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For those unfamiliar, John Baez is great. One of the few people who seems to have a good, highly connected understanding across most/all of modern physics. This
by centimeter 6y ago
For those unfamiliar, John Baez is great. One of the few people who seems to have a good, highly connected understanding across most/all of modern physics. This is very rare even among physicists. He's also credited in a lot of excellent ([hard] science fiction) books by Greg Egan.
- cambalache 6y agoJohn is fantastic, not only a nice person with absolutely zero ego, he has brain and heart and he has such a deep love for science, a funny writer too. Anything that he writes (TWIMP,his diary,his blog Azimuth, n-category cafe, his book ) is highly recommended. This is a must read for the aspiring mathematician or physicist: https://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/books.html https://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/books.html Bonus points for being the nephew of Joan Baez.
- moralestapia 6y agoAn opinion for an opinion, From my (first-hand) experience with him, he is quite egotistical and I definitely wouldn't describe his manner as "hearthly". That does not change anything regarding his accomplishments and insights, though.