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Popular science at its best

This book is written by a true Renaissance mind. Gell-Mann gives us a tour of existing and emerging areas of science and by showing the connections between these diverse areas he shows that there is more to science than the unfortunate extreme specialization that tend to make people from different fields unable to communicate fruitfully. He also shows us how much we may gain from a genuine interest in research areas different from our own. Gell-Manns authorship convinces me that that C. P. Snows argument about the two cultures is not a law of nature. Popular science, though difficult and often rightfully criticized, is vitally important, especially when introducing young people to scientific ideas. The Quark and the Jaguar is my new standard.

An excellent book from a first-rate mind

Too often, we have been subjected to speculative theory-of-everything-is-nigh type books from physicists and physics writers with dubious credentials. This is written by a first-rate thinker, probably the greatest theorist since Feynman. It is fascinating to see sober, well argued analysis and comment on his own field of endeavour, and the sections where he casts his eyes over politics, environmental problems, economics, and the transitions that need to be made by societies show how a top class thinker can operate at high levels across disciplinary boundaries. Undoubtedly the best non-fiction book that I have read in the past few years.