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Praise for Fermat's Last Theorem: To read [Fermat's Last Theorem] is to realise that there is a world of beauty and intellectural challenge that is denied to 99.9 per cent of us who are not high-level mathematicians.' The Times 'This is probably the best popular account of a scientific topic I have ever read.' Irish Times 'Reads like the chronicle of an obsessive love affair. It has the classic ingredients that Hollywood would recognise.' Daily Mail Praise for The Code Book: Singh's account combines readability with a more meaty level of technical analysis than any other I have seen. His powers of explanation are as dazzling as ever.' Guardian 'A great book.' Observer 'Singh as the knack of making the frightening world of number theory seem like child's play, there is more than enough here to interest the mathematically squeamish.' Daily Telegraph '[Singh tells] these stories with infectious relish...He alternates between explanation of how ciphers are constructed and be cracked, and tales of the skulduggery surrounding them.' Sunday Times
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'[Singh] is a gifted expositor, ready to venture to places other science popularisers don't even try to reach.'
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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
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A genuinely mind-expanding read!,
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This review is from: Big Bang: The Most Important Scientific Discovery of All Time and Why You Need to Know About It (Paperback)
This book manages to make some of the most complex science in human history accessible and understandable. I haven't studied science for 20 years but with some perseverance I managed to learn an incredible amount from this book. Also it is full of incident, and human drama, and humour, and all kinds of entertaining anecdotes which sweeten the pill when you have to wade through 500 pages of physics! Not only did I learn about the Big Bang theory (which I now realise is no more a "theory" than radio waves or electricity) but I found myself genuinely understanding for the first time lots of physics I had supposedly already "learned". And not just physics: geography, astronomy, history... It's not an easy read, but well within the grasp of most educated people: a book that repays your effort and then some.
21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Big Bang: The Most Important Scientific Discovery of All Time and Why You Need to Know About It (Paperback)
This book by Simon Singh is absolutely brilliant and equally as enthralling as his other books. He has the knack of explaining complex things in simple and understandable language, and the summaries at the end of each chapter are excellent and useful. The book is long but each page is fascinating. You don't need any knowledge of science, physics or astronomy to appreciate it, just an enquiring mind. I can thoroughly recommend this book to everyone.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Big Bang: The Most Important Scientific Discovery of All Time and Why You Need to Know About It (Paperback)
Particle physicist, Simon Singh, carries you on an interlectual journey through the creation and evolution of the universe. This is a powerful and insightful book into understanding science, and gives an elegant interpretation of the Big Bang theory - the explosive birth of the cosmos. Don't be fearful if your grasp of physics and mathematics is less than you would wish. The author's explanations are in simple to understand logic. Singh also gives the reader an engaging insight into the lives of scientists through the ages, and how the thinkining and religeous beliefs of the day, in many cases, was the enemy of enlightenment. Some of these great thinkers were ahead of their time and tragically became martyrs, others heroes in their own lifetime. Singh's book tells how science and the Big Bang theory have revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos. It will stretch your mind and your imagination. A must for every home library.
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