Who is the author and what is his/her general background?

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Book Analysis Guidelines

Formatting:

?12-point Times New Roman font

Title page with just the title of your paper in 16-point font bold with your name below in

12-point font italics centered in the middle of your page.

?Double-spaced.

?Minimum 1,000 words.

Key Elements: All of these elements should be easily found in your analysis.

?Who is the author and what is his/her general background? Why might they have written this book?

?An explanation of the author’s thesis: What is the focus of this book? What was he trying to say?

?What struck you or stood out in this book and why? Be as reflective and thoughtful as you can. This is the soul of the paper.

?How does this book change/challenge the way you look at or think about some previously held belief about the world? If it did not change or challenge anything for you, then carefully explain why.

Final note:

After reading 2,000 book reviews over the years, I have a well-honed B.S. detector. Your grade on this assignment will, more than anything else, be based on the depth with which you read the book and the sincerity with which you reflect upon it. You can pick any popular physics book in the world, but here are a few good ones to choose from.

1.A Brief History of Time y Stephen Hawking (or anything else by this guy)

2.The Dancing Wu Li Masters by Gary Zukav

3.The Tao of Physics by Fritjof Capra

4.The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene

5.Surely You’re Joking Mr. Feynman by Richard Feynman

6. Genius by James Gleick

7. Parallel Worlds by Micchio Kaku (or anything else by this guy)

8. Spooky Action at a Distance: The Phenomenon That Reimagines Space and Time and What It Means for Black Holes, the Big Bang, and Theories of Everything by GeorgeMusser.

9.The Trouble with Physics by Leo Smolin

10. Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life by Helen Czerski.