arahant
05-21-2007, 05:39 PM
ok...this is just a rant. I had to say it.
Is anyone else bothered that this book starts off with arithmetic and moves to fiber bundles and gauge fields and such? I mean, if I didn't already know a lot of math, I don't see how I'm making it to the physics section at all...If you need the early sections, I'm pretty sure you're screwed.
And in what sense is this a 'National Bestseller'? Do people not flip it open before reading it? Because there is no way that most people are getting more than 100 pages in.
Is there some 'bestseller' category like 'physics books with math', or 'distinguished scientist author over 700 pages'?
Is anyone else bothered that this book starts off with arithmetic and moves to fiber bundles and gauge fields and such? I mean, if I didn't already know a lot of math, I don't see how I'm making it to the physics section at all...If you need the early sections, I'm pretty sure you're screwed.
And in what sense is this a 'National Bestseller'? Do people not flip it open before reading it? Because there is no way that most people are getting more than 100 pages in.
Is there some 'bestseller' category like 'physics books with math', or 'distinguished scientist author over 700 pages'?