The Fermi Solution: Essays on Science

by Hans Christian Von Baeyer

Book Overview

Brilliant essays on science by the well-known physicist and winner of the National Magazine Award, now available in paperback. From the Trade Paperback edition. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679400311
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Lessons that reach beyond science

Professor von Baeyer deserves credit for more than just making physics understandable(a physics book without equations!) He draws from several physical discoveries some lessons about the scientific method, starting with Fermi's famous piano-tuner problem. And he explains WHY research and analytic techniques such as Fermi's approximation work.

Thrilling physics

This book is really a joy to read if you like science in general and physics in particular. It shows in an excellent way the spirit of physics.

Broad ranging, enjoyable read

Von Baeyer combines well written, understandable and fun prose with a sound understanding of the underlying science. I particularly enjoyed his analogy of a scientist as a boy playing on the beach, staring in wonder at the magnificence of creation. Anyone looking for a good popular science book to keep (and re-read) for years should consider this one.