Clarity and wit. Always a joy to read.

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Product Description

Boojums All the Way Through is a collection of essays that presents the dilemma of communicating modern physics to both physicists and nonphysicists. Some addressed to a general audience, some to students and others to scientists, the essays all share a preoccupation with both the substance and the style of written scientific communication, and offer a unique view of everyday science or scientific practice with the intention of increased clarity for the reader. The author believes the tradition of bland and impersonal scientific writing over the past fifty years deprives scientists of powerful tools for enhancing their clarity and capacity to communicate complex ideas. A well recognized theoretical physicist and winner of the first Julius Edgar Lilienfeld prize of the American Physical Society, Mermin writes with wry humor and conveys complex ideas with startling simplicity.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #545980 in Books
• Published on: 1990-03-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 332 pages

Review
"...covers an astonishing broad range...Mermin is a natural philosopher par excellence..." Physics World

"A warm, human, and humane view of physics." American Mathematical Monthly

"From the outset, Mermin's writing is fluid, interesting and most of all, fun! Mermin's humorous talents are indicative of his creative abilities and deep understanding of his subject. At times one is tempted to reflect upon other skilled communicators, and flattering parallels with Feynman, for example, are not unreasonable." Physics in Canada

"David Mermin is one of those rather rare scientists who can write with cleverness and style....is delightful for browsing." Peter Franken, Physics Today

"Readers from undergraduate science students to professional physicists and mathematicians will find this book both entertaining and full of ideas." Perry Smith, Mathematical Reviews

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Customer Reviews

An idiosyncratic treasure
I suppose the title of this book steers a lot of junior physics people away from it. The author's name should steer these people back. This is the Mermin that Feynman complemented on his popular exposition on Bell's inequality. In fact that is the reason why I read this thing. After Wheeler's Quantum Measurement's book and Berstein's Quantum Profile's book I had to see what all the hoopla was about. Sure enough Mermin is the king of popular exposition and I've been through a lot of popular exposition on Bell's inequality...from Pagels to Penrose. This book is loaded with other expositories too on relativity and mathematics and general physics stuff. A good cheap read that will get you deeper into physics on a non-specialist level.