Fantastic Realities: 49 Mind Journeys and a Trip to Stockholm (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789812566553)

With a contribution from Betsy DevineThe fantastic reality that is modern physics is open for your exploration, guided by one of its primary architects and interpreters, Nobel Prize winner Frank Wilczek.Some jokes, some poems, and extracts from wife Betsy Devine's sparkling chronicle of what it's like to live through a Nobel Prize provide easy entertainment. There's also some history, some philosophy, some exposition of frontier science, and some frontier science, for your lasting edification.49 pieces, including many from Wilczek's award-winning Reference Frame columns in Physics Today, and some never before published, are gathered by style and subject into a dozen chapters, each with a revealing, witty introduction.Profound ideas, presented with style: What could be better? Enjoy.

Author: Frank Wilczek
ISBN-10: 9812566554
ISBN-13: 9789812566553
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2006
Pages: 532
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 9.64h x 6.94w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2006 pg. 681