TheCosmicCode:QuantumPhysicsastheLanguageofNature

Thisisoneofthemostimportantbooksonquantummechanicseverwrittenforgeneralreaders.HeinzPagels,aneminentphysicistandsciencewriter,discussesandexplainsthecoreconceptsofphysicswithoutresortingtocomplicatedmathematics.Thetwo-parttreatmentoutlinesthehistoryofquantumphysicsandaddressescomplexsubjectssuchasBell'stheoremandelementaryparticlephysics,drawingupontheworkofBohr,Gell-Mann,andothers.AnecdotesfromthepersonaldocumentsofEinstein,Oppenheimer,Bohr,andPlanckofferintimateglimpsesofthescientistswhoseworkforeverchangedtheworld.