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The inventor of String Theory,
Michael Green, says,
"
I am rather jealous since
I would have liked to have
written this book myself!
"
. Since writing the book,
Brian Greene has become
a media celebrity and string
theorists are delighted that
their work has been exposed
to the public. The first printing
of the book sold out within a week
and Nortons went through four
printings in the first month!
We have a
page on this
remarkable book which
you have to read
as we approach the
twenty first century! There
is also a Fphysicstoday.html
page on all the
latest developments in Theoretical
Physics and the books which
explain them in a simple and
thorough way.
Although we are interested
in computer news and
science, you will find
Music, Communications,
and allied subjects on the
Hideaway Island site.
For example, you can find
out
how to increase your
intelligence by listening to
music or you can use our
multiple search engine page
,
or play a game of
Brickies
.
We have a
science page
, where selected news
can be found.
With so much information
about, we have difficulty
deciding what bits to include
but you may feel that our
Hideaway Island
Net News
and similar pages,
provide a limited and
selective enough
coverage for you.
In particular we like to
follow the trials and
tribulations of
"Our Bill", the
great Bill Gates who must
be uniquely the hero and
also to many people the
ogre of our age,
as he deals with his world
domination of our
real and virtual existence.
This is a very difficult
problem, similar to those
which giant corporations
may face
in the future.
We also have some
local Australian news
about events taking
place such as the
Noosa Film Festival
, and we even have
a Film Festival
Gossip
page
for those details which affect
people in Noosa. We have the
programs
of the
Noosa Music Society
1999 Chamber Concerts,
which feature some
excellent groups this year
and we hope to include
other events of interest
to us all. We will also
include selected links to
other local features as
the need arises.
If you have any
problems of a general
nature, our expertise
on Hideaway Island
amounts to Literature,
Comparative Literature,
Mathematics, Physics,
Theoretical Physics,
Engineering, Music,
teaching and lecturing.
We will be happy to
provide help and advice
if you email us.
You will notice that
we are affiliates of the
three largest internet
suppliers
of books and music.
We on Hideaway island
have bought literally
piles of stuff from the
oldest and best known
of the three,
Barnes
and Noble
, but by
now we
have all heard of the
great Cybersellers
Amazon.com who are
at the forefront of
internet marketing and
have some really neat
informative pages, for
example the
summary on the state
of modern physics.
CDNow has
recently combined with
MusicBoulevard to provide
a formidable array of services
and supplies. Their coverage
of all branches of music
is awesome! As we are
very interested in books
and music, we are happy
to limit ourselves to
these three internet dealers.
When you click on one of
the banners in this left
margin or anywhere else
on the Hideaway Island
site, you are immediately
passed to the suppliers
which are advertised.
You can use all their
services but you will
be dealing only
with them, not
with Hideaway Island.
If you are worried about
dealing with these suppliers,
the biggest in the world,
you can be assured that
they will soon be joined
by the rest of the retail
industry. Although we cannot
guarantee their service,
all three of these internet
suppliers will be aiming
to dominate the market
in the twenty first century
when internet selling will
be taken for granted. They
will therefore be very keen
to listen to any problems
you have and will be
trying to set up a system
which will satisfy their
most fastidious customers
in the future.
You can still use their
search facilities even if you are
merely looking for a book
to suggest to your local
or school library. However,
many of us find it
convenient to use the
full page search presentation
which lets us
select our areas of
interest more easily.
Welcome to
Hideaway Island!
On Hideaway Island,
we have taken our
Stephen Hawking
books off the coffee table
and replaced them with the
latest cult book by Brian
Greene,
"
The Elegant Universe
". How can a book
on the theoretical physics
of String Theory outsell
both the fantastic
The Whole Woman
by Germaine
Greer and that book on Monica
Lewinsky? We think it is
because it is written by a
relatively young - old for a
theoretical physicist unfortunately! -
enthusiastic academic
who is recognised as a person
who can explain complex
ideas to people who have
not studied much science.
This was confirmed when
we recently saw him explaining
string theory on PBS news.
"
Restabit fortis arare
placeto restat
"
Welcome to
Hideaway Island!
