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Tell me subjects you like to talk about aside from the TFG which peak your curiousity saxib. I am reading at a slow pace a book by Stephen Hawking called "A brief history of time". A fascinating book by any standard. I already gained some insights into how scientists measure the distance of a star, how the police uses the same technology to measure a speeding car, how the temperature and the chemical compisiton of distant objects in the sky are measured and etc. I am in the first chapters and am sure will learn more as I continue my journey through the book.

So, what are you into? I saw you post Math related topics. I assume you are not all about warlords

hmmmmm, the book seems a bit interesting, how many pages sxb?

I dont read anything over 300 pages.

^ hawkings can drift away and become too complex sometimes. if your fascinated by math, heres a great book with a good flow to stimulate your gray cells:

Roger Penrose - Road To Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe

1136 pages*

Advo wrote:hmmmmm, the book seems a bit interesting, how many pages sxb?

I dont read anything over 300 pages.

162 pages including the Index. It is the updated version and more compact with Illustrations that explain some of the theories. The Original one was titled "Brief History of Time", the updated version is titled "Briefer History Of Time". I have both but I would recommend the last one as it is more upto date and illustrated with colour. The man who collaborated with the original writer of the Book in the latest edition, Hawkins, is called Leonard Mlodinow, he taught at Caltech, written for Star Trek: The Next Generation Movie.

I suggest you hit the bookstore and leaf through the pages of the book before you buy it. If the chapter titles leap at you and peak your passion, Buy it.

The book has some interesting facts observable but not readily obvious to the common man. That is what I like about it. Those few lines buried in each page which teach you something new you didn't know and weren't aware of is what gets me motivated to open it whenever I can to continue reading it.



Broccoli


Thanks. Sounds interesting. Briefer History of Time Book is not difficult to read. The language is basic but some of the concepts and theories may get difficult to understand for some people. Going over these theories and concepts twice can take care of the comprehension issues some may have.


In the Editorial review Board at amazon regarding the book you recommended, they pleasantly acknowledge the success of Hawkin's book in terms of clarity and easy to read status of the book:

This book sometimes begs comparison with Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, and while Penrose's vibrantly challenging volume deserves similar success, it will also likely lie unfinished on as many bookshelves as Hawking's. For those hardy readers willing to invest their time and mental energies, however, there are few books more deserving of the effort.

I will buy a copy of the book you recommended sometime in the near future inshallah.

Abtiga wrote:Tell me subjects you like to talk about aside from the TFG which peak your curiousity saxib. I am reading at a slow pace a book by Stephen Hawking called "A brief history of time". A fascinating book by any standard. I already gained some insights into how scientists measure the distance of a star, how the police uses the same technology to measure a speeding car, how the temperature and the chemical compisiton of distant objects in the sky are measured and etc. I am in the first chapters and am sure will learn more as I continue my journey through the book.

So, what are you into? I saw you post Math related topics. I assume you are not all about warlords

Rebel-lion is real depressed and he needs Prozac not books

Abtiga,

You should check out an interesting lecture by Harun Yahya entitled "Timelessness & The Reality of Fate"

http://aswatalislam.net/search.aspx?strSearch=timeless

Awesome stuff!

Abtiga

First, the government and the peace deal is good for everyone sxb. We're all tired of endless wars, you're smart enough to know this and you should get behind the peace deal.

About the hawkins book, I've heard of it but I've been told it's very complex and not many people finish reading it.

If you're into physics and math, look up the book "Zero, the biography of a dangerous idea" It's an interesting book, It's basically about the history of the number zero and it delves into calculus and physics. I recently picked it up, and it's good so far.

I'm also reading Guns, germs and steel by jared diamond, another good book.

Thanks Kolombo for the link bro, and thanks Rebellion saxib for the book recommendation, I bookmarked this thread on my laptop. Thanks again.



Rebellion

I agree with you 100% on the need for peace and government part, our differences lie in who can get us there and in what form. We can't keep investing in failed methods and their engineers. We now have the chance to prevent the kind of problems we have to re-emerge again. This clan system adn the men who ride on it to massacre somalis endlessly has to stop bro. Thanks for the book reco saxib.

Abtiga

Allah knows best. At the very least everyone should support Shieck Sharif and the peace deal and not those who want to continue the violence. Compromise is one thing all muslims should learn.

Yea check out the book, it's good. I found out that Zero was first discovered by the babylonians, I would have thought it was the egyptians or greeks. The babylonian number system was more advanced than the greeks and egyptians which our modern day number systems are based on.

Here's an article, http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/His ... /Zero.html

A better use for Nayaa Loness' talents, would be to have him parade around the xbaaash army camp in lipstick, high heels, mini skirt and Afro wig. He and COSTA will make a Hot lesbian Action couple, seeing as they both love xabaash foreskin.

^ Go kick rocks you guinea faggot.

It took you twenty minutes to come up with THAT ?

Megatron wrote:A better use for Nayaa Loness' talents, would be to have him parade around the xbaaash army camp in lipstick, high heels, mini skirt and Afro wig. He and COSTA will make a Hot lesbian Action couple, seeing as they both love xabaash foreskin.

fock hawkins! he does not give credit to the brilliant minds of hilbert, poincare, or loerntz. he's just a celebrity 'scientist'.

history is useless & su'cks anyhoo.

Rebel-