Lectures Documentaries & Books (Science, Physics, Cosmology)

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BoJangles

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<font face="Calibri"><p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-right:0cm" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">Lectures Documentaries & Books (Science, Physics, Cosmology)</font></p><p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-right:0cm" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">These are a collection of the lecture series and documentaries I thought people might be interested in. If you have anything you like to add to the list or can see anything i've&nbsp;missed, post away.</font></p><p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-right:0cm" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">You&rsquo;ll find the documentaries are really just an introduction to science, something to watch when your brain is fried. If you&rsquo;re more academically inclined, I would head straight for the lectures.</font></p><p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-right:0cm" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">In fact if you&rsquo;re serious about learning physics, id head straight for the <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif'">Physics&nbsp;10</span> lecture series, this guy is really good</font></p><div style="padding:0cm0cm1pt"><strong><span style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman','serif'">New</span></strong></div><div style="padding:0cm0cm1pt"><span><font size="3">&nbsp;</font></span><span><font size="3">&nbsp;</font></span> </div><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" width="616" valign="top" style="padding:0cm5.4pt;background:#d9d9d9nonerepeatscroll0%0%;-moz-background-clip:-moz-initial;-moz-background-origin:-moz-initial;-moz-background-inline-policy:-moz-initial;width:462.1pt"><p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-right:0cm" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><strong><span>Title : </span>The Synthesis of Molecules in the Universe </strong></font></font></p>
 
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I don't have time to set up a nice accessible format for SDC members, but here's about 48 hours worth of lectures on dark matter, dark energy, CMB, large scale structures, ETC.  Great lectures by some of the experts in the field.http://www-conf.slac.stanford.edu/ssi/2 ... m_post.htm


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BoJangles

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<p>Thanks derekmcd great links</p><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span><Moved to top></span></font></font> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p align="center"><font color="#808080">-------------- </font></p><p align="center"><font size="1" color="#808080"><em>Let me start out with the standard disclaimer ... I am an idiot, I know almost nothing, I haven’t taken calculus, I don’t work for NASA, and I am one-quarter Bulgarian sheep dog.  With that out of the way, I have several stupid questions... </em></font></p><p align="center"><font size="1" color="#808080"><em>*** A few months blogging can save a few hours in research ***</em></font></p> </div>
 
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Meric

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<p>Ya'll need to slow down.&nbsp; My ADD is kicking in with all of these sites.&nbsp; Looks like I have my weekend planned.&nbsp; Thanks for the links! :D</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p align="center"><font color="#993300"><font size="2"><font color="#000000"> </font><em><font color="#000000">Those who never make mistakes, are always led by those who do.</font></em></font></font></p> </div>
 
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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>awesome collection of links,&nbsp;I recommendthis &nbsp;discussion should be stickied(?) /pinned.......thanks for posting</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
 
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derekmcd

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<p>No list of lectures would be complete (regardless of subject matter) without including some Feynman:</p><p>http://www.vega.org.uk/video/subseries/8 </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div> </div><br /><div><span style="color:#0000ff" class="Apple-style-span">"If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing." - Homer Simpson</span></div> </div>
 
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BoJangles

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<p style="margin:0cm0cm10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Glad I can help guys, videos are a nice passive way of learning.</font></p><p style="margin:0cm0cm10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" size="3">There should probably be a book thread as well (if there isn&rsquo;t one already),</font></p><p style="margin:0cm0cm10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">and thanks again derekmcd, Feynman is now added up near <span>Alex Filippenko</span></font></font></p><font size="3"><span><font face="Calibri">woohoo I have lots of new things to watch </font></span><span style="font-family:Wingdings"><span>J</span></span></font><span></span> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p align="center"><font color="#808080">-------------- </font></p><p align="center"><font size="1" color="#808080"><em>Let me start out with the standard disclaimer ... I am an idiot, I know almost nothing, I haven’t taken calculus, I don’t work for NASA, and I am one-quarter Bulgarian sheep dog.  With that out of the way, I have several stupid questions... </em></font></p><p align="center"><font size="1" color="#808080"><em>*** A few months blogging can save a few hours in research ***</em></font></p> </div>
 
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<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Glad I can help guys, videos are a nice passive way of learning.There should probably be a book thread as well (if there isn&rsquo;t one already),and thanks again derekmcd, Feynman is now added up near Alex Filippenkowoohoo I have lots of new things to watch J <br />Posted by Manwh0re</DIV></p><p>The number of books is huge.&nbsp; But if you want a good all around physics text, you cannot do better than <em>The Feynman Lectures on Physics.</em><br /></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
 
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<p style="margin:0cm0cm10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span class="mceitemhidden">Thanks </span><span class="mceitemhiddenspellword1">drRocket</span><span class="mceitemhidden">, </span></font></font></p><p style="margin:0cm0cm10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span class="mceitemhidden">I might buy me a couple of good books for </span><span class="mceitemhiddenspellword1">xmass</span><span class="mceitemhidden">, my bookshelf is looking a bit neglected </span><span class="mceitemhiddenspellword1">atm</span><span class="mceitemhidden">.</span></font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p align="center"><font color="#808080">-------------- </font></p><p align="center"><font size="1" color="#808080"><em>Let me start out with the standard disclaimer ... I am an idiot, I know almost nothing, I haven’t taken calculus, I don’t work for NASA, and I am one-quarter Bulgarian sheep dog.  With that out of the way, I have several stupid questions... </em></font></p><p align="center"><font size="1" color="#808080"><em>*** A few months blogging can save a few hours in research ***</em></font></p> </div>
 
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GREAT thread.&nbsp; I just watched the lecture on empty space.&nbsp; TREMENDOUS.&nbsp; THX.<img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-cool.gif" border="0" alt="Cool" title="Cool" />
 
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<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>The number of books is huge.&nbsp; But if you want a good all around physics text, you cannot do better than The Feynman Lectures on Physics. <br /> Posted by DrRocket</DIV></p><p>I've only managed to acquire about 8 hours worth those lectures in .mp3 format.&nbsp; I also have "Surely your not joking..." as an audiobook.&nbsp; Sadly, the book is voiced by someone else.&nbsp; I never tire of listening to his voice and enjoying his style and cadence. </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div> </div><br /><div><span style="color:#0000ff" class="Apple-style-span">"If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing." - Homer Simpson</span></div> </div>
 
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<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>I've only managed to acquire about 8 hours worth those lectures in .mp3 format.&nbsp; I also have "Surely your not joking..." as an audiobook.&nbsp; Sadly, the book is voiced by someone else.&nbsp; I never tire of listening to his voice and enjoying his style and cadence. <br />Posted by derekmcd</DIV></p><p>The lectures on which the book is based were taped, and at least some of the lectures are available on CD.&nbsp; But to learn the material I much prefer the books.&nbsp; <br /></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
 
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<p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-right:0cm" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" size="3">I just added &ldquo;Thunderbolts of the gods&rdquo;, it&rsquo;s basically an EU Documentary, it&rsquo;s fairly well made , and I think if your fairly critical minded it shouldn&rsquo;t lead you astray, I might put big warning beside it though.</font></p><p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-right:0cm" class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-right:0cm" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" size="3">if you think its more hassle then its worth let me know.</font></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p align="center"><font color="#808080">-------------- </font></p><p align="center"><font size="1" color="#808080"><em>Let me start out with the standard disclaimer ... I am an idiot, I know almost nothing, I haven’t taken calculus, I don’t work for NASA, and I am one-quarter Bulgarian sheep dog.  With that out of the way, I have several stupid questions... </em></font></p><p align="center"><font size="1" color="#808080"><em>*** A few months blogging can save a few hours in research ***</em></font></p> </div>
 
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<p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-right:0cm" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span class="mceitemhidden">Have you ever noticed the uncanny&nbsp;resemblance </span><span class="mceitemhiddenspellword1">Feynman</span><span class="mceitemhidden"> has to client Eastwood. And it&rsquo;s not just the way he looks either, he acts the part as well.</span></font></font></p><p><img id="Picture 1" src="http://strangepaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/qed1.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="131" /> <img id="Picture 2" src="http://imagesforum.doctissimo.fr/mesimages/4217514/clint-eastwood.jpg" alt="" width="103" height="131" /> </p><p><strong>Go Ahead Make My Day...</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p align="center"><font color="#808080">-------------- </font></p><p align="center"><font size="1" color="#808080"><em>Let me start out with the standard disclaimer ... I am an idiot, I know almost nothing, I haven’t taken calculus, I don’t work for NASA, and I am one-quarter Bulgarian sheep dog.  With that out of the way, I have several stupid questions... </em></font></p><p align="center"><font size="1" color="#808080"><em>*** A few months blogging can save a few hours in research ***</em></font></p> </div>
 
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<p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-right:0cm" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Just added Richard Muller "The Death of the Dinosaurs - 27 Years Later", "Will the Universe Have&nbsp;Happy Ending", google tech talk on "Supersymmetry, Extra Dimensions and the Origin of Mass""&nbsp;and couple of documentaries, "Supermassive Black Holes", "Journey to the edge of the Universe", and "The Quest for Life"</font></p><p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-right:0cm" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Additionally i've included a Douglas Adams Lecture "Parrots the Universe and Everything" this was recorded just before he died. Allthough&nbsp;it doesn't strictly fall into the category of science, and is such more satire and philosophy , however i think its a great waste of 2 hours.</font></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p align="center"><font color="#808080">-------------- </font></p><p align="center"><font size="1" color="#808080"><em>Let me start out with the standard disclaimer ... I am an idiot, I know almost nothing, I haven’t taken calculus, I don’t work for NASA, and I am one-quarter Bulgarian sheep dog.  With that out of the way, I have several stupid questions... </em></font></p><p align="center"><font size="1" color="#808080"><em>*** A few months blogging can save a few hours in research ***</em></font></p> </div>
 
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You have Feynman as a speaker for thunderbolt of the gods.&nbsp; I can't even begin to tell you how funny I think that lecture would be.&nbsp; Maybe in an alternate universe... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div> </div><br /><div><span style="color:#0000ff" class="Apple-style-span">"If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing." - Homer Simpson</span></div> </div>
 
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DrRocket

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ManwhOre's list is so neat and so comprehensive that I think it would be a general service if this thread were made a "sticky".&nbsp; <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
 
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This thread definitely deserves a sticky. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1">I put on my robe and wizard hat...</font> </div>
 
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BoJangles

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<p><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span class="mceitemhidden"><span style="font-size:12pt">Oops, Feynman is now no longer a supporter of EU theory.</span></span></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span class="mceitemhidden"><span style="font-size:12pt">I'm slowly fixing the formatting and filling&nbsp;in the stats. I also have another couple of great lectures and talks coming when I get bit more time to format them.</span> </span></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span class="mceitemhidden"><span style="font-size:12pt">Additionally, thanks for the&nbsp;support. There are so many good lectures, talks, and documentaries available online, i thought id give other people easy access to them as well. <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Wingdings"><span>J</span></span></span></span></font></font></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p align="center"><font color="#808080">-------------- </font></p><p align="center"><font size="1" color="#808080"><em>Let me start out with the standard disclaimer ... I am an idiot, I know almost nothing, I haven’t taken calculus, I don’t work for NASA, and I am one-quarter Bulgarian sheep dog.  With that out of the way, I have several stupid questions... </em></font></p><p align="center"><font size="1" color="#808080"><em>*** A few months blogging can save a few hours in research ***</em></font></p> </div>
 
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<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>This thread definitely deserves a sticky. <br />Posted by a_lost_packet_</DIV></p><p>Would it be possible to add a book syllabus as well?</p>
 
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A most excellent post with great info.&nbsp; Thanks MW <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p>"I am therefore I think" </p><p>"The only thing "I HAVE TO DO!!" is die, in everything else I have freewill" Brian P. Slee</p> </div>
 
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<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Would it be possible to add a book syllabus as well? <br />Posted by kg</DIV></p><p>Edited to add Einstein titles suggested by derekmcd</p><p>Edited to add Leonard Susskind's The Black Hole War, which is a very interesting discussion of a key problem involving both gravity and particle physics.&nbsp; </p><p><strong>I hesitate to do this, but here are some books of general interest, all written by serious scientists:</strong></p><p>A Brief History of&nbsp;Time --Stephen Hawking</p><p>Black Holes and Baby Universes and other Essays&nbsp;-- Stephen Hawking</p><p>The Universe in a Nutshell -- Stephen Hawking</p><p>The Future of Spacetime -- Stephen Hawking, Kip Thorne, Igor Novikov, Alan Lightman</p><p>The Nature of Space and Time -- Stephen Hawking and Roge Penrose</p><p>The First Three Minutes -- Steven Weinberg</p><p>The Discovery of Sub-atomic Particles -- Steven Weinberg</p><p>Dreams of a Final Theory -- Steven Weinberg</p><p>The Character of Physical Law -- Richard Feynman</p><p>QED -- Richard Feynman</p><p>The Pleasure of Finding Things Out -- Richard Feynman</p><p>The Meaning of it All -- Richard Feynman</p><p>The Quark and the Jaguar -- Murray Gell-Mann</p><p>Black Holes and Time Warps, Einstein's Outrageous Legacy -- Kip Thorne</p><p>The Physics of Star Trek -- Lawrence Kraus</p><p>Beyond Star Trek -- Lawrence Kraus</p><p>Space, Time and Gravity -- Robert Wald</p><p>Three Roads to Quantum Gravity -- Lee Smolin</p><p>The Trouble with Physics -- Lee Smolin</p><p>The Emperor's New Mind -- Roger Penrose</p><p>The Road to Reality, A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe -- Roger Penrose</p><p>The God Particle -- Leon Lederman</p><p>Conversations on the Dark Side of Physics -- Edward Teller</p><p>Superstrings -- edited by Paul Davies and J. Brown</p><p>The Inflationary Universe -- Alan Guth</p><p>The Elegant Universe -- Brian Greene</p><p>The Fabric of the Cosmos -- Brian Greene</p><p>Relativity, the Special and General&nbsp;Theory&nbsp;&nbsp;-- Albert Eiinstein</p><p>The Black Hole War -- Leonard Susskind</p><p><strong>Here are some real physics texts, not for the faint of heart: (Edited to add titles)</strong></p><p>The Feynman Lectures on Physics -- Feynman, Leighton and Sands</p><p>Fundamentals of Physics, Extended -- Haliday, Resnick and Walker</p><p>Thermal Physics --Morse</p><p>Elements of Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer -- Obert and Young</p><p>Theory of Elasticity -- Timoshenko and Goodier</p><p>Fluid Dynamics for Physicists -- T.E. Faber</p><p>Supersonic Flow and Shock Waves -- R. Courant and K.O. Friedrichs</p><p>The Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Compressible Fluid Flow I.II --Shapiro</p><p>Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems -- Marion</p><p>Classical Electromagnetic Radiation --Marion</p><p>Classical Mechanics -- Goldstein</p><p>Classical Electrodynamics -- Jackson</p><p>A Course in Theoretical Physics ( 10 volumes ) -- Landau and LIfshitz</p><p>Quantum Mechanics -- Messiah</p><p>Quantum Mechanics -- P.J.E. Peebles</p><p>The&nbsp;Principles of&nbsp;Quantum Mechanics --P.A.M. Dirac</p><p>Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics --&nbsp;John Von Neumann</p><p>Relativistic Quantum Mechanics -- Bjorken and Drell</p><p>Relativistic Quantum Fields -- Bjorken and Drell</p><p>The Quantum Theory of Fields I, II, III -- Steven Weinberg</p><p>Particles, Sources and Fields I, II, III&nbsp;-- Julian Schwinger</p><p>Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell --A. Zee</p><p>Modern Elementary Particle&nbsp;Physics, The Fundamental Particles and Forces ? -- Gordon Kane</p><p>Gravitation and Cosmology, Principles and Applications of the General Theory of Relativity -- Steven Weinberg</p><p>General Relativity -- Robert Wald</p><p>Gravitation -- Charles Misner, Kip&nbsp;Thorne,&nbsp;John Archibald Wheeler</p><p>The large scale structure of space-time -- S.W. Hawking and G.F.R. Ellis</p><p>Priinciples of Physical Cosmology -- P.J.E. Peebles&nbsp;</p><p>Plasma Physics -- S. Chandrasekhar</p><p>Hydrodynamic and Hydromagnetic Stability -- S. Chandrasekhar</p><p>The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes -- S. Chandrasekhar</p><p>Cosmical Electrodynamics -- Hannes&nbsp;Alfven and Carl-Gunne Falthammar</p><p>Methods of Mathematical Physics --Courant and Hilbert</p><p>Quantum Field Theory and Strings, A Course for Mathematicians I, II-- Pierre Deligne, Pavel Etingof, Daniel S. Freed, Lisa C. Jeffrey, David Kazhdan, John W. Morgan, David R. Morrison, and Edward Witten</p><p>Superstriing Theory I and II -- M.B. Greene, J.H. Schwartz and E. Witten</p><p>The Principle of Relativity -- Einstein, Lorentz, Weyl and Minkowski</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /><br />&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
 
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<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>I hesitate to do this, but here are some books of general interest, all written by serious scientists:...<br /> Posted by DrRocket</DIV></p><p>Great list!</p><p>I don't think there should be any hesitation involved.&nbsp; Many of those books are frequently recommended by members and many already have quite a few of them on the shelf.&nbsp; I think it's an awesome list!</p><p>Another list that some might consider would be one for general aerospace history.&nbsp; There seem to be quite a few people here that enjoy that subject and I'm sure they could make some great recommendations as well. </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1">I put on my robe and wizard hat...</font> </div>
 
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<p>"Hyperspace" by Michio Kaku was the first book I read that had anything to do with cosmology and/or astrophysics.&nbsp; Can't say that I remember too many details abou the book.&nbsp; When I read, I only had a vague idea of the subject matter.&nbsp; However, I do recall that he wrote in such away as to maintain the readers interest.&nbsp; I would say it is much similar to Greene's "Elegant Universe".</p><p>I've seen comprehensive, recommended reading lists else where, but never see Kaku's books recommended.&nbsp; I've only read the one book of his and have seen a few lectures and interviews by him.&nbsp; I know he tends to be more on the speculative side of nature, but I would still recommend his books as he is thoroughly knowledgeable within his domain.</p><p>Anyway, I also recommend this thread to be stickied.&nbsp; I applaud Manwh0re's efforts in putting together such an appealingly accessible resource for the community. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>DrRocket,</p><p>Before you edited your list to add titles, i know you mentioned that you had to check 'your' library.&nbsp; If you have all those books in your library... I'm full of envy.&nbsp; Mine pales in comparison, but I plan on rectifying that over the next few years. </p><p>Another I would add to the list would be "Relativity: The Special and General Theory" by Einstein himself.&nbsp; Not sure which list I would put it under.&nbsp; It's not exactly casual reading material, but neither is it a comprehensive text book. </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div> </div><br /><div><span style="color:#0000ff" class="Apple-style-span">"If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing." - Homer Simpson</span></div> </div>
 
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