SUPERSTRINGS AND OTHER THINGS: A Guide to Physics
Carlos I. Calle, C. I. Calle, . . Institute of Physics, $29.50 (647pp) ISBN 978-0-7503-0707-9
Nuclear physicist Calle, NASA's principle investigator of Martian soil, traces physics from Newton's law of inertia, to the forebears of quantum mechanics, to Gell-Mann's quarks, to NASA's COBE satellite (which detected "the very remnants of creation") and all the big and small wheels en route. Calle's sizable, conversational, well-rounded history-cum-lay-guide makes of physics a fun, accessible narrative peopled by fanatics and iconoclasts. Illus.
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Reviewed on: 06/25/2001
Genre: Nonfiction
