Your Favorite Authors!

[StarLab]

Yo, everyone-

Pick your favorite(s) and tell us why!:

Mr. Lightman
Mr. Hawking
Mr. Thorne
Mr. Kaku
Mr. Feynman
Mr. Bryson

If you've got other faves, please add on!
That is, only those who've published at least one book since January '00.

[galaxygirl]

We cant forget Brian Greene! I like his books because they explain difficult topics in a language we can all understand.

[StarLab]

Oh, yeah, I forgot! And also, there's that guy whom I loathe who wrote THEFINALTHEORY, though I'd like to see his name up here so I don't have to criticize him w/o knowing his name....

[galaxygirl]

Do you mean Mark McCutcheon?

[StarLab]

Yeah. :angry: I knew it was McSomethingOrOther...thanx!

[rahuldandekar]

I think John D. Barrow writes very good books. You know, 'Theories of everything', Impossiblity', etc. Very good. Very philosophical. It's better than Hawking, I think.

[sarahnade_me]

Isaac Asimov, Carl Sagan, and Arthur C. Clarke. I like them all because they wrote Science fiction, but they could also write Science Fact. Isaac Asimov could write a textbook that read like fiction. When Carl sagan died, my mother called me to let me know so that I wouldn't hear it on the streets. Has anyone read any of Velikosky's (sp.?) book worlds in collision? It is a riot!

[StarLab]

I wasn't talking about sci-fi, Sara..but those are still good picks!

[sarahnade_me]

Ummm...did you not read my post all the way through
All three of these guys do both. Ummm...the Cosmos, the bible as interpretted by i saac asimov, and a book about the terraformation of Mars by author C. Clarke. Plus Velikosky was serious when he wrote the book worlds in Collision it's just now that it is considered fiction.

Sarah nade_me

[StarLab]

Ah. Well, I haven't read those guys in a while, maybe I'd better get myself on track.

[sarahnade_me]

Sorry that i had to put you in your place

[StarLab]

Whaddya mean? I'm ALL OVER the place! :P B)

[Spacemad]

Originally posted by sarahnade_me@Jul 13 2004, 03:50 PM
Isaac Asimov, Carl Sagan, and Arthur C. Clarke. I like them all because they wrote Science fiction, but they could also write Science Fact. Isaac Asimov could write a textbook that read like fiction.

I´m all with you, Sarah. you have quoted some of my favourite authors! I´ve just got back from Spain (I lived there for over 20 years) & have brought back all my Sci-Fi books (although most of them are still in transit). A lot of them are by Isaac Asimov but I also have several by Orson Scott Card as well as "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. I have many more Sci-Fi books whose authors I can´t remember now, but they will be with me again in a couple of weeks.

[Bee in the hive]

Patrick Moore.
Because I,m one of the lucky ones who have met him in person .
Been to two of his lectures and on both occasions has personaly signed his latest books.
He is a true amatuer observer, and his books are aimed at this market.

[Mild mannered]

Originally posted by StarLab@Jun 21 2004, 12:14 AM
Mr. Thorne
Mr. Feynman

Looking down your list. I love Kip Thorne's writing but have been most inspired since reading Richard Feyman's life story - was he really the smartest man on earth? Possibly.
Go to: http://www.zyvex.com/nanotech/feynman.html - I'm sure most of you guys have already read this but if you haven't it's worth a look - I particularly liked the comment about how people would look back at his comments from the year 2000 and what their perspective would be. - He really was a smart guy.

I didn't really like the last Hawking (Universe in a nutshell) that I read to be honest.

Asimov and Clark rule!

[antoniseb]

For Science writers I like William of Ockham, though Nichol Oresme's writing seemed pretty lucid for his day. Among more recent writers, Owen Gingerich is very entertaining [and accurate], and Lynn Thorndike had more amusing anecdotes than anyone.

BTW, in the original post StarLab, why did you call these guys 'Mr.' when 'Dr.' or 'Prof.' would have been a better title in every case [or simply a first name]? Also, Feynmann was great. You would benefit from reading his lectures on physics [with Leighton and Sands].