Quote Originally Posted by Beeblebrox.420
You'd probably like Brian Green's books. I highly recommend The Elegant Universe. It explains superstring and M-theory in clear layman's terms with no difficult mathematical concepts (those are squirreled away in the appendices.)
thanks much, i'll definitely look into it...so it's the total opposite of Hawking's writing style huh? lol you have to be greek to understand that guy

yeah i've been amazed by this kinda stuff for a while, ever since i took a physics class...but after learning so much about astronomy, i think i've made a mistake being in school 3 years so far to learn about mechanical engineering...if i had the patience and wasn't so ready to be done with school, i'd turn all around and be an astronomer
jadeius Reviewed by jadeius on . cosmic rays nothing to do with marijuana in this thread, unfortunately. this topic struck interest in me the moment i heard it. it's a theory that invisible cosmic rays that come from outer space come down to Earth, where they are inhaled by human beings, World wide. the astronomers believe that these cosmic rays have the ability to destroy chromosomes in the dna strand...thus, altering the persons dna. suddenly this thought of being able to produce cosmic rays clouded my head. what if, we could Rating: 5