Fear of Physics: A Guide for the Perplexed

by LawrenceM.Krauss (Author), LawrenceM.Krauss (Author)

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  Paperback
  1996

  $3.25

  This is an attempt to explain the meaning of physics by talking not just about the facts of the physical world, but about the way physicists think. Examining the tools and thought behind scientific method, Lawrence Krauss discusses the ideas and tricks of individuals from Plato to Marshall McLuhan and Stephen Hawking. Among the topics explored are how to handle the art of numbers, how physicists define truth, and how and when to plagiarize creatively. Krauss also wrote Cosmic Strings and The Fifth Essence .

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  Hardcover
  1994

  $3.25

• New

  Paperback
  1994

  $27.89

  Assume the cow is a sphere. So begins this lively, irreverent, and informative look at everything from the physics of boiling water to cutting-edge research at the observable limits of the universe. Rich with anecdotes and accessible examples, Fear of Physics nimbly ranges over the tools and thought behind the world of modern physics, taking the mystery out of what is essentially a very human intellectual endeavour.