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From: lucius@tardis.UUCP (Lucius Chiaraviglio)
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Subject: Superforce by Davies(?)?  (better-written than last posting)
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	Has anyone read or heard of a book called SUPERFORCE by Davies (I
think that's the last name; I can't remember the first name)?  I know what the
book is about to a rough approximation but I don't know how credible it is.  I
was wondering whether it was worth my $16.95.

	It purports to be a book on a theory (or theories) about unification
of the "fundamental forces" (strong, electromagnetic, weak, and gravitational)
and about the recent theories of how spacetime is constructed, with 11 dimen-
sions, 7 of which are too tightly curved to see with current technology (an
article on this appeared in the latest Scientific American -- it was quite
uninformative).  However, it also says things like if we could gain control
of the dimensions beyond our 3 spatial ones we would become Lords of the
Universe.  Now, the book might actually have something to support this as-
sertion, but in my past experience, this kind of thing goes with pseudo-
scientific quackery.

	I got the above from reading the thing on the inside of the cover and
looking at the table of contents.  I have not had a chance to read any of the
book itself, however, especially since I have not bought it yet because I don't
know if it is worth buying.  That is why I would like to hear the opinion(s) of
anyone who has read some or all of this book about whether or not it is worth
getting.

				-- Lucius Chiaraviglio
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