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A great starting pointReview Date: 2005-10-20
One of the best Review Date: 2004-10-29
Appealing. But without the largeness of Whitman or the mind of Dickinson or the music of Stevens,it is not at the very highest level.
And also sharing with Pound and Eliot, and to a lesser degree Hemingway and Fitzgerald the Anti- Semitism of his time which makes it therefore almost impossible for me to read the stuff with uncritical joy as I would like to.
How Do You Like Your Blue Eyed Boy Now?Review Date: 2005-12-28
I read the whole book from cover to cover in the bookstore and I knew I had to have it as part of my collection. When the old hippie put the book in a bag he just smiled at me as if to say, "I told you so..."
So now I'm telling you, you who is looking for something crazybeautiful in which to pour your lovelyeyeslikemine over. Carry this book with you. Go to the local coffeehouse with pen in hand and make notes in the margins. Talk to Mr. Cummings as though he was right in front of you, because in a way, he never died. He is still very much alive and he especially loves new seekers of his words.
There are certain things that one must read before they exit the planet and this is one of them. You may not go crazy over it as much as I did, and if you weren't the least bit impressed I suggest that you make an appointment with the doctor and see if you have a pulse.
This little book is de-light-full and will work its magic in you if you let it.
A thorough but concise introduction to CummingsReview Date: 2005-03-15
I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to danceReview Date: 2005-06-25
100 SELECTED POEMS is a fine and concise introduction to the works of this nonconformist poet. There is a sampling of his very best poems and enough variety to sway all doubters. This collection wisely (I feel) avoids the more terrifyingly eccentric typography of some of his more notorious efforts, though some of the later poems in this collection push the envelope far enough to be discomforting (but in a good way). No collection of American poetry would be complete without e.e.cummings, and this book rattles like a fragment of angry candy.
Jeremy W. Forstadt

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educational resourceReview Date: 2008-05-25
Great Book for PTsReview Date: 2008-05-12
Un testo fondamentaleReview Date: 2008-04-07
Practical bookReview Date: 2008-02-13
Each part of the body is in a different chapter and therefore it's very easy to find the information you need!
Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction The Trigger Point ManualReview Date: 2008-02-12
These books are much more for they cover anatomy, innervation, function, testing, reasons behind the pain, differential diagnosis, corrective actions all in addition to Triggerpoint Treatment.
The 2 volumes are a must have in your library for daily reference and/or study. The illustrations are a welcome aid to oneself or for explanatory purposes to clients.

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Awesome! Opens up your inner eye towards artReview Date: 2008-04-14
Great work well explainedReview Date: 2008-01-20
A great book!Review Date: 2007-02-24
ARTReview Date: 2007-02-18
great for a lifetime of learningReview Date: 2007-01-18

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Great text mixing both the math and physicsReview Date: 2008-10-07
great bookReview Date: 2008-09-09
Perfect ConditionsReview Date: 2008-08-25
Des Canyons aux Etoiles Review Date: 2008-07-27
Since "Gravity" is aimed at a science-oriented readership, the second definition might appear the most appealing. However, the verifiable predictions that emerged from a system that started with the counting that ten fingers allowed, made quantum leaps during the days of Leibniz & Newton, entered early adulthood during Riemann's life time to find its so far most spectacular application in Einstein's general theory of relativity (GTR), suggest to many that mankind's invention of mathematics actually represents the greatest example of (divine) intervention covered by the first of SOED's two definitions. For all those who would like to receive the guidance during the first stages of climbing GTR's Everest to witness the "miracle" first hand Hartle's "Gravity" is a book that should be on the short list. Yet, be aware prospective reader! This book opens the wormhole to that part of our universe where they serve math for breakfast, lunch and dinner, 365 and ΒΌ days every year.
When it comes to science's special effects quantum theory's "strangeness" and GTR's "curved space-time" are among the top attractions. While like for many my early years resulted in enough exposure to quantum mechanics (QM) to last a lifetime, an attempt at gaining familiarity with GTR would likely have required drop-out-inducing levels of mathematical indigestion. Yet, many years later the dissatisfaction that ensued after the zillionth attempt at explaining space curvature by dropping a solid sphere on a rubber sheet proved enough to give "Gravity" a try. It looked highly appealing, since Tensors that are introduced in chapter 2 or 3 of many GTR books only enter here in chapter 20 of 24. Many clear graphics further added to the appeal.
This book is divided in three main sections: I. Space and time in Newtonian physics and special relativity; II. The curved spacetimes of general relativity; III. The Einstein equation. In addition the text does not just color between the lines but offers many interesting subjects in dedicated boxes throughout the text. The author explains his strategy as follows: "the simplest physically relevant solutions of Einstein's equations are presented first, without derivation, as spacetimes whose observational consequences are to be explored by the motion of test particles and light rays in them. This brings the student to the physical phenomena as quickly as possible. It is the part of the subject most directly connected to classical mechanics, and requires the minimum of new mathematical ideas. The Einstein equation is introduced later and solved to show how these geometries originate". For this reviewer this strategy worked very well: no spheres, no rubber sheets, nothing in the pockets, nothing up the sleeves.
The reader starts in Euclidian geometry, enters into spacetime aided by many excellent examples and supporting graphics, to receive a gentle introduction to four-vectors. Next the fundaments of gravity as geometry are laid and the mathematical description of curved spacetime is presented, to serve as building blocks for the geodesics chapter. Only a third of the way into the book the Schwarzschild geometry is already there for the taking in awe and gratitude. The next two chapters then address the experimental verification of this concept in our solar system and the phenomenon of gravitational lensing. What would GTR be without black holes and there they are in chapters 12&13. Next, the previously introduced Scharzschild geometry becomes a stepping stone towards non-spherically symmetric geometries for a journey to event horizons and the ergosphere. The following three chapters introduce gravitational waves, address the Universe and its expansion and describe cosmological models and the Big Bang, leading to chapter 19 entitled "which Universe and why?". Chapter 20 carries the tongue in cheek title "a little more math" but should be accessible for all familiar with multivariable calculus. And (...drumroll playing in the background...) there are the Tensors. These tools then allow access to the Einstein equation, curvature and more than a little surprising after having heard so much about the disconnect between QM and GTR "the power of the Pauli principle" in the final chapter of relativistic stars.
Throughout the text the author goes out of his way to explain things from different angles in a highly accessible style. While much of the subject matter often serves as food for philosophers and science fiction enthusiast, the author remains -no pun intended- down to earth. Example: "asking what happens before the big bang in quantum gravity is unlikely to make sense because classical notion of time breaks down at a singularity". Others have already commented on the omission of the answers. This is an all too common deficiency in textbooks. Fortunately Schaum's Outlines of Modern Physics" and "Tensor Calculus" are there to lend a helping hand.
While I vividly remember a TA who mastered hard core graduate level GTR in two months, this "lite introduction" took me the better part of a year. Yet, once life has afforded the basic necessities for survival, few endeavors may be more rewarding. At $60 this book is more of an investment than Gould's 2nd Goldbergs, but certainly cheaper than Vermeer's "View of Delft". Beauty and truth come in many guises and at different prices.
I am sorry Colin (Blunstone), you got it half wrong when you sang about miracles, they may not be a matter of believing, but of doing the math.
More math than textReview Date: 2007-11-06
I believe this book is aimed more at those with an interest in math and or the explanation of all theory at the mathematical level. I understand mathematics is the underlying point behind Einstein's theory of gravity, but I am not well educated in complicated mathematical formulas (they tend to put me to sleep) and when I purchased the book I was more interested in someone's explanation(s) of the underlying theories by way of the English language and not by way of mathematics. I prefer formulas be translated to English, similar to how computers translate lower-level assembly languages to higher-level languages for user-friendly interaction with a computer.
Bottom line: Buy the book if you have at least a rudimentary background in mathematical formulas or if you are willing to read between the pages and pages of formulas to pick up the useful and informative information in the book. Otherwise, I suggest looking elsewhere.

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Excellent delivery!Review Date: 2005-09-24
Sincerely,
Travis
Good book if you like mathematics!Review Date: 2007-01-04
Amazing Introduction to a Very Esoteric SubjectReview Date: 2006-06-10
By avoiding the field equations and focusing on their solutions the authors impart to the eager student an overview of general relativity and set the stage for a more rigorous approach to be undertaken later. This book is the perfect introduction to the subject.
The book is well suited for advanced undergraduates who have had several hours of physics and mathematics. It is likewise suited to serve as a introductory text for graduate students that are studying astrophysics and astronomy. In the latter case the text serves well as an overview of what general relativity is, many of its findings, its predictions, and its relevance to observational astronomy.
If you have a basic understanding of calculus and have studied the special theory of relativity in some detail then this book is well suited to your needs.
A Breakthrough in Undergraduate TextsReview Date: 2007-03-14
The real key to this book is that it explains a lot, but then it open up a bunch of other questions, questions that we really haven't answered yet -- things like dark matter, dark energy, accelerating expansion of the universe, and more.
The book ends with: 'How can physics live up to its true greatness except by a new revolution in outlook which dwarfs all past revolutions? And when it comes, will we not say to each other, Oh, how beautiful and simple it all is! How could we ever have missed it so long.'
That's just the awe, the vision, that we want new and budding physicists to have.
Gives an intuitive understanding of General RelativityReview Date: 2005-08-18
Because of what it omits, this book is not a complete presentation of GR. It does present the most fun part of GR, however, in a way that is mathematically accessible.
Along the way, a few side questions are adddressed, like "How painful would it be to be squished/torn apart as I fall into a black hole?" A lot of time is also spent explaining how the weird trajectories of light within the event horizon will transmogrify what is seen by the observer.
This is a great book and a lot of fun. I am also left with a greater motivation to go back to a more complete presentation, to be convinced that "this is where you have to end up". Although much longer, this book is a worthy successor to the original output of this dynamic duo, "Spacetime Physics".

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Great GR book to learn GR fromReview Date: 2008-10-04
A nice blend of the ideas of physics with mathematicsReview Date: 2006-04-10
This book is an excellent INTRODUCTION to SR and GR for the graduate physics student as well as the graduate mathematics students.
Pure mathematics often loses sight of the ideas which motivated it and physics often loses the mathematical foundations from which it is built.
This book offers some level of mathematical formalism to the physics student while exposing the ideas motivating the mathematical concepts.
I particularly like how he builds up the mathematical machinery of GR by introducing sets then topology on this set giving a topological space. Now he adds in the ideas of a manifold which make this topological space look like Rn locally with the patches sewn together smoothly. The manifold comes equipped with tangent space, cotangent spaces and their product spaces giving tensor spaces. These are defined nicely with reference to component formalism as well as the multilinear algebra approach as maps from products spaces to the reals, etc. He delves into forms and tantalized the reader with deRham cohomology although doesnt go into it. He shows how these can be differentiated ( exterior derivative ) and integrated.
Now the metric is introduced giving a geometry. To this is added a connection which is independent of the metric and leads to notions of parallel transport and differentiation of tensors ( covariant derivative ). One sees that in a special case one can derive a unique connection from the metric ( Levi-Cevita ) which is used in GR.
Fibre bundles, Lie derivatives, pullbacks etc are introduced as needed.
He then presents some introductory GR material by applying the mathematics.
Wordy and WonderfulReview Date: 2006-12-12
Be warned that there are lots of mistakes in this first edition--you might want to wait for the second one.
Also, his chapter on cosmology is better than any I've seen.
Great Book But Won't Get You To The Promised LandReview Date: 2005-12-14
1. This is my fourth GR book.
2. I'm not hardcore into physics. I'm not a physic grad and I'm reading GR for fun. I have a decent graduate math background but I've been corrupted with 10+ years in working in various roles software engineering, electronics engineering and marketing.
3. I assume that since you're considering buying this book, you're goal is to get at the "real" GR, not the watered down discover channel version.
With these caveats in mind, here are my comments.
First, on a scale of 1-5, I rank Carroll at level 3 in terms of math/physics maturity and thoroughness. Here is my full ranking of authors from my limited reading: 1. schutz 2. hartle 3. penrose 3. carroll 4. wald 5. physics journal articles
Second, using the rankings above, I recommend Carroll as the second port of entry. If you're comfortable with multivariable calculus, start with schutz (#1). You'll get warm fuzzies doing the toy exercises. But Schutz is tensor/math-lite. If you've had advanced calculus and geometry already, jump in with carroll (#3). But you'll be hard-pressed to find anyone else as polite to the reader. He won't prepare you for 80 percent of what's published. If you're ready to throw off the training wheels and jump dive into mainstream GR go with Wald (#4).
Note that Hartle (#2) is a good "tweener" book with feel-good exercises and some of the full-on GR equations at the end. I bet most instructors teaching a first year grad course would go with Hartle along with a dose of supplementary material.
Third, don't expect Carroll to be your last GR book purchase if you want to reach the promised land (see caveat #4). Living and breathing GR is found in physics journals and for that you'll need Wald or another advanced GR book.
BY FAR the best book on GRReview Date: 2006-10-20
(Although I do also highly recommend Kay's (Schaum outline) "Tensor Calculus" for self study. The prima donnas don't like Kay's book because it "doesn't have enough theory." I suppose if a freshman calculus book does not have the Lebesgue integral defined in ti they'll complain about that too.)
Because, you can always skip through certain sections if the math is too heavy and go back through it later. And like I wrote earlier, you won't find a better introduction to the mathematical material than here.
Carroll should be given the Nobel prize for this book. If not in Physics, then in literature. I'd give this textbook 10 stars if I could.
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Great Book and Worth the Cost!Review Date: 2008-09-14
loved it!Review Date: 2008-06-11
Yes it's pricey, but it's also worth it!!
Excellent beginning film bookReview Date: 2008-05-16
"INFORMATIVE!"Review Date: 2008-02-13
outstanding!Review Date: 2007-11-14

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Great book for higher level coachesReview Date: 2007-01-10
a great bookReview Date: 2006-08-27
Must have for coaches!Review Date: 2008-04-08
Must readReview Date: 2007-07-11
The Holy GrailReview Date: 2005-10-08
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not even the rain has such small handsReview Date: 2008-02-27
It's e.e. cummings for heaven sakesReview Date: 2002-12-05
But what's to review - it's e.e. cummings, it's great
Now I must get back to my toboganning into know
Enjoy.
P.S. e.e. cummings was emphatic about his name being in lower case, so I do have to criticize the Editors of this book for putting his name in caps
e.e. rules!!!Review Date: 2003-09-08
EEEEEEEEECAPITALEEEEEEEEEEReview Date: 2003-04-08
Whoa, when'd this horse get so high. ooop
S.
"life is more true than reason will deceive"Review Date: 2002-04-06

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excellentReview Date: 2008-05-24
Under the Liberty OakReview Date: 2008-01-12
Delightful southern mysteryReview Date: 2007-12-27
FBI Agent Andrew Zeller is already in Liberty, investigating civil rights violations from that year. The night Hurricane Dora swept through Liberty, a terrible fire started in the black community. Everyone always assumed that lightning started the fire, but its origin is now being questioned.
Brittan Lee joins the investigation reluctantly. Always encouraged to believe they were just nightmares, she now has her memories validated and tries to remember what really happened that fateful night. As Liberty faces another hurricane, Brittan Lee finds herself in danger once again, as someone doesn't want that long-ago night's events revealed.
The suspense builds as repeated attempts are made on her life, leading to the stunning conclusion when Brittan Lee finally remembers the details of what really happened the night Beth Ann Hamilton disappeared.
Paige M. Cummings has beautifully recreated the turbulent times of civil rights unrest, revisiting the 1960's through Brittan Lee's memories. She writes with a strong southern voice, painting delightful sensory images. If you enjoy southern mysteries, you'll love this novel.
Under the Liberty Oak is a nominee for the Georgia Writer's Association's "Best First Novel"/Georgia Author of the Year award for 2007.
Reviewer: Alice Berger
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Wow!!!Review Date: 2007-11-08
Beautifully writtenReview Date: 2007-11-07
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