afterthought

[Otto]

----- Original Message -----
From: Kyle Winkler <taos_hum1 at hotmail.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 10:30 PM
Subject: afterthought


>
> has anyone read jeremy gray's bio on Hilbert and his 23 problems?
> it looks like it could be very good. i was just saying this because
> i am not the brightest on math or physics, an was looking for a
> beginners jumping point on him.
>

For me one beginners point to get into new physics, the wave-particle
indeterminacy, Schroedinger's Cat etc. has been Gary Zukav, "The Dancing Wu
Li Masters" (1979) -- recommended by the Professor who made me read Pynchon
in English (first GR, then CL49).

Otto