The Theory of Everything

Lisa Grunwald. Warner Books, $9.99 (352pp) ISBN 978-0-446-39368-3

Science and magic conflict in this often perplexing but exceptionally readable tale of a physicist who escapes into his work rather than face emotional uncertainty. (May)

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