Review:An average written history of the advancements in cosmology and the science behind it. To make it more accessible, there is little math so those who want a good narrative of what is going on are encouraged to read this. The author goes in depth with the personalities behind the science and the experiments and work being done.

My main gripe about this book is if you didn't understand much about dark matter and dark energy before you read this book, you won't understand much about it after ... Read more

Review:Quantum Mechanics introduced and explained in layman's terms. Still an abstract concept to understand, but great insight to the research being done and that this left to do. Reads reasonably fast given the nature of the content. Read more

Review:Too difficult for the average reader. If you're looking to learn about particle physics this is not the place to start. Although she tries
to explain with analogies and she does a very good job,the concepts are still too dificult for the layman. One needs to study and reread the book then perhaps some of the concepts can be grasped. Read more

Review:Jung's own words on his childhood, musings, and how his philosophy developed. His split from Freud, his interest in Asian spirituality and his concept of the shadow and why it is important for us, in a world where can destroy ourselves and our planet at the press of a button, to recognize that we all have a darker side. "How could this have happened?" is the response of a society in denial. Read more

Review:This book had some remarkable passages, but was simply too sprawling to sustain interest over its 600+ pages -- not exactly what you want to conclude about a book about mindfulness, alas. The book pretty much preaches the same message preached in "Wherever You Go, There You Are," which is a more focused tome, and in my opinion, a better place to start for those interested in the mindfulness-based approach to living advocated by Jon Kabat-Zinn. I would give this book 3.5 stars, rounded up to fo... Read more

Review:Step by step Feynman explains the relationship of light and matter. Starting with simplified models of reality, later on more tuned in to the real thing matters (no pun intended) become clear, even for a physics layperson like myself. Highly recommended reading! Read more

Review:Richard Feynman must have been a very interesting fellow! Too bad we all didn't get a chance to have a conversation with him in person. However, reading his books is the next best thing...he writes like he's in your living room. Read more

Review:This important book is a companion to his book The World Without Us which focused on how nature would recover if human beings were removed from the global picture. In "Countdown" Wiesman travels around the world, from the Mideast to the U.S., looking at how agriculture, population, climate, and other factors are interacting to form the upcoming Malthusian nightmare (our technology and contrary to what some ... Read more

Review:Very informative and helped us a lot with navigating our way through a natural pregnancy and labor/delivery at our local hospital. There was information I wouldn't have even thought to ask about, but was incredibly helpful. Read more

Review:I very much enjoyed this entertaining and delightful collection of lectures, talks and essays by the world-renown and sorely missed Professor Feynman, Nobel Prize winning physicist, idiosyncratic genius and one of the great men of the twentieth century.

I particularly enjoyed the subtle yet unmistakable way he scolded the people at NASA for putting their political butts before the safety of the space program they were managing in his famous "Minority Report to the Space Shuttle Challenger... Read more