Abstract

The increasing complexity of physical theory has magnified one of the most important educational problems of our time: how to communicate the results of modern science to those whose mode of life they condition, the general public. Can it be done effectively without distortions due to popularization? This volume suggests an affirmative answer. The basic ideas of Newtonian and quantum mechanics, relativity theory and atomic physics are presented clearly and simply, yet without reliance on difficult mathematics and without substituting journalism for rigor. --C. L.