Superstrings and Other Things

From Publishers Weekly:

Nuclear physicist Calle, NASA's principal 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. Illus.

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Professor Sir Michael Berry, Fellow Royal Society

"The mix of everyday applications and fundamental physics is appealing."

Peter McClintock, Physics World, December 2001
"…Enthusiastic exposition… Most [readers] will dip in selectively and those who do will be enriched by what they find."

Physics World
".. the coverage is genuinely broad and remarkably inclusive"

Florida Review
"'Superstrings and Other Things is written in an accessible style and includes numerous short takes on serious matter."