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  1. Hem

    Hemsworth Tyke Well-Known Member

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    #21 Hemsworth Tyke, Jan 14, 2013
    will have a look. Just had a look on amazon James Andersons got one out too.
     
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    #22 Mike Lowry, Jan 14, 2013
    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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    #23 Jack Tatty, Jan 14, 2013
    Any particular words you struggled with?
     
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    #24 Red West, Jan 14, 2013
    Condescending?
     
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    #25 dekparker, Jan 14, 2013
    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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    #26 Mike Lowry, Jan 14, 2013
    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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    #27 SuperTyke, Jan 14, 2013
    The largest particle accelerator the world has ever seen. You mean mido's stomach?
     
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    #28 Mike Lowry, Jan 14, 2013
    There's nothing "quantum" about that Large Kebab Collider.
     
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    #29 Jack Tatty, Jan 14, 2013
    Of all the many different words in Start Broad's book Hemmsie which one is your favourite?
     
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    #30 Mr C, Jan 14, 2013
    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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    #31 Mike Lowry, Jan 14, 2013
    Yes, the LHC. In technical terms, it's one big mamma jammer!!!
     
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    #32 RichK, Jan 14, 2013
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    #33 DEETEE, Jan 14, 2013
    Football and gangsters.

    Rooneys love of a brass from an early age.
     
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    #34 MarioKempes, Jan 14, 2013
    If you want to read a really good sporting biography I can thoroughly recommend Tony Cascarino's book. Excellent.
     
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    #35 mansfield_red, Jan 14, 2013
    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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    #36 LDRed, Jan 14, 2013
    How can you afford to shop on Amazon when you don't have a job?
     
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    #37 Sestren, Jan 14, 2013
    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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    #38 andytyke, Jan 15, 2013
    You should read Jimmy Whites autobiography,

    behind the white ball,

    really good read, not too many pictures though
     
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