement park ride to ants on a garden hose to illustrate the beautiful yet bizarre realities that modern physics is unveiling. Dazzling in its brilliance, unprecedented in its ability to both illuminate and entertain, The Elegant Universe is a tour de force of science writing-a delightful, lucid voyage through modern physics that brings us closer than ever to understanding how the universe works.
I really liked that one, as well as his follow-up Beyond Star Trek: Physics From Alien Invasions To The End Of Time [http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Star-Trek-Physics-Invasions/dp/046500637X]
I really liked that one, as well as his follow-up Beyond Star Trek: Physics From Alien Invasions To The End Of Time [http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Star-Trek-Physics-Invasions/dp/046500637X]
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