Great Physics. From the Big Bang to Quantum Resurrection. 250 Key Milestones in the History of Physics

Clifford Pickover (b. 1957) — a well-known scientist and one of the best science communicators in the world. His “Great Physics” is a collection of brilliant essays on the great discoveries of outstanding scientists, from thinkers of the past such as Pythagoras and Maxwell, to our contemporaries — Einstein, Hawking, and many others. This beautifully illustrated book is a wonderful gift for anyone interested in the most important questions that have occupied the best minds of humanity for centuries: how the world works, what its past and future are, and what place we humans occupy in it. For all those interested in physics.