The Institute of Physics has produced in The Particle Century what its
editor Gordon Fraser describes as “a sort of scientific travelogue” through
modern physics. Hardgoing at times (that’s code for lots of maths in parts),
it’s a good dose of brainfood. £30/$59.50, ISBN 0750305436.
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