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  1. Hem

    Hemsworth Tyke Well-Known Member

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    will have a look. Just had a look on amazon James Andersons got one out too.
     
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    Try "The Particle at the End of the Universe" (Hunt for the Higgs) next.

    I finished it last week and found it a thoroughly engaging insight in to Quantum Field Theory and the workings of the Universe at a fundamental level.

    I think the most interesting part was finding out that the fundamental particles of physics are not in fact little balls of 'stuff' but are in fact just energetic excitations in a background field.

    I think you'd like it Hemso.
     
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    Jack Tatty Well-Known Member

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    Any particular words you struggled with?
     
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    Condescending?
     
    Red West, Jan 14, 2013
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    tha lives in one of the most beautiful parts of the world and tha sits in reading that rubbish,tha wants to start and gerrart moor.:D
     
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  6. Mike Lowry

    Mike Lowry Well-Known Member

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    Or... I live a stones throw away from the largest particle accelerator the world has ever seen. It would be remiss of me not to understand its noble quest. ;)
     
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    The largest particle accelerator the world has ever seen. You mean mido's stomach?
     
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  8. Mike Lowry

    Mike Lowry Well-Known Member

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    There's nothing "quantum" about that Large Kebab Collider.
     
    Mike Lowry, Jan 14, 2013
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    Jack Tatty Well-Known Member

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    Of all the many different words in Start Broad's book Hemmsie which one is your favourite?
     
    Jack Tatty, Jan 14, 2013
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    Mr C Well-Known Member

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    The large Hadron Collider? It's hard not to, it's big enough!! I watch Big Bang Theory, by the way, that is all I know. :D
     
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  11. Mike Lowry

    Mike Lowry Well-Known Member

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    Yes, the LHC. In technical terms, it's one big mamma jammer!!!
     
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    RichK, Jan 14, 2013
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    Football and gangsters.

    Rooneys love of a brass from an early age.
     
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    MarioKempes Well-Known Member

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    If you want to read a really good sporting biography I can thoroughly recommend Tony Cascarino's book. Excellent.
     
    MarioKempes, Jan 14, 2013
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    Lars Leese's book is a good 'un.

    Just read The Secret Race by Tyler Hamilton about doping in cycling during the Armstrong years. Well worth a read.
     
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    How can you afford to shop on Amazon when you don't have a job?
     
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    Didn't know there was one about him. Sounds good - added to the old Amazon wish list in the vain hope that somebody who knows me (and wants to buy me a present) realises that I have one..!

    I'm glad I got something out of this thread, actually, considering that Hemsy's initial post seems specifically designed to get my back up. Not many things that wind me up more than people who have this idea that reading is boring and, apparently, for old people.
     
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    andytyke Administrator Staff Member Admin

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    You should read Jimmy Whites autobiography,

    behind the white ball,

    really good read, not too many pictures though
     
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