On the Shoulders of Giants
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Daniel Povolny
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Great book for introduction to some of the most remarkable scientists with Stephen Hawkings great description。
Meg Briers
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not really sure i would aim this at， maybe if you have a phD in physics with a speciality in being able to read pre-20th century physics papers with no diagrams illustrating the points。 it had really cool sections on the biographies of the scientists， but i felt completely out of my depth in their actual writings， and i really feel like this book may have just been published for like postgrad physics students。
Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal
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This has been a good read。 The author has put a lot of time and effort。 Being a writer myself， I find it commendable。 The content is decent and keeps you hooked for a long time。 And some parts are simply minds blowing。 I look forward to reading more books like this。 All in all， a good experience for an avid reader like me。
Nectar Terzian
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Είχαν ενδιαφέρον τα βιογραφικά στοιχεία των "γιγάντων" αλλά το υπόλοιπο περιεχόμενο ήταν κουραστικό και δυσνόητο διότι ήταν πολύ επιστημονικό。 Είχαν ενδιαφέρον τα βιογραφικά στοιχεία των "γιγάντων" αλλά το υπόλοιπο περιεχόμενο ήταν κουραστικό και δυσνόητο διότι ήταν πολύ επιστημονικό。 。。。more
Ayayrahn
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If you're interested in a detailed exploration of the foundations of fundamental physics and astronomy this is the book for you。 If you're interested in a detailed exploration of the foundations of fundamental physics and astronomy this is the book for you。 。。。more
Gordon
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A mix of fascinating and frustrating。 I enjoyed the introductory contextual pieces by Hawking。 I again really enjoyed the written context of some of the early writings by Galileo and Copernicus - they gave a good sense of the paradigm they lived in and struggled to escape and an appreciation for how much we take a heliocentric solar system and spherical globe for granted today。 on the other hand， the works by Kepler become difficult - mostly for its mystical babbling about the harmonies and rati A mix of fascinating and frustrating。 I enjoyed the introductory contextual pieces by Hawking。 I again really enjoyed the written context of some of the early writings by Galileo and Copernicus - they gave a good sense of the paradigm they lived in and struggled to escape and an appreciation for how much we take a heliocentric solar system and spherical globe for granted today。 on the other hand， the works by Kepler become difficult - mostly for its mystical babbling about the harmonies and ratios of Platonic solids 。。。 Despite having the illustrated version of this book， I was disappointed that with Kepler， Newton， and Einstein， there were numerous on-going geometric discussions with talk of labeled lines， chords and arcs etc。 with NO corresponding diagram to follow along。 With patience， I suppose one could read super critically and reconstruct the diagrams as discussed， but I just didn’t have the patience for what was otherwise expected to be an enlightening read， not a thesis regurgitation。 I was also disappointed in some of the writing selections offered。 While Hawkings’ overview discussed certain topics of contribution， the same for the original authors written excerpts were not included。 Anyway， overall good stuff。 It’s sciencey！ Dig in。 Appreciate the giants whose shoulders we stand on today。 。。。more
Alok
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A compilation of works by Some greatest minds in the history of Physics And Astronomy ， Greatest parts in the book are the Introduction By Sir Stephen Hawking given in his own words before beginning of each scientist's work。In this books there are works of Nicolas Copernicus ，Galileo Galilei ， Johannes Kepler ， Sir Isaac Newton ， Albert Einstein 。 This book is like a Dictionary for Astronomy and astrophysics Enthusiasts 。。。。。。Your Book shelf，and your knowledge just isn't complete without this bo A compilation of works by Some greatest minds in the history of Physics And Astronomy ， Greatest parts in the book are the Introduction By Sir Stephen Hawking given in his own words before beginning of each scientist's work。In this books there are works of Nicolas Copernicus ，Galileo Galilei ， Johannes Kepler ， Sir Isaac Newton ， Albert Einstein 。 This book is like a Dictionary for Astronomy and astrophysics Enthusiasts 。。。。。。Your Book shelf，and your knowledge just isn't complete without this book。 。。。more
Manuel Antão
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If you're into stuff like this， you can read the full review。Lucy: "On The Shoulders Of Giants - The Great Works Of Physics And Astronomy" by Stephen Hawking（Original Review， 2002）Back in the day， Einstein opened up my head to what I thought of as the architecture of the way things are， that level of intelligence/information where I clearly understood what reality was and wasn’t despite the limitations of my senses。 I'd try to hold onto it but it ultimately faded。 I'd feel myself coming closer a If you're into stuff like this， you can read the full review。Lucy: "On The Shoulders Of Giants - The Great Works Of Physics And Astronomy" by Stephen Hawking（Original Review， 2002）Back in the day， Einstein opened up my head to what I thought of as the architecture of the way things are， that level of intelligence/information where I clearly understood what reality was and wasn’t despite the limitations of my senses。 I'd try to hold onto it but it ultimately faded。 I'd feel myself coming closer and closer back to dull reality， each and every time。 There's a scene in the film “Lucy” where she's looking at a tree which seems alive， pulsing w/movement and brilliantly coloured light。 Ages ago， my friends and I called them jizzles and we'd see them anywhere anything grew （resulting in multiple trips in the woods， old cemeteries， anywhere there was foliage and we couldn't see buildings）。 。。。more
Menglong Youk
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4。5/5 stars"On the Shoulders of Giants" is a collection of some of the most influential works of Copernicus， Kepler， Galileo， Newton and Einstein with Stephen Hawking provided the short biography and his comments on each scientist above。 I must admit that the original work of the four most important figures （with the exception of Einstein's） is completely incomprehensible to me as they are around four hundred years old， thus making the method of writing and explaining concepts quite different fr 4。5/5 stars"On the Shoulders of Giants" is a collection of some of the most influential works of Copernicus， Kepler， Galileo， Newton and Einstein with Stephen Hawking provided the short biography and his comments on each scientist above。 I must admit that the original work of the four most important figures （with the exception of Einstein's） is completely incomprehensible to me as they are around four hundred years old， thus making the method of writing and explaining concepts quite different from today's world。 But I love the short descriptions and the personal views that Stephen Hawking wrote。 。。。more
Joseph Sciuto
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Let me state from the very beginning that the book "On The Shoulders of Giants" with commentary from Stephen Hawkin is not， in any way or form， a book for everyone。 It is not a book for beginners。 As someone who came to read this book， after having read biographies on Einstein and DaVinci， the theories of Einstein， Newton， and Copernicus， I was nevertheless lost at least half the time， totally lost。 Yet， even in the dark I had gained knowledge that just a short time ago I had no idea existed。 It Let me state from the very beginning that the book "On The Shoulders of Giants" with commentary from Stephen Hawkin is not， in any way or form， a book for everyone。 It is not a book for beginners。 As someone who came to read this book， after having read biographies on Einstein and DaVinci， the theories of Einstein， Newton， and Copernicus， I was nevertheless lost at least half the time， totally lost。 Yet， even in the dark I had gained knowledge that just a short time ago I had no idea existed。 It is at once mind boggling and awe inspiring that such men， with such supreme intellectual and without the tools available in today's world， could achieve and conceive of such theories and discoveries is totally beyond me。 This is a very， very big book and it will probably be a very long time before I pick it up again， but I am so very glad I did and have absolutely no regrets 。。。more
Malola
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Meh。。。 It was boring。No es mi nivel de Física。
Matt Hertel
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Hawking has compiled a well-rounded collection of the most significant scientific papers ever written and even the casual science-minded person would benefit from a quick review of these pages。 I mostly focused on reading the overview of each author， as well as skimming the papers when the language grew overly technical。 Even though I avoided a deep dive into the substance of each of the papers， I felt a sense of appreciation for the impact of each paper presented。 I'm very happy that I took the Hawking has compiled a well-rounded collection of the most significant scientific papers ever written and even the casual science-minded person would benefit from a quick review of these pages。 I mostly focused on reading the overview of each author， as well as skimming the papers when the language grew overly technical。 Even though I avoided a deep dive into the substance of each of the papers， I felt a sense of appreciation for the impact of each paper presented。 I'm very happy that I took the time to tackle this significant text， even just to review the important points and remind myself that we all stand at the scientific peak of human understanding only due to the pioneering work of a number of thought-leaders that were intelligent enough to understand that they didn't need to be universally accepted at the time of their publications。 Science is the greatest human achievement because the truth of the universe is self-evident。 Great people tend to find these truths， to explore them， and to stand by their beliefs in the face of significant resistance。 Hawking's book does a great job of providing context to their contributions， something that is often forgotten when we revere their great achievements from the comfort of modern hindsight。 。。。more
Carlos Alfredo
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Una lectura obligatoria de las obras más importantes de la física y la astronomía。
Steven
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An excellent book。
Nevena
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Ovo je najgori prevod koji sam ikada citala， morate da desifrujete sta je pisac hteo da kaze， a neke recenice uopste nemaju smisla i deluje kao da je koriscen google translate za celu knjigu。 Takodje je ocigledno da prevodilac ne zna ni elementarnu fiziku i mislim da bi Stephen Hawking mogao da tuzi ovu izdavacku kucu， s obzirom na to da je toliko toga izgubljeno u prevodu。 A sto se tice same knjige， ikreno nisam sigurna sta ona tacno nudi， s obzirom na to da se sastoji iz kratkih biografija 5 n Ovo je najgori prevod koji sam ikada citala， morate da desifrujete sta je pisac hteo da kaze， a neke recenice uopste nemaju smisla i deluje kao da je koriscen google translate za celu knjigu。 Takodje je ocigledno da prevodilac ne zna ni elementarnu fiziku i mislim da bi Stephen Hawking mogao da tuzi ovu izdavacku kucu， s obzirom na to da je toliko toga izgubljeno u prevodu。 A sto se tice same knjige， ikreno nisam sigurna sta ona tacno nudi， s obzirom na to da se sastoji iz kratkih biografija 5 naucnika i odabranih odlomaka iz njihivih dela， a da pritom pisac nije dao nikakav komentar na odredjenim mestima， koja su potpuno nerazumljiva nekome ko， na primer， ne zna mnogo o astronomiji。 S obzirom na to da ovo delo spada u popularnu fiziku， mislim da je daleko od toga da zadovolji svoju ciljnu grupu， a sigurno nije primamljivo ni onima koji mogu da citaju ova dela u celini。 Sve u svemu， veliko razocaranje 。。。more
Tom Brooks
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This book took me four months to read and overall it was an amazing piece by hawking。 i enjoyed reading how he piled all the research that each person he spoke into one amazing read。
Marinho Lopes
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Stephen Hawking reune neste livro parte da obra científica de Nicolau Copérnico， Galileu Galilei， Johannes Kepler， Isaac Newton， e Albert Einstein。 A ideia de juntar num livro só （de quase 1300 páginas！） o evoluir da nossa compreensão do "universo" é bastante interessante， contudo ficou a faltar uma clarificação moderna a par dos textos históricos。 Hawking dá-nos apenas umas pequenas biografias sobre estes cinco grandes nomes da História， explicando só de forma muito breve os seus contributos。 A Stephen Hawking reune neste livro parte da obra científica de Nicolau Copérnico， Galileu Galilei， Johannes Kepler， Isaac Newton， e Albert Einstein。 A ideia de juntar num livro só （de quase 1300 páginas！） o evoluir da nossa compreensão do "universo" é bastante interessante， contudo ficou a faltar uma clarificação moderna a par dos textos históricos。 Hawking dá-nos apenas umas pequenas biografias sobre estes cinco grandes nomes da História， explicando só de forma muito breve os seus contributos。 Assim sendo， o livro não é de todo recomendável ao leitor leigo。 Seria preferível que Hawking tivesse "traduzido" todo o texto （no seu conteúdo） e feito deste projecto uma série de vários livros。 Por outro lado， como documento histórico tem um enorme valor。 Faça-se uma excepção ao livro de Galileu （"Diálogo sobre duas novas ciências"） que por grande mérito do mesmo é facilmente compreensível。 Já a obra de Copérnico， "As Revoluções das Orbes Celestes"， tem um conteúdo matemático algo maçudo， dada a nomenclatura e a forma como a Matemática era "usada" na altura。 Em as "Harmonias do Mundo - Livro V" de Kepler， constatamos o enlevo em que o autor se encontrava com a sua visão do universo - ele de certo que sentia ter sido o primeiro a dar um passo determinante na decifração da "criação"。 A obra de Newton é obviamente os Principia， "Princípios Matemáticos da Filosofia Natural": a clarividência com que ele postula toda a Mecânica Clássica é impressionante。 Por fim， temos alguns artigos de Einstein: aqueles de onde nasceram as Teorias da Relatividade Restrita e Geral。 Como se deve depreender é muito difícil avaliar este livro: como livro de divulgação científica que parecia querer ser é péssimo; mas como colectânea de documentos históricos é excelente。 Por outras palavras， todo o crédito vai para os autores originais e quase nenhum para o Hawking。 。。。more
Chema Min
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Me ha decepcionado esta obra， consistente en una selección de extractos de científicos relevantes。 Mi percepción es que la motivación del libro es meramente editorial y que los textos originales lucen como meros recortes inconexos。 Además， las introducciones de Hawking no proporcionan una visión potente del cambio que realmente implican las teorías expuestas。 A años luz de obras como La revolución copernicana de Thomas Kuhn o de las obras de Feyerabend。 O de mejores obras de Hawking， como Histor Me ha decepcionado esta obra， consistente en una selección de extractos de científicos relevantes。 Mi percepción es que la motivación del libro es meramente editorial y que los textos originales lucen como meros recortes inconexos。 Además， las introducciones de Hawking no proporcionan una visión potente del cambio que realmente implican las teorías expuestas。 A años luz de obras como La revolución copernicana de Thomas Kuhn o de las obras de Feyerabend。 O de mejores obras de Hawking， como Historia del tiempo o El gran diseño。 。。。more
Robert Martin
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While the book does contain landmark works that inspired paradigm shifts， it is almost completely unreadable。 This， if anything， is a testament to the good work that many scientists have done in recent days to popularise science and make it accessible to the general public。Even for someone who is studying physics at university， I found the arguments presented by Galileo and Copernicus extremely hard to follow。 It is difficult to decide what rating to give this book。 Clearly contains genius， yet While the book does contain landmark works that inspired paradigm shifts， it is almost completely unreadable。 This， if anything， is a testament to the good work that many scientists have done in recent days to popularise science and make it accessible to the general public。Even for someone who is studying physics at university， I found the arguments presented by Galileo and Copernicus extremely hard to follow。 It is difficult to decide what rating to give this book。 Clearly contains genius， yet genius that the stupid （relative to such great minds） are not able to access。 Because we are， in this day， spoiled with so much readable scientific works， I am afraid that I have to put more emphasis on the fact that this book is opaque。 。。。more
Laura Inzer
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Amazing ！！！！！
Darko Djokic
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Didn't read entire book， of course。 But， only having scientific masterpieces from different eras is a big deal！ Imagine having Copernicus' "On the revolutions of heavenly spheres"， Galileo's "Dialogues。。。"， Kepler's "Harmonies of the worlds"。 Newton's "Principia。。。" and Einstein's "The principles of relativity" in one place！ Amazing！ Didn't read entire book， of course。 But， only having scientific masterpieces from different eras is a big deal！ Imagine having Copernicus' "On the revolutions of heavenly spheres"， Galileo's "Dialogues。。。"， Kepler's "Harmonies of the worlds"。 Newton's "Principia。。。" and Einstein's "The principles of relativity" in one place！ Amazing！ 。。。more
Danijel Brestovac
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Str。 12~ mnogo sodobnih učenjakov verjame， da je bila potrditev teorije pri religioznih avtoritetah glavna ovira za napredek znanosti， kot tudi da je dvom v Aristotelotovo teorijo istočasno pomenil dvom v avtoriteto same Cerkve。
arisvia sukma
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it took so long time to read this book。 why？ because i had to open the dictionaries and google for many-much times。 but i believe i'm on my way to be a scientist:D it took so long time to read this book。 why？ because i had to open the dictionaries and google for many-much times。 but i believe i'm on my way to be a scientist:D 。。。more
Ahmad
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Hes so smart i dont understand anything， im not as intelectual as him
Greg
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In these pages， Stephen Hawking has compiled a marvelous collection of excerpts from the science greats of the past。 They are， like any serious scientific literature， extremely dense， specific， and often difficult to read。 Hawkings himself gives us a Barney-style overview of the accomplishments of each scientist， followed by excerpts from their primary works。 I found it absolutely fascinating to follow the logic and thoughts of these men。 Not only that， but you can gain an enormous respect for t In these pages， Stephen Hawking has compiled a marvelous collection of excerpts from the science greats of the past。 They are， like any serious scientific literature， extremely dense， specific， and often difficult to read。 Hawkings himself gives us a Barney-style overview of the accomplishments of each scientist， followed by excerpts from their primary works。 I found it absolutely fascinating to follow the logic and thoughts of these men。 Not only that， but you can gain an enormous respect for the way these men pushed the boundaries of what we know。 This is a must read for any scientific minded person。 。。。more
William Schram
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While this book is an excellent collection of science writings， it also shows how science writing has evolved since the time of Copernicus。 Included in each section is a short biography of each writer。 Some of the works are rather confusing to me。 For instance， Kepler spends most of his time talking about ratios of planetary distances and relating them to music。Copernicus speaks of his calculations and observations， finding a number of astronomical distances and things。 Of course he uses Euclide While this book is an excellent collection of science writings， it also shows how science writing has evolved since the time of Copernicus。 Included in each section is a short biography of each writer。 Some of the works are rather confusing to me。 For instance， Kepler spends most of his time talking about ratios of planetary distances and relating them to music。Copernicus speaks of his calculations and observations， finding a number of astronomical distances and things。 Of course he uses Euclidean geometry throughout， which is something I really need to brush up on。Galileo uses discourse between some imaginary people to discuss his methods and ideas。Kepler uses ratios and observations collected by Tycho Brahe。 They must have really guarded their observations back in the day， though I don't get why。。。Newton explains his ideas in terms of Euclidean geometry also， which hinders my understanding， since I have to flip back to find the little drawings。Einstein uses Vector Calculus and simple high school algebra to showcase his ideas， which are quite powerful in this day and age。 It is rather amazing that he figured out most of this without experimental data， which only furthered his fame back when he was alive。 。。。more
Eric Solski
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Great read。 While some of the math is difficult to understand its enough to just read through and get an idea of how these great minds percieved the world around them。 Also Hawkings write ups are almost worth it in itself。
Rizvi
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I enjoyed reading on the shoulders of giants， and i love to journey in to fear with five scientist， to all mankind story。
Hojaplateada
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Pequeñas biografías de Copérnico， Galileo， Kepler， Newton y Einstein， con una explicación de su obra mas significativa。
Carlos Arturo
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