Kakalios: The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics

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James Kakalios, The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics : A Math-Free Exploration of the Science that Made Our World. New York, N.Y. : Gotham Books, 2010. xv + 318 pages, illustrated; includes bibliographic references and index.

Kaklios has written a pretty good book for the non-scientist explaining the basics of quantum mechanics. It is, as promised, math-free, but at times does get a little deeper than one would imagine in such a book.

Especially enjoyable were the different ties to golden-age comics and pulp fiction that he used to both illustrate concepts and show how prescient some of those authors truly were. At times, it seemed that the scientists were trying to keep up with the science fictionists.

The book is definitely too basic for those already with a solid knowledge of the subject, but just the right amount of challenging for those without such knowledge.

-- Notes by MSJ

Library of Congress classification : QC174.13 .K35 2010
Dewey classification number : 530.12
ISBN : 978-1592404797