Posted: Jan 03, 2012 8:06 am
hackenslash wrote:
The only real criticism I have of the book is the sheer number of topics that were touched upon but then deemed beyond the scope of the book some of which were quite disappointing especially as many of them were being used as exemplary
Wonder if commercial factors influenced this. Because at the end
of the day, companies want to make a profit on their investment and
quantum mechanics does not sell all that well to the masses. So there may
have been some attempt at moderation here. Now I may be completely wrong
on this but I doubt if Brian Cox had complete editorial control over content since a
decision like that would have some influence from the publishers. Stephen Hawking was
told when he was writing A Brief History Of Space And Time that every equation put in would
half the readership. He therefore ended up writing the book that he had to rather than wanted to