A biography of Richard P. Feynman, Nobel prize-winning physicist, teacher, and bongo player. No one can claim that Feynman was not an interesting character! He was also a genius of the first order, with a unique approach to solving physics problems. Highly recommended!

I liked this book. I found the writing clear and the ideas well described. Recommended.

Having read the author's "The Elegant Universe", I was hoping that this book would continue on in the same mold. However, I found it rather more difficult going, and as a result came away a little disappointed. Recommended.

Another excellent book by a Nobel prize winner. This time, Lederman gains a co-author, Christopher T. Hill, a practicing theoretical physicist in his own right. Lederman's humor and ego both come through again. Highly recommended!

Having read Simon Singh's earlier books, "Fermat's Enigma" and "The Code Book", I was expecting a lot from his "Big Bang", but came away disappointed. His writing was good, but just when it was starting to get interesting, he stopped. There was precious little on the latest developments. Recommended.

This is an excellent book. Since it is word-for-word identical to the book "Science: A History" by the same author, just read my review of that book. For some reason, publishers make a habit of changing the title (and little or nothing else!) from the UK edition to the US edition. Highly recommended!

I was hoping that this book would delve into the meaning of Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle. I was disappointed. Lots of philosophical discussions, but not much of real interpretation. I did find the coverage of Niels Bohr to be interesting -- he comes across as an overly pedantic bore (sic). I had not heard that elsewhere. But still recommended.

This is a wonderful book. The text is very engaging, and the illustrations are outstanding. I also found it rather peculiar. It purports to describe the universe to a layman, but it also moves into relatively advanced topics without much explanation. As one who has read a lot on these topics, I was comfortable, but I had to wonder how much a typical layman would become lost. Highly recommended!

This is a delightful book that I meant to read years ago, and only just did. Feynman tries to explain QED, including his "sum of all histories" approach, which he applies to explanations of reflection, refraction, diffraction, and the focusing lens. In the last chapter, he talks about some of the later dilemmas relating to QCD, Weak interactions, and so on. Strongly recommended!