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Faster Than Light: Superluminal Loopholes in Physics (Plume) (Paperback)

by Nick Herbert (Author)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: G P Putnam's Sons; Reissue edition (28 Feb 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0452263174
  • ISBN-13: 978-0452263178
  • Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.7 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 439,074 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous Debunking!, 29 Jun 1999
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This is on of the best popularizations I've ever read. Almost every conceivable way to exceed light speed has been debunked here. The author does however leave open tantalizing options that still have some credibility. Read it in three sittings...
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4.0 out of 5 stars Brisk but honest treatment by qualified physicist., 6 Jun 1999
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I read this book in a few days and found it most enjoyable. It never drags. Although I have a Ph.D. in Physics, and specialized in Relativity, Herbert's book filled in many gaps in my education, and reminded me of stuff that I had forgotten. A scientifically literate lay person should be able to get the correct flavor of most ideas. A physicist, craving a more concrete and pictorial understanding then is provided here, as with any popularization, will have to work to fill in the gaps to the best of his (or her) ability. Line diagrams, so far as they go, are well done but a few more in most chapters could help the reader greatly. In particular, I recommend several more in chap. 5 on advanced waves, and in chap. 7 on tachyons and antiparticles. The common idea that lay readers are too unskilled to profit from diagrams -- and, as with math formulas, may even be scared away -- is probably unfair to many, especially the ones who would pick up a popularization on an advanced topic in Physics.

Dr. Herbert's book keeps a fine level and apart from the slight shortage of diagrams, appears to have escaped any marked "dumbing down" at the hands of editors, but I add a cautionary remark. Removing visual aids apparently makes a book "easier to read," hence more marketable--an editor may reason that the reader won't have to concentrate as much. But there's a point--quickly reached in Physics --where the truncated product becomes too superficial to reward a careful and intelligent reader. So, unless handled with great care, this commercial approach throws out the baby with the bathwater, crippling the very "product" it was supposed to serve.

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4.0 out of 5 stars G= - n cubed, 7 Jun 1999
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A great book that gives insight to new visual data from Hubble and other satillites. My personal view is the gravity is a negative constant. Which helps the author's theories about worm-holes. Proof and testing of his theories are still 1000 years away.
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