Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction

Simply the best audiobook I heard on the subject. Very complete, concise and updated to the latest findings. May be hard to follow at the last chapters for a layman like me but with repeated listening I truly learnt a lot from this.

I had to read this book twice, I didn't pick up everything the first time though. But the second time I understood almost all.

Very interesting, but I found it difficult to keep up with the numbers, symbols and equations audibly. The quality of the reading and the subject are excellent - this is just one of those books that should be read.

Don't get me wrong, I learned a LOT from this book. I'll probably read it a few more times to absorb more. (I can do that easily since it isn't very long!) But, the section with all the equations is almost impossible to understand in audio format. Still, it was interesting to learn a little more about particle physics and how it relates to the big bang and the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, which was not yet running at the time of writing.

...a download of some charts and diagrams would help. I had to rewind countless times just to attempt to visualize the multitude of particles, their behaviors and relationships. The book is good. It is informational. However, at times, especially when the narrator should sloooow down a bit, the really good stuff floods me as a tsunami would. Fast and unexepected. I will need to re-listen to this book a few more times to catch what I have missed.

Every review I have read on this page (to date) has been accurate concerning this book. Believe them. This is a worthwhile listen. Just brush up on your shorthand and be prepared with a pencil and some scratch paper.

I'm not sure whether it's the book itself or the narration style, but I'm having trouble following the content. The narrator breaks his sentences oddly, rather like a teacher pausing so the students can catch up with their note taking. I got this one on one of the $4.95 sales, and it's worth that much, but I'm glad I didn't spend a whole credit on it. Still, the topic is fascinating, the author doesn't take any fore-knowledge for granted, and the explanations are clear and sometimes a bit too concise.

it is complete...although described as 'short' - As compact a book as the bonds between quarks...you cannot listen to this book with your eyes open or walking your dog.

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It's fine, a real pro, like one is not frequently found with Audible books readers. His breathing is impeccable, considering the difficulty of the material read.

'the whole enchilada in the shortest possible time.

A graphic companion to show numbers, since numbers do not register well in the audio mode -

I love science stuff, and I was drawn to the name because I thought I knew a lot. I have actually listen to this a few times because of all the things I did not know , and had now clue about. This book has taken a very complicated and hard to understand mega Science and breaks it down for us that want to know, but just can not go to college for 8 years to lean. It was a great book.

I have listened to it several times, to gain a better understanding of the physics. I would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to gain an overall understanding of particle physics.

The various descriptions of the particle accelerators, the leptons, the quarks and the force particles.

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Not really, it is a non-fiction text.

A PDF with a few diagrams would be very helpful for this subject matter.

I learned a lot in a reasonably short time.
The person has to have some basic knowledge of physics (you probably have it, if you were interested in the book in the first place)

I can't explain it, but I'm discovering that listening works very well for me.

No. It is somewhat dense. You'd better digest each chapter.