Comments on: Q Score http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/04/16/q-score/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:04:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Not Even Wrong » Blog Archive » Experimentalists 1, Theorists 0 http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/04/16/q-score/#comment-314905 Not Even Wrong » Blog Archive » Experimentalists 1, Theorists 0 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:32:22 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/04/16/q-score/#comment-314905 [...] to participate in a short stupid comedy skit making fun of science and scientists. See here, here and here, for reports on Wednesday’s “Root of All Evil” show from Comedy Central, [...] [...] to participate in a short stupid comedy skit making fun of science and scientists. See here, here and here, for reports on Wednesday’s “Root of All Evil” show from Comedy Central, [...]

]]> By: andy.s http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/04/16/q-score/#comment-314829 andy.s Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:10:05 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/04/16/q-score/#comment-314829 I see your book is $84, down from $106. Normally, I'd rant about the cost of textbooks here, but it's pretty much always been that way. MTW cost me about $40 in 1982. I see it's about $120 now. That sounds bad but it's only about 4% annual inflation. I see your book is $84, down from $106.

Normally, I’d rant about the cost of textbooks here, but it’s pretty much always been that way. MTW cost me about $40 in 1982. I see it’s about $120 now.

That sounds bad but it’s only about 4% annual inflation.

]]> By: Sean http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/04/16/q-score/#comment-314823 Sean Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:22:29 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/04/16/q-score/#comment-314823 Our bit wasn't scripted at all. Nor, I have to say, was it very funny. Perhaps the show needs some time to find its groove. Our bit wasn’t scripted at all. Nor, I have to say, was it very funny. Perhaps the show needs some time to find its groove.

]]> By: Clifton Moore http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/04/16/q-score/#comment-314819 Clifton Moore Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:34:12 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/04/16/q-score/#comment-314819 Was it at all difficult to not laugh with Andy Kindler yelling at you? I think the show would be a great deal more funny if it wasn't so scripted. Was it at all difficult to not laugh with Andy Kindler yelling at you? I think the show would be a great deal more funny if it wasn’t so scripted.

]]> By: eric gisse http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/04/16/q-score/#comment-314786 eric gisse Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:49:36 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/04/16/q-score/#comment-314786 Your textbook is far more enjoyable than MTW if only because it doesn't hurt my hand to hold it for awhile. Your textbook is far more enjoyable than MTW if only because it doesn’t hurt my hand to hold it for awhile.

]]> By: Sili http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/04/16/q-score/#comment-314777 Sili Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:24:49 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/04/16/q-score/#comment-314777 I promise I'll buy your book. Once I've reread my analysis, complex analysis, PDE, geometry and algebra books that I haven't even opened in three years. Can't remember a word of it ... I promise I’ll buy your book.

Once I’ve reread my analysis, complex analysis, PDE, geometry and algebra books that I haven’t even opened in three years. Can’t remember a word of it …

]]> By: nc http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/04/16/q-score/#comment-314775 nc Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:12:31 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/04/16/q-score/#comment-314775 About your Amazon ranking, try introducing a full theory of quantum gravity into the next edition (from which general relativity emerges as a classical approximation). I borrowed your book from the library, but promise to buy a copy when the price comes falls! I know some people are reading your competitor, Sir Kevin Aylward's General Relativity for Teletubbies, http://www.kevinaylward.co.uk/gr/reimann/reimann.html Maybe you should follow suite, and spice up your text when it's reprinted? About your Amazon ranking, try introducing a full theory of quantum gravity into the next edition (from which general relativity emerges as a classical approximation).

I borrowed your book from the library, but promise to buy a copy when the price comes falls! I know some people are reading your competitor, Sir Kevin Aylward’s General Relativity for Teletubbies, http://www.kevinaylward.co.uk/gr/reimann/reimann.html

Maybe you should follow suite, and spice up your text when it’s reprinted?

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