The Dancing Wu Li Masters

[seeker372011]

The Dancing Wu Li masters was one of the best books on the new physics because it was very simply written and was easy for anyone to understand

A lot of people have written about the "Universe in a Nutshell" and a "Brief History of time" by Hawking as good popular science books but I still believe Gary Zukov's Dancing Wu-li Masters was --and continues to be-- an all time classic. Frijof Capra's "Tao of physics" which came out around the same time was also a pretty good book and made a good companion.


These are out of date of course so the question is..does anyone know of a similar book or books that explain today's physics as well and as entertainingly?????other than Hawking's books ?

[damienpaul]

The Search for Infinity by Stephen Hawkins is brilliant

I did find a comic book about Physics that i have used to teach with

But I would like to know of some resources that you ask of

[Dave Mitsky]

I don't consider _A Brief History of Time_ to be a good popular science book. I don't know of anyone who has actually read the entire book other than myself and I had a hard time plowing through it despite my having a background in physics including a college level course in quantum mechanics.

Michio Kiku's _Hyperspace_ was a much more interesting read. I enjoyed it more than Brian Greene's _Elegant Universe_

Dave Mitsky

[damienpaul]

thanks for them, i'll look them up

[seeker372011]

I have found a really readable book though it covers all science not just physics, and it is Bill Bryson's "A short History of nearly everything"

Recommend it strongly, I enjoyed it thoughly .

[damienpaul]

yes i have read that and enjoyed it thoroughly