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Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimens ion

Michio Kaku

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Postmodernism in physics 1 out of 5 stars.
3 of 6 people found this review helpful.

I really enjoyed this book when I was fresh out of high school. However, reflecting back on this work, it really is nothing more than a delightfully written book on a large collection of theories that have not been and probably cannot be verified through empirical observation. Sure, it might be amusing to hypothesize about parallel universes, superstrings, time machines and the like. Nevertheless, I do not see the utility in doing so until we have a compelling reason to believe that these things might exist.

Editorial Review:

How many dimensions do you live in? Three? Maybe that's all your commonsense sense perception perceives, but there is growing and compelling evidence to suggest that we actually live in a universe of ten real dimensions. Kaku has written an extraordinarily lucid and thought-provoking exploration of the theoretical and empirical bases of a ten-dimensional universe and even goes so far as to discuss possible practical implications--such as being able to escape the collapse of the universe. Yikes. Highly Recommended.

Mastering Elliot Wave: Presenting the Neely Method: The First Scientific, Objective Approach to Market Forecasting with the Elliott Wave Theory (version 2)

Glenn Neely, Eric Hall

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At Long Last 4 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This is a superb book but difficult to read and FINISH OFF , it took me 15 yrs and 4 attempts . What helped me do it was having read all the books on EW by Robert Prechter , Robert Beckman , Balan and Weis :)))) plus being finally relaxed about it and having the right attitude . Facts are I am not a genius but believe me this is the only book which teaches you how to precisely interpret and above all correctly CHART EW . It is the ultimate conclusion to a long voyage . Reading about EW by others exposes us to their art but this book is a how to book albeit a complex one .

For Advanced Elliott Wave Students/Practicioners... 5 out of 5 stars.
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I've been trading spot FX markets, equities, and options for over 3 years now and I can say that without a doubt the most influential book in my technical trading library has to be Mr. Neely's wave material. I worked to develop practical Elliott wave strategies trading the EUR/USD, GBP/USD and USD/CHF for over 18 months before actually immersing myself into Neely's material and honestly I am glad I did. His material focuses on the nuances of Elliott wave which is especially useful during corrective markets. While this information isn't necessary for turning a profit, it does give a more holistic approach to market analysis and the development of impulse/corrective cycles. Many Elliott texts focus only on the development of impulse waves and don't offer much practical insight in the corrective patterns yet, from a practical standpoint, the markets are in corrections the majority of the time.

(P.S. This has been especially good for analyzing equities over the last few years...)

Don't get me wrong, Neely's book isn't perfect by any stretch. I wondered many times if his editor/publisher owned a spell-checker. Also, Chapter 3 is about as arcane as everyone else says...but it's useful if you spend time with it. And in my opinion (as a trader) the book actually is more for an Elliott wave analyst than a trader. BUT...I've seen far worse from other authors. Neely is not only a well-versed student in Elliott's principle, but he is also a scientist (something I can also relate to).

After reading most of the negative reviews, I had to wonder how many were actually looking for the 'Holy Grail of Trading' when they purchased the book instead of an objective, scientific method to trading. For those who doubt the efficacy of Elliott Wave in general: you shouldn't even read this book. For those who want Elliott made easy: this isn't a title for you, either. But if you don't mind spending time with a calculator (or spreadsheet), this book, and some charts...this is definitely a way to separate yourself from the rest of the aimless trading/investing herd.

Caveat Emptor: For those looking to make money using technical analysis and Elliott wave, I recommend reading Robert C. Miner's Dynamic Trading: Dynamic Concepts in Time, Price, and Pattern Analysis with Practical Strategies for Traders and Investors First. I learned how to make money with that book. I just learned how to make MORE and manage risk better using Neely's book. There's a difference and it's profound, depending on your level of trading proficiency.

String Theory and M-Theory: A Modern Introduction

Katrin Becker, Melanie Becker, John H. Schwarz

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String theory is one of the most exciting and challenging areas of modern theoretical physics. This book guides the reader from the basics of string theory to recent developments. It introduces the basics of perturbative string theory, world-sheet supersymmetry, space-time supersymmetry, conformal field theory and the heterotic string, before describing modern developments, including D-branes, string dualities and M-theory. It then covers string geometry and flux compactifications, applications to cosmology and particle physics, black holes in string theory and M-theory, and the microscopic origin of black-hole entropy. It concludes with Matrix theory, the AdS/CFT duality and its generalizations. This book is ideal for graduate students and researchers in modern string theory, and will make an excellent textbook for a one-year course on string theory. It contains over 120 exercises with solutions, and over 200 homework problems with solutions available on a password protected website for lecturers at www.cambridge.org/9780521860697.

Modern Quantum Field Theory: A Concise Introduction

Tom Banks

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This comprehensive and progressive new text presents a variety of topics that are only briefly touched on in other books; this text provides a thorough introduction to the techniques of quantum field theory, which is the theoretical framework for constructing quantum mechanical models of field-like systems or, equivalently, of many-body systems. Covering topics such as Feynman diagrams and path integrals, the author emphasizes the path integral approach, the Wilsonian approach to renormalization, and the physics of non-abelian gauge theory. Banks provides a thorough treatment of groundbreaking topics such as quark confinement and chiral symmetry breaking, topics not typically covered in other introductory texts. The Standard Model of particle physics is also discussed in detail. Connections with condensed matter physics are explored, and there is a brief, but detailed, treatment of non-perturbative semi-classical methods. Ideal for graduate students in high-energy physics and condensed matter physics, the book contains many problems, which help students practice the key techniques of quantum field theory.

Vibrations and Waves (M.I.T. Introductory Physics Series)

A. P. French

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If only every textbook was this good... 5 out of 5 stars.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.

I used this book instead of the originally assigned text (H.J. Pain's truly awful "Physics of Vibrations and Waves") in a class I took recently. It was a pleasure to read.

In spite of the fact that the book is quite short (and quite compact in your bag), it covers the material very thoroughly. The author writes clearly and with a lot of attention to the needs of the student. French's style is also very lively and makes you want to read on instead of feeling you are obligated to. The problems at the end of each chapter are excellent. It is also inexpensive.

All in all, quite a gem in this day of boring, incomprehensible, too-heavy-to-carry $120 textbooks that arrive in a "new" less readable edition every year. If only every textbook could be like this.

It isn't quite perfect -- every once in a while a derivation gets obscure and a few topics aren't covered -- but it is very, very good. I highly recommend it.

Very nice book on the subject 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is a terrific book. It would benefit slightly from incorporating matrices in one part of the text, but given the level of student it's geared toward, that's not a fatal omission. French's style is clear and thorough. I am a fan of all his books, and have no qualms recommending this one.

An Introduction To Quantum Field Theory (Frontiers in Physics)

Michael E. Peskin, Dan V. Schroeder

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Wow, does this suck . . . get a different book! 1 out of 5 stars.
7 of 11 people found this review helpful.

Ok--I just need to help lower the overall rating for this book. I think the people who love it are professors and students who already are familiar with QFT--because it glosses over everything, does pertinent examples, etc. But that's just it, it GLOSSES over everything. Note that nearly all the higher reviews say things like: "oh, you wouldn't want to start with this book." or "Everyone knows that you're going to need more books than this one to understand it . . ." I couldn't even figure out how to create a Feynmann diagram from this book, let alone what one MEANT. FYI, my favorite QFT book so far is Weinberg's Quantum Theory of Fields.

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An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory is a textbook intended for the graduate physics course covering relativistic quantum mechanics, quantum electrodynamics, and Feynman diagrams. The authors make these subjects accessible through carefully worked examples illustrating the technical aspects of the subject, and intuitive explanations of what is going on behind the mathematics. After presenting the basics of quantum electrodynamics, the authors discuss the theory of renormalization and its relation to statistical mechanics, and introduce the renormalization group. This discussion sets the stage for a discussion of the physical principles that underlie the fundamental interactions of elementary particle physics and their description by gauge field theories.

Physics of Shock Waves and High-Temperature Hydrodynamic Phenomena

Ya. B. Zel'dovich, Yu. P. Raizer

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The Bible for the Study of the hydrodynamics of high temperature, compressible fluids 5 out of 5 stars.
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This majisterial work by the famous Russian physicist/astrophysicist Yakov B. Zeldovich is the first and last book to refer to when studying the hydrodynamics of compressible fluids at high temperatures. The author's primary goal is to describe (as well as possible in a roughly 1000 page text) the physics, chemistry, and radiation diagnostics (i.e. radiative transfer) of a 20 kt thermonuclear explosion in the atmosphere. This book will be of use to a wide range of physicists and astrophysicists in other areas of research as well, though. The book begins with a (brief) discussion of the basics of the physics of shocks (and the hydrodynamics/thermodynamics of supersonic flow in general). More detailed topics include a detailed discussion of the ionization of the air (i.e. a change of adiabatic index from 7/5 to 5/3), the broad band spectrum of the explosion, and many others. Any absolute must have for any scientist studying compressible/supersonic flows.

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Physical, chemical processes in gases at high temperatures are focus of outstanding text by two distinguished physicists. Combines material from gas dynamics, shock-wave theory, thermodynamics and statistical physics, molecular physics, spectroscopy, radiation theory, other fields for comprehensive treatment.

284 black-and-white illustrations. 1966–1967 edition, originally published in two volumes.

Quantum Theory of Many-Particle Systems

Alexander L. Fetter, John Dirk Walecka

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"Singlemindedly devoted to its job of educating potential many-particle theorists ... deserves to become the standard text in the field."--Physics Today. "The most comprehensive textbook yet published in its field and every postgraduate student or teacher in this field should own or have access to a copy."--Endeavor. A self-contained treatment of nonrelativistic many-particle systems, this text discusses both formalism and applications. Chapters on second quantization and statistical mechanics introduce ground-state (zero-temperature) formalism, which is explored by way of Green's functions and field theory (fermions), Fermi systems, linear response and collective modes, and Bose systems. Finite-temperature formalism is examined through field theory at finite temperature, physical systems at finite temperature, and real-time Green's functions and linear response. Additional topics cover canonical transformations and applications to physical systems in terms of nuclear matter, phonons and electrons, superconductivity, and superfluid helium as well as applications to finite systems. 1971 ed. 149 figures. 8 tables.

Universal Laws Never Before Revealed: Keely's Secrets : Understanding and Using the Science of Sympathetic

Dale Pond, Nikola Tesla, Edgar Cayce, John Keely

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One hundred years ago, scientist/inventor/philospher John Keely built various devices that were able to overcome gravity, tunnel through rock using a hend-held device, use acoustics to power engines, and create superconductivity by using wires made of gold, silver and platinum. Almost lost, this book compiles ten years of research by the editor/author that explains the technology used. Understandable to the laymen and useful to the most advanced researcher, the physics of sympathetic vibrations is the unification of many different scientific, engineering and philosophical disciplines into a new paradigm. This science demonstrates the commonality that underlies all phenomena vibration! This book will be fascinating to both laymen and the most advanced scientists. Maybe you will be the one to be able to duplicate some of the incredible machines that John Keely developed which were all but lost for a hundred years. This monumental work contains the mathematics and basic principles which can usher in a new awareness as well as new sources of energy.

A Guide to Feynman Diagrams in the Many-Body Problem (Dover Books on Physics and Chemistry)

Richard D. Mattuck

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A perfect introduction to statistical physics 5 out of 5 stars.
12 of 15 people found this review helpful.

This is the best book I found about Statistical Physics at an introductory level. It is a kind of book you can read almost as a novel, with a lot of examples and very clear. It is definitely the most pedagogical book about Statistical Physics ever.

Excellent, but maybe not enough 4 out of 5 stars.
11 of 13 people found this review helpful.

This is indeed an excellent book. Witty and insightful, but sometimes the ease, with which you're lead through it, is in the way of stressing the really important stuff. If you are learning diagrams for the first time, and intend to do some serious research using the technique, I believe this book is just not enough: it will leave you unprepared to do much beyond the problems in the book. You might want to consult a more rigorous book, like that of Abrikosov et al., but the style may be a bit of a shock to those not used to the Russian "condensed writing". As an introduction that is less painful, and more of a textbook, I suggest Fetter and Walecka's book, though it's out of print.

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Superb introduction for nonspecialists to important areas of modern physics covers major concepts: Feynman diagrams, quasi particles, Fermi systems at finite temperature, superconductivity, vacuum amplitude, Dyson's equation, ladder approximation, and much more. "A great delight to read." — Physics Today. 1974 edition.