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How to know the mosses and liverworts: Pictured-keys for determining many of the North American mosses and liverworts with suggestons and aids for their study
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Hidden Glasgow.......2006-02-06

I found this to be an excellent book combining a guide to today's Glasgow with interesting facts about Glasgow's past. For anyone who feels they do not have the time to spend on a weighty tome, this is the perfect solution. A slim volume, written in a clear and concise style and well-illustrated. It makes you want to get out and explore hidden Glasgow for yourself.

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Hidden History of Glasgow's Women
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"Adam Rapp's brilliant and haunting story will break your heart. But then his words will mend it. . . . Absolutely unforgettable." - Michael Cart

On the run in a stolen car with a kidnapped baby in tow, Custis, Curl, and Boobie are three young people with deeply troubled pasts and bleak futures. As they struggle to find a new life for themselves, it becomes painfully clear that none of them will ever be able to leave the past behind. Yet for one, redemption is waiting in the unlikeliest of places.

With the raw language of the street and lyrical, stream-of-consciousness prose, Adam Rapp hurtles the reader into a world of lost children, a world that is not for the faint of heart. Gripping, disturbing, and starkly illuminating, his hypnotic narration captures the voices of two damaged souls - a third speaks only through drawings - to tell a story of alienation, deprivation, and ultimately, the saving power of compassion.

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Courtesy of Teens Read Too.......2006-10-21

Author and playwright Adam Rapp has created a masterful tale of woe in 33 SNOWFISH. With all of the trappings of "high literature" (there are stream-of-consciousness passages and multiple narrators), the author transcends the Problem Novel genre in this homage to Faulkner's As I Lay Dying.

Like many of Faulkner's novels, 33 SNOWFISH depicts society's lowest, common denominator while somehow managing to make these characters three-dimensional and fairly sympathetic. They are at once repulsive and pitiful; the reader is drawn into their lives much like commuters passing by a car wreck. One cannot help but look or want to lend a hand.

This is the story of Custis, Curl, and Boobie, two teen runaways and one pre-teen. Each has a myriad of issues and a litany of anti-social behaviors that include pyromania, murder, prostitution, robbery, kidnapping, and weapon possession. We are dragged along on their ill-fated journey, where we learn about their past while watching them in the disastrous present. That the author finds a way to redeem one of the characters by the end of the story is a remarkable and credible feat.

Many reviewers issue a disclaimer about 33 SNOWFISH due to the lives of kids on the street being so graphically and dispassionately outlined. There are many adult themes and some profanity. This book is not for the squeamish. But neither is it a trite, formulaic, sensationalistic bombshell; every word, every paragraph, and every page is essential to the journey of these characters, even though only one meets an end that is appealing.

Rapp is to be commended for not "dumbing down" a story of the street for a wider readership. Many other young adult novels have a didactic message that is cumbersome and cliché, sounding a warning as loud as a tuba, leaving nothing for the reader to reflect upon. But 33 SNOWFISH is that rare book that is art for the sake of art, that makes the reader think for the message, that makes its audience reach for the gift of understanding, and the novel does it without wasting any words or pages.

Faulkner's fans and his detractors will appreciate this novel, as will young adult readers. Highly recommended.

Reviewed by: Mark Frye, author and reviewer

The Dark Survivors at Society's Fringes.......2006-09-10

Adam Rapp has written another crisp one. It's the language, especially, that grips you and makes you eat your tears and laughter. From the first line -- "On top of everything else, Boobie's got the clap." -- I found myself devouring each next line in search of a gem. Here are a few:

"That hat of his was so orange it looked like it would have vitamin C in the flaps."

"There was so much blood on Boobie's shirt you could smell the metal in it, and it wasn't coming from the baby, because the baby was cleaner than a Christmas card."

"Boobie just stopped and stood there for a minute and looked up at the sky, which was so black it was like God burnt it."

"It's like there ain't no real life inside a place if you don't got no table."

"The sun was getting weak and everything was starting to look like metal."

Boobie, Custis, and Curl are painted with the freshest of brushes and rarest of strokes. What's particularly amazing is the way everything in this depraved world feels so cool and clean through Custis' eyes. Even though they're on the run from the police because of what Boobie did to his parents and are looking for a rich family to sell Boobie's baby brother to, he holds out hope that his gat, the Skylark, and Curl's trick money are somehow going to hold their lives together.

This novel "wasn't sad like tears are sad. It's sad like the weather is sad when you think it's spring but then one of those cold rains comes." While we don't usually get to experience the lives of the dark survivors at society's fringes, 33 SNOWFISH is Adam Rapp's way of showing us ourselves in the souls of the broken. It's clear that the more worries the heart has, the smaller and dimmer it gets, and that it might get snuffed out if not given the right amount of hope at just the right time.

Reviewed by Jonathan Stephens

Unreadable........2006-04-21

Adam Rapp, 33 Snowfish (Candlewick, 2003)

There should be a warning label on novels written in dialogue, or at the very least a glossary a la A Clockwork Orange at the back. While Rapp's protagonists here speak in somewhat recognizable English, a good deal of what they say simply makes no sense, and the slang they're using is never explained. This leads very quickly to an unreadable book.

In it three teens-- Boobie, Curl, and Custis-- are on a trip. Where? They don't know. They plan to raise some money by selling Boobie's infant brother, whom they've kidnapped and taken with them.

The seeds of something that could have been brilliant. For all the book's unreadability, the characters are well-drawn and mostly distinct, with appealing quirks and depths of amorality rarely found in adult novels, much less stuff penned for the teen set. I'm fond (too much so, perhaps) of depravity for the sake of depravity, but Rapp has written the book so that the reader is forced to sift through acres of slang terms to get to the point, which obviously dilutes the very point he's trying to make (not to mention the imagery associated with it); a hard read for all the wrong reasons. Not worth your time. (zero)

33 SnowFish.......2006-01-20

33 Snowfish

At first, this book looked like it should have been burned. If you look at the book's title and cover illustrations had me thinking that I probably shouldn't read this novel. Surprisingly, the story's first page was very catchy. The thing about this book is the use of language because it's gritty and harsh, just how life is. The first sentence of the book goes "On top of everything else, Boobie's got the clap". Author Adam Rapp has the main character, Custis, a 13 year old boy, tell the truth about his life exactly how it is, an orphan on the streets, no sugar coating it! Curl is a 15 year old drug-addicted prostitute that has a peculiarly happy disposition given the position that she's in. Boobie is a troubled 19 year old boy, obsessed with fire. The best part of this book is the way that the author has three sides to the story, each of the main characters, and blend them so fluently. This hopeless-turned-dark story had me on edge from page one...READ IT!

eeuch..........2005-04-18

This is one of those truly horrifying books that I amazed myself by reading. It deals with the many problems in today's society including drugs, racism and poverty. It is mainly the story of a racist young boy who spends time with a prostitute/drug addict and her boyfriend (also a drug addict) who murdered both his parents. I consider reading to be a hobby of mine. However, I derived no enjoyment from this book, granted it is well written and contains many important messages but it was also harsh and a depressing read. However, the ending was most satifying as it restores hope in people after an entire book about their grievous faults. The story is compelling and made me feel grateful for what I have.

It is interesting and educational yet heartbreaking.

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BL Provides comprehensive coverage of the applications of gas chromatography An extremely important analytical tool, this technique has wide applications in the chemical, biological, and clinical fields. It is unsurpassed in its employment for the detection, identification, and quantification of trace substances in many fields. The book clearly demonstrates the diversity of gas chromatography including its uses in petroleum exploration, environmental analysis and toxicology. With clear, easy-to-follow protocols the book leads the inexperienced user through each technique step-by-step. Bringing together a wide range of areas for which gas chromatography is a valuable tool, this volume will be indispensable for scientists and clinicians in fields ranging from environmental science to medicine.

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Finally, someone is going to explain Einstein's theory of relativity in layman's terms, without getting mired in overly heavy discussion or formal mathematics. In Relativity Demystified, key definitions, examples, and results join the trusted exercises that have made the Demystified series so successful in all subject areas.

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A Bumpy Ride but Well Worth the Effort.......2007-09-02

While this is not exactly the "learning of relativity at the speed of light" the book advertises, unlike many others of the Demystified series, this volume does indeed have its high points.

The lead up to Einstein's Field Equations -- although the notational gymnastics and some of the mathematics was daunting -- is nevertheless first class. It gives the reader a very much-needed window into the role the Linear Algebra notion of mathematical mappings and transformations -- especially as viewed from the point of view of "basis vectors," through "one forms," and on to "partial derivatives of Tensor Calculus" -- play in bootstrapping one's way up from the local Newtonian/Euclidian frame of reference to the more generalized space-time Reimann/Malinowsky frame. And most importantly, it shows by carefully selected examples and exercises how tensor calculus takes over from Linear Algebra in moving from the more local Newtonian/Euclidian frame to the more generalized space-time frame.

In fact, reading between the lines of the book, one could argue that the whole of understanding the mechanics of relativity is grasping fully this single concept: of how to move mathematically from reference frame to reference frame -- that is, from inertial frames moving relative to one another in the Euclidian world to doing the same in the Space-time world.

Doing this is not easy either conceptually or mathematically but is a necessity for getting from Newtonian to Einsteinian physics. If the reader learns to appreciate that the heavy-duty mathematics is required only for this task, and only in this light, then the ride will be infinitely easier.

Even in Taylor and Wheeler's very down to earth treatment of relativity (in their "Spacetime Physics"), this kind of understanding is left in the background for the reader to infer and to ferret out on his own. A great deal of time is save in the earlier chapters of this volume by forcing the reader to understand early on why working ones way gradually up the ladder to the tensor Calculus is necessary: so that he is better able do all of the mathematical heavy-lifting seamlessly, later.

One word of caution to the reader, which also is my only serious criticism of the book: The written dialogue is painfully sparse, so every word must be read carefully, weighed and parsed for its full meaning. It is helpful to read the book three times: First as an overview to see where the author is headed; and then a second time to understand the mathematical content -- especially the dizzy array of notations -- and then finally to put all the pieces together. That is, read it a third time just to confirm that one understands fully how the larger concepts match up with the corresponding mathematics.

It seems much easier for the authors of physics and mathematical texts to roll out reams of equations than to give just the minimal explanations about how these equations relate to the underlying concepts they are supposed to explain and describe. Why leave such important connections to the reader?

Realizing that this is not a book of prose, still it would be helpful sometimes to give ample and clearly written explanations, with even (god forbid), a little repetition from time to time, just as a guide so that the reader can confirm that he is making the correct interpretations along the way.

Anyway, I am hooked on the Demystified Series and hope this book will be great preparation for the upcoming Demystified volume on String Theory.

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Good coverage of topics but not for first time study -- Need better editing work before release.......2007-08-13

This book covered a lot of the practical topics in GR. The writing is quite easy to understand. In some places, it seems to be too short. For example, the explanation of the basis in coordinate basis is not very clear. [Just refer to Carroll] However, be careful if you are the first time study in GR. You should get one of the other standard books, like Schutz, Weinberg, MTW(Misner, Thorne, Wheeler) otherwise, you will not be able to move too far in this area. Also, I really hope the editor/author can do a bit more thorough job in proof reading before releasing the book. There are many places where you could find sign errors or the indices placement are not correct. For example, the definition of Christoffel Sympbol in terms of metric and also the definition of symmetrization and also the -ve sign in the proper time definition....If you already know about the subject matter, this is not a bad reference book, just a bit tiring in keeping track of these minor errors.

Good Series, But This Book Is Questionable.......2007-06-14

I've purchased a whole book shelf of the Demystified series, though I've only just started using them. As a former physics undergrad, these books at least *appear* to offer a level of treatment that I can handle as I wade back into the subject. The one I've been using the most is Differential Equations Demystified, and I've found that very helpful so far.

*This* book, however -- General Relativity Demystified -- proved somewhat of a disappointment. Basically, before you can get into the physics, you have to get some handle on the mathematics of Tensors, which is covered in the early chapters, but I simply found the treatment opaque. I'm planning to get some other books on Tensors and study them carefully. Then I plan to return to this book, and see if the later parts of the book -- which deal with the physics -- prove to be accessible, once I have the tensor math down.

Possibly, if the author rewrote the early part of the book to clarify the tensor discussion, he might still have a hit here. As I say, though, other books in the series look pretty good, and I'm very happy with the DfEQ Demystified book, which I've really been working my way through and learning something in the process.

No Royal Road.......2007-06-13

As a holder two degrees in Physics(BS and MS)a word of caution to any layperson who is tempted to buy this book, thinking it will offer a royal road to easily understanding Einstein's Relativity;it won't. Some books are written to teach; this book was written to impress others - in my opinion.

Only for graduates........2007-05-07

"without getting mired in overly heavy discussion or formal mathematics"

"Now anyone can grasp Einstein's great theory of relativity -- without formal training"

Excuse me ?!

This is a quote from the cover of the book, an d from the description here in amazon..

"without formal training"

I guess a Bsc in physics isn't called a formal training, otherwise I can not understand how normal people can understand it.

the book is FILLED WITH HEAVY graduate math.
actually top notch math.

you have to know Index terminolgy, you have to know Tensor matrixes, by heart
u have to know physics (at least a Bsc degree to START understanding what is going on there.)

This Book description Is nothing but a plain lie.

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You don't have to be an Einstein to understand Einstein
Perfect for the Interested Layman
A thorough summary of SR
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Simply Einstein: Relativity Demystified
Richard Wolfson
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With this reader-friendly book, it doesn't take an Einstein to understand the theory of relativity and its remarkable consequences.

In clear, understandable terms, physicist Richard Wolfson explores the ideas at the heart of relativity and shows how they lead to such seeming absurdities as time travel, curved space, black holes, and new meaning for the idea of past and future. Drawing from years of teaching modern physics to nonscientists, Wolfson explains in a lively, conversational style the simple principles underlying Einstein's theory.

Relativity, Wolfson shows, gave us a new view of space and time, opening the door to questions about their flexible nature: Is the universe finite or infinite? Will it expand forever or eventually collapse in a "big crunch"? Is time travel possible? What goes on inside a black hole? How does gravity really work? These questions at the forefront of twenty-first-century physics are all rooted in the profound and sweeping vision of Albert Einstein's early twentieth-century theory. Wolfson leads his readers on an intellectual journey that culminates in a universe made almost unimaginably rich by the principles that Einstein first discovered.

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Nope, Sorry. Keep looking........2007-03-16

I bought this book with the hope that the reviews were true. Oops. Wolfson has a problem with two things: punctuation and clarity. The punctuation can be forgiven as the overexuberance of the non-professional writer. (His use of exclamation points reminds me of a bad paper in a freshman lit. course.) The main problem here is his clarity. He's just not good at explaining things. Further, he has a tendency to meander away from the point and toward minutiae. The result is that the reader is left muttering, 'Hey wait a minute...Go Back. WHY is it that way?' The book promises to clarify relativity - and while it's clear that the author is just having a wonderful time - the book fails. Keep looking.

You don't have to be an Einstein to understand Einstein.......2005-03-02

As this book makes clear, everything is not relative - but I would say that Richard Wolfson's attempt to describe Einstein's theories and their implications is relatively successful. He takes you toward Einsteinian thought one step at a time. First, he gives you a grounding in Newtonian physics, then walks you through Einstein's special theory of relativity, using a number of examples designed to simplify your conceptualization of ideas that tend to go against common sense thinking, and then he attempts to summarize Einstein's general theory of relativity - which, by its nature, is more difficult to expound upon using models and logical examples. Finally, he touches upon some of the implications of the general theory of relativity, giving the reader a quick trek through the notions of black holes, the future of the universe, and other largely astrophysical theories and concepts.

Simply Einstein is written for a layman audience, but it is by no means an easy read. I really believe you have to have at least some affinity with mathematics and logic in order to really grasp what Wolfson is saying. Of course, those with no such affinity will - I feel safe to say - never even think about reading a book such as this. Wolfson works very hard to provide numerous examples of the theories and concepts of Einsteinian thought, but you can't just breeze through these things and expect to have everything click into place automatically; oftentimes, you have to stop, review, and ponder what you have just read in order to truly get a handle on things. Wolfson's examples are, it seems to me, two-edged swords of a kind. If you know absolutely nothing about relativity, they are quite good and certainly helpful. If, however, you already have some familiarity with the space-time paradoxes of Einsteinian thought (the twin paradox, for example, or the space and time "distortions" of near-light speed travel), a few of Wolfson's examples muck up the water, at least temporarily - you basically have to forget what relativity theory you already know and start again from scratch in order to fully grasp what the author is attempting to show with each example.

Wolfson does do a great job demonstrating the significant differences between Newtonian physics and Einsteinian physics (as well as clearing up popular misconceptions about both subjects), and his information on gravity is enlightening and informative. By the time he gets around to stating that gravity is not a force per se, he has built the foundation upon which he can prove why this is the case. Going further, this allows him to offer an excellent explanation of the curvature of space-time owing to the presence of matter or energy throughout the universe.

If you just want to read about black holes and other fascinating aspects of the universe, this isn't the book for you. That kind of discussion is rather protracted here and comes only after a lot of theory has been introduced and described in some detail. Of course, to truly understand the strangest and most fascinating aspects of our universe, you really do need to have a decent grasp on the general theory of relativity, and this book makes for an excellent introduction to that very subject.

Perfect for the Interested Layman.......2004-12-16

Simply Einstein is the best layman's (people such as me) guide to relativity that I have come across in my attempts to gain some understanding of the subject. I have been a science fiction fan since the early Star Trek days and assumed inter-stellar travel's certainty sometime in the near future. I was quite disappointed when a college friend became the bearer of bad news and told me that faster than light travel is impossible. Nearly as disappointing, as I learned more through the years, is the enormous difficulty of getting anywhere near the speed of light. Since then I have been instantly attracted to any article that discusses ways of getting around relativity. Needless to say Einstein's theories have held a fascination for me despite my educational background lacking even a high school physics course and no math past second year algebra. I have enjoyed numerous PBS specials, which touched on the subject as well as books such as The Idiots Guide to Understanding Einstein and E=MC2. Both are excellent and deserve high reviews. My attempts to understand relativity has been an occasional intellectual exercise for me in the same way that others enjoy puzzles, but the success of my efforts has been limited and elusive as touching a cloud.

I purchased Simply Einstein at an Einstein exhibit that has been touring the country. Don't miss it if it comes to your area! Many of the exhibits seemed to be inspired by this book. The author in over approximately 300 pages builds the case for relativity with the aid of a series of analogies and diagrams. He also periodically sums up the main points needed to understand in a clear and concise manner and repeats himself many times to make it sink in and remind the reader. This eliminates the problem of many similar books in which the critical points are stated once or are in a forest difficult to see because of the trees. Understanding the material in Simply Einstein is not a breeze, but if the reader is willing to put in the time and carefully study the examples, a higher level of understanding will be the reward. I am a long way from true understanding, but the level of mystery has been significantly reduced. The success of this book to me is demonstrated by my having reread it twice since buying it a couple of months ago. Perhaps the most satisfying part is at the end when the author remarks that due to the limitations of the human mind, relativity is something he cannot fully understand and doubts Einstein did either.

A thorough summary of SR.......2004-06-01

If you want to know more about relativity, at Amazon.com you can purchase lots of books. But where do you start?

Perhaps you have heard about general relativity [GR]. You might think you first have to learn GR. And then special relativity [SR] treats the special, more difficult cases of GR. That's wrong. Start with the relatively easy SR and then try the far more difficult GR. There are several books that treat SR at a level any intelligent person can handle. Most of them avoid mathematics. That's a pity. Mathematics aren't difficult in SR.

My introduction to SR was as follows:

I started with Relativity Visualized [Lewis Carroll Epstein] to acquire some feeling with SR.

Then I jumped to Space and Time in Special Relativity [N. David Mermin] that introduces lots of logical examples and thought experiments, I liked very much. After reading this book you are able to make your own thought experiments, which makes you more critical when reading 'other' books. Mermin shows you the difference between relativistic effects and non-relativistic effects of light traveling. Most books forget about this.

The next book was Understanding Relativity [Leo Sartori] who did a very good job on explaining Lorentz transformation and the corresponding spacetime diagrams.

I also read The Elegant Universe [Brian Greene] which is probably the best science book ever for a non-scientist. After reading about Calabi-Yau spaces you wonder what is the problem with understanding SR. I also read parts of Spacetime Physics [Taylor Wheeler] and I must say, Richard Wolfson explains some details of this book in a better way.

So Simply Einstein [Richard Wolfson] is a book I think is suitable for the more experienced reader in SR. It might not be the book to start with. Try some other books first. This book provides a very thorough summary of SR when you get lost in the other books. But after reading this book I was sure. Something is missing in educating SR and GR.

In SR most authors try to avoid mathematics while authors of GR books think you know everything about tensor calculus. At this moment I do not understand GR yet. SR is four dimensional, but spacetime diagrams are mostly two dimensional for easier understanding. Why can't GR books treat the subject two dimensional to start with? If anyone knows a books that fills the gap between SR an GR I would be glad to know.

Back to Wolfson's book. Wolfson did very well by, e.g. explaining time dilation mathematically and telling you difference between sound waves and electromagnetic waves with respect to relativity. But, as far as I know, no book deals with time dilation in conjunction with length contraction. I developed my own thought experiments. I hope to find in one of the Amazon books the solution to the problem I created.

Imagine a train, with a length of 180 meter, moving at 0.6c. The train goes forward 180 meter every microsecond. That makes calculations easy. Ground observers measure the length of the train contracted, 144 meters. As far as I know no book deals with the fact how contraction takes place. If contraction happens symmetrically [which I can prove it should] then, an acceleration of the train of 0.2c in 0.2 microseconds will contract the train to 108 meters. The middle of the train will move on with an average speed of 0.7c or 42 meters in 0.2 microseconds. Due to the contraction the back end of the train will be positioned at 54 meter from the middle of the train. This means that the back end of the train has moved 42 meter [during the time of acceleration] plus [72-54 = 18 meter] while contracting = 60 meter in 0.2 microseconds. If this happens the back end of the train moves at the speed of light, as measured by the ground observers. That is not possible. So one way or another time must act differently when the train is accelerating. And that is just the theme of GR.

Which author handles this theme and can provide a bridge between SR and GR? Where can I find examples on accelerating trains and the warping of time? Maybe in Richard Wolfson's new book? I'm waiting for it.

Worth reading twice.......2003-10-19

This is the best book I've read on Relativity. I think I understood all of it. The author emphasizes that the terminology you use can confuse people --- clocks don't really run slow, for example, it's just that your frame of reference is different so it seems that way.

The author does a good job explaining that gravity is a curve in spacetime. The book is full of helpful diagrams. I'm glad I found this one. Understanding Relativity is not easy, and even the smartest scientists have trouble explaining it. Wolfson got it right.

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Relativity Demystified
David Mcmahon
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Love & Its Meaning in the World
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