The Big and the Small discussion

This is where you get to tell us about yourself and your interests. Remember, we're all the stuff of stars!

Literally...

So I'll kick it off, I'm your average sci-fi buff. Been one since a kid back when I began watching science fiction Saturday cinema on television. Then George Lucas blew my mind with ideas of galaxies far far away. At the age of thirteen, an uncle gave me a book called, Cosmos, by a guy named, Carl Sagan. Well, that was a bit heavy for me at that age--and to tell the truth it is still something I am trying to get my head around--but I plowed through it and was the better for the attempt. Now admittedly, math has never been my strong suit, I'm more literature orientated, yet I don't let my deficiencies in math hold me back in my pursuit of learning about the myriad aspects of our universe. If only from a laymen's point of view, I feel I can still appreciate the elegance of how the small dictates the big.

And so, I watch shows such as The Universe and Scifi Science. I read books by likes of Michio Kaku, Leanard Susskind and Brian Greene which are geared for the non-scientist enthusiast. And I make liberal use of the web. So armed with just enough knowledge to be dangerous, I enjoy on my off time, writing hard science fiction. Writers whom I hope to emulate, would be Larry Niven, Poul Anderson and Ben Bova. Who knows, one day you might even see my own name in print, writing about man exploring the methane shrouded atmospheres of Titan or skating the event horizon of a black hole!

When one has the universe as one's canvas, anything is possible.

I think my reading list pretty much sums up what I'm about. I read what I passionately care about.

Hello =) I'm Katie and I am probably not smart enough for any of these books but I'd like to try, anyway.

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i love all science hold a few alevels in maths physics and chemistry, just love to talk about new theorys and ideas, it would be nice to have a conversation were people dont run scared when i mention string theory or quantum machnics. so hope this group gets goin again and speak soon

I am a physics major.Popsci books got me into this. Though I do understand the mathematical language to a good degree, I sometimes go back to reading the simpler stuff without all the math. Hope to get some good recommendations from here.