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I found this book very easy to read despite the complicated ideas it covers. The author has succeeded in making it an entertaining and accessible book. It gives a good overview of quantum physics both from a historical perspective and the implications quantum physics has for our understanding of the world. It doesn’t [...] If you are interested in Physics, then these Public Lectures are very good. I’m not sure why, but they always seem to be the best lectures we go to during the year. I think it may be because they go for longer than the 1 hour that most public lectures run for. The are [...] This is a very interesting book which takes a very different look at Economics. “Freakonomics is a book that will change the way you look at the world. It is not like an ordinary non-fiction book, it’s full of quirky facts and seemingly illogical truths. For example; which is more dangerous, a house with a pool or a house with a gun? In Freakonomics you’ll for everything from what schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common to why drug dealers still live with their mums.” The authors have a website http://www.freakonomics.com/ which has some updated information, reviews and a link to a student guide. The student guide provides an interesting way to have a second look at the book. There is also a teachers guide available if you apply for a userid/password from the Harper Academic website. |
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