Reading Popular Physics
Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co; Ashgate
Published: July 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9780754658504
Subjects: History of science; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; General; Physics; Literary Criticism; Popular works
Description: "Reading Popular Physics is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the nature and implications of physics popularizations. A literary critic trained in science, Elizabeth Leane treats popular science writing as a distinct and significant genre, focusing particularly on five bestselling books: Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, Steven Weinberg's The First Three Minutes, James Gleick's Chaos, M. Mitchell Waldrop's Complexity, and Gary Zukav's The Dancing Wu Li Masters."--BOOK JACKET.