Great Essays in Science
InGreat Essays in ScienceMartin Gardner has collected essays by 32 great scientists  and science writers.  This excellent assortment of well-written, uncut pieces features Albert Einstein on  "E=mc2,"  G. K. Chesterton on "The Logic of Elfland," Sigmund Freud on dreams, and  Rachel Carson on the sea. Gardner, one of the best science writers and most insightful readers of the 20th century, thoughtfully introduces each essay.  Originally published in 1957 and slightly updated in 1984, this reissued edition is unchanged in providing, as Gardner promises, "absorbing, thought-disturbing pieces that have something important to say about science and say it forcefully and well."