The Universe, Too Quickly Toured [Book Review]

Abstract

There's no reason why everyone shouldn't understand the basics of quantum mechanics and relativity. These two cornerstones of 20th-century physics have become a basis for our deepest understanding of reality, as well as of great practical importance to familiar technologies from lasers to the global positioning system. And, despite their reputations for being somewhat abstruse and inaccessible, the basic points of each theory can be stated simply enough that an interested person with no technical background in physics should be able to understand them. At a time when science seems both more central than ever and more removed from our everyday world, it is certainly worth the effort to share what we've learned about the workings of nature with interested nonscientists.

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