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This is a good introduction to physics and its many sub-topics, but does not explore any of them too deeply. For an intro, it's great!The only problem I've had with this book is with some of the practice problems — there were times when it was diffic ...more "
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― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
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― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
“But when the fairy sang the whole world listened to him. Stephen felt clouds pause in their passing; he felt sleeping hills shift and murmur; he felt cold mists dance. He understood for the first time that the world is not dumb at all, but merely waiting for someone to speak to it in a language it understands. In the fairy’s song the earth recognized the names by which it called itself.”
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― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
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― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
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