Barry Parker

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i want to thank u about the great information on this site
and i just finished your book (Cosmic Time Travel) and i like it too much , its have great information about the relativity and the black hales , i believe on most of it .
thanks again

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I read CAOS IN THE COSMOS and I loved it. Imagine another book about caos and interdisciplinarity, a book with many authors writing haow caos may happen in their diferents disciplines.

Thanks for your letter. I replied via email. Barry Parker

Hi Professor Parker, I looked up your website because I am thoroughly enjoying your book, QUANTUM LEGACY. Not too far into the book, I noticed an interesting typographical error. You wrote on page 24 in the last paragraph before the section “SIZE OF THE ATOM”, In 1911 Amedeo Avogadro showed that at a fixed temperature and pressure, equal volumes of different gases were proportional the same number of molecules. The year Avogadro wrote his hypothesis ,that under identical pressures and temperatures, equal volumes of gases are proportional by weight or mass , was 1811. Avogadro never calculated the number named after him. A physical chemist named Perrin did the first modern highly accurate determination. In 1909 in a paper Perrin wrote showing that Einstein’s mathematical theory of Brownian motion in fact did correspond to reality, he suggested that the number now named after Avogadro actually be named in honor of Avogadro for his 1811 hypothesis. In 1926 Perrin received the Nobel Prize in physics for various experiments that more accurately defined Avogadro’s number and of course for his work validating Einstein’s mathematical work on Brownian motion along with putting the atomic/molecular theory of particles on a very strong foundation. The Germans were not very happy with bestowing this honor on Avogadro because they felt that Avogadro was only a theorist and it was Josef Loschmidt, an Austrian teacher of high school chemistry, who in 1865 did the hard part by determining an actual number of molecules for a cubic centimeter of a gas under STP. I guess in order to sooth ruffled feathers, if not national pride, we now have Na in Avogadro’s honor and the constant L in honor of Loschmidt. I got out of high school hating science. Forty years later, science in general and physics in particular is my main avocation. Actually it is more than that, it gives some meaning to life. In college I was very lucky to have a really great Astronomy professor, Tom Matthews, who rekindled my interest in science. He was also modest. It was only years later that I realized the role he played in discovering quasars. My biggest problem with the way we teach high school science is we are still using a 19th century methodology that was already shown by the middle of the 20th century to be an abject failure to supposedly get teens to love science. I cannot think of a liberal arts course whose goal is to teach the student how to be a novelist, a politician, a historian, or whatever, yet we still are trying to make little scientists out of students in high school, with disastrous results. Books like yours do a positive good because they are entertaining as well as informative and they show that one does not need math to be culturally literate in something as arcane as quantum mechanics. It’s a shame the educators do not realize that. Mark Twain had it right when he advised one not to confuse education with intelligence. Mike Alexander Email: atomicbohr@yahoo.com



Dear Barry, Thank you for your compassion and advice. I also found this from Arthritis Reseach and Thearpy. I will have to do some more research on this also. Frankincense provides relief to arthritis sufferers. This is from a Bio Med press release July 28, 08. Thank you again for your time and knowledge. God love you, Ruthie

Dear Ruthie: In reply to your letter, it sounds like you have been through a lot and I wish I could do more to help. It is, indeed, likely that your pain is due to inflammation. The major ways to fight inflammation are through the foods that you eat, getting sufficient sleep, exercising, and of course by taking the appropriate drugs, particularly prednisone and NSAIDS. In relation to foods, it's important to get sufficient omega-3, and it comes mostly from fish. Also, make sure you get enough whole grains, vegetables, friut and nuts; they are all helpful. You'll have to talk to your doctor about NSAIDS and prednisone. I'm sorry I can't give you more detailed advice. All the best. Barry Parker

Dear Professor, I just read your article on The Extreme Dangers of Chronic Inflamation. I had TMJ surgery in 1984 and a silastic/silicone implant was left in for 5 months and was ground through upon removal. (It had Failed) I now suffer extreme pain and have chronic inflamation and my latest MRI in May shows silicone in my joint. I have no discs left, bone spurring on the side that was not operated on, severe metaplasia changes on my side that was along with much more. I do not like taking pain medication or any medication at all. Any great advice or things that I should watch for or do now? God love you, Ruthie

dear professor, I`m from Chile Im reading the spanish version of Einstein: The Passions of a Scientist. I want to congratulate you for your detailed work. Your book allow me to go deep in the Einstein Life, my favorite person ofthe modern world. Just one question, I'm prepearing a Power point about Einstein life for a friends comunity where we present different persons, do you know where can I download Videos where Eistein appear or photos??? Thank You Raimundo del Rio Santiago Chile raimundo.del.rio@zurich.com

i loved the book "feel great feel alive". it was a christmas present and couldn't have come at a better time. this book is full of really good information and obviously very well researched. It has much more to it than the usual get fit book..including how to be happier..and Dr. Parker gives it to you in steps that are easy to follow. .......signed Janet Richardson city of Kawartha Lakes

Hi Tim: Thanks for sending your email. I'll email you within the next day or so. Barry

hey, its tim again, my e-mail is brandnewletter@hotmail.com i would like to speak with you, i think i may have found something and i need the opinion of someone as smart as yourself

hello mr. parker i am 17 and im from las vegas i have been contemplating my own theories, and while i only have the foundation of what is needed to present it, i would very much like to speak with you my name is tim

I tried the address you gave me and it would not send it. Sorry. Can you give me another address. Barry Parker


hello. i am an iranian. 35 years old. male. i have the persian translation of your book: search for a supertheory. i guess it is a good book. i like study physics academically. i have halliday-resnick-krane book. i have alonso-finn book. iran. tehran. http://seyyedmohammadi.blogfa.com/ seyyed_mohammadi@yahoo.com if i have question, do you answer me?

Greetings! Liked your book, Einstein's Brainchild, but I'm befuddled about a comment you made on page 166: "It's easy to show that a black hole with a mass of billions of solar masses would have a density hundreds of times less than that of water."

I think your book from 2005, "Death Rays, Jet Packs, Stunts, & Supercars" is one of the best books that you have made yet especially one about the James Bond Movies.

I think your book from 2005, "Death Rays, Jet Packs, Stunts, & Supercars" is one of the best books that you have made yet especially one about the James Bond Movies.

I love your books. Without math, they explain the tensor problems Einstein had as well as the rotating disk problem etc. I have over 40 books on theoretical physics but you do a better job expaining the theory. Thanks Stan Packer stanpacker@aol.com

started studying physics: that was me: nazan dede (a turkish student) nazandede@hotmail.com

i did read your book about quantum when i was a high school student (last year) i'm studying physics at universty now :)

Professor Parker, My name is Tom and I just finished your book Einstein's Dream and I thought it was absolutely wonderful. Its unbelieveable how much information is in that book. I talk about it to my friends but for a lot of them its over their head. I plan on reading some of your other books. I was wondering if you could explain more to me about the Big Bang theory regarding dispersion of matter immediately after the explosion? tgh2h@mtsu.edu

Hi: Yes, thanks. The word should be "increased" I'll get it changed in the next edition.

Dear Professor Parker, On page 89, third line from the bottom; "the frequency of the returning waves is decreased." For a blue-shift as you described later, the wavelength becomes shorter, so the frequency should be increased. The blue end has higher frequency compared to the red end. Would this be a printing error? Death Rays, Jet Packs, Stunts & Supercars

Dear Professor Parker, Again a question on your book - Death Rays, Jet Packs, Stunts & Supercars. On page 89, the last paragraph, "In the case of electromagnetic waves, if the object that emits or reflect them is approaching us the freqency of the returning waves is decreased. We say that it is shifted toward the shorter-wavelength end of the spectrum; we refer to it as a blue-shift." If the wavelength is shorter, the frequency should increase if it is a blue-shift according to the relationship: c = fv or (speed = frequency x wavelength) Could this be p

Dear Professor Parker, I thoroughly enjoy your new title, Death Rays, Jet Packs, Stunts & Supercars: the fantastic physics for film's most celebrated secret agent. This book comes off from the new additions to the university library and it reminds us many of the unforgettable scenes. There is a question however from the diagram on page 66 (Fig. 23. Maiman's ruber laser), should the coolant be filling in from below and out from above? (Similar to the water condensers we routinely used in chemical laboratories .)

Hello Mr. Parker, I'm am a 8th grade student from Somerville, Massachusetts and I read your book titled "Einstein's Brainchild, Relativity Made Relatively Easy". By the way, my name is Girish. It sounded very interesting and this is my first book about Einstein's theories. I have some questions regarding this book. For example: 1) On page 49, 'The Foundations Of Special Relativity', you mentioned that we see Star Vega as it was 26.5 years old, right? So if we could go 4.5 billion light year away from earth at the speed of light, we could see Earth as it was when it formed. We could, for example, also go only 10,000 light years and see humans managing their lives with difficulity, right? 2) On page 208, you mentioned in a apragraph that gravity has only one type of source and that is mass whereas electromagnetic field has two - positive and negative. But I think that gravity also has two sources. In your paragraph about wormwholes, you mentioned that there is one hole that takes in all matter and one that spreads out all the matter and you mentioned it as white-hole. So, I think that that's negative gravity and all the attraction or bending of space is positive. 3) You also mentioned that if you travel close to the speed of light, then you are moving into future. I agree with that and I also think that if you even walk, you are moving into future but not in years but in billionth of second. And I think this is because earth is moving at a steady rate aroung the sun, sun is moving at a stedy rate in our Milky Way and so on. So, if you move, you are adding your velocity to velocity of earth, sun and many other things. But our speed is so slow compared to the earth and the sun that we move in future just billionth of second but near the speeds of light, the difference in huge. 4)You also said that if we move at the speed of light, time stops for us but what about if we ever move at speeds greater to speed of light? I think that we would move in the past because on the page 79, you mentioned that cause comes before effect. But if we move at speeds greater to speed of light, the effect will be first because any cause, for example, firing a bullet, doesn't travel at the speed of light. So the effect will be moving greater to the speed of light and the cause will be moving at the speed less to the speed of light. So, in a way, you'll be moving into the past. 5) What if we alter our past? I think that there are billions and millions of universes, each a second or even less apart. I mean two universes is almost the same but each a second apart. So if go to our past, like 20 years, we'll be in a universe that is 20 years behind us. So if we alter the past there, our universe won't be changed but the future of the universe that is 20 years behind us will be changed. 6) My way of looking at the universe is that it is a giant ball expanding at the speed of light. What is beyond that? We could never tell because we couldn't travel at speeds greater than 'c'. But I think if you could travel greater than c, then you will be going into past. So, our universe or giant ball is surrounded by our past. We contineously are shedding our past like the snake sheds its skin. These are my veiws about your book but I don't expect any of them to be right as these were my ideas while I read the book. Moreover, i think number 5 is too controversial. But I'm interested in this field and that's why I was tempted to write you this. I would very happy if you'll reply me at girishsahore@yahoo.com and answer my questions. I'll be glad if you reply me, Sincerly, Girish Sahore

Dear Mr. Parker, My name is Allison Melton. I am a 9th grade student at South Pointe High School in Rock Hill, South Carolina. My Global Studies teacher, Mrs. Gray just recently gave us a project in which we have to write a book review on something that has happened in history. I choose to do a book that you have wriiten called Einstein: The Passions of a Scientist. It is very intresting and I enjoy learning about Einsteins life. We have to know some information about the author of our book such as education, carrer, and books written. We also have to have information about the awards the auothor has won. I was unable to find this information about you. If you do not mind it would be wonderful if you could send me and e-mail to give me further information about youself. My e-mail is AllisonMelton_1316@hotmail.com. Thank you very much! I appreciate your time. sincerly, Allison Melton 9th Grade SPHS Rock Hill, SC







Einstein's Dreams is pop in Chinese Edition! Date: 2005-03-29 Stone Hu 胡东业

Very funny and simple! I like you website! By the way, your book Einstein's Dreams is publishing right now and very pop! I will buy. Thanks for your work! Stone Hu hdy@21cn.net From PRC

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