This is an attempt to explain the meaning of physics by talking not just about the facts of the physical world, but about the way physicists think. Examining the tools and thought behind scientific method, Lawrence Krauss discusses the ideas and tricks of individuals from Plato to Marshall McLuhan and Stephen Hawking. Among the topics explored are how to handle the "art" of numbers, how physicists define truth, and how and when to plagiarize creatively. Krauss also wrote "Cosmic Strings" and "The Fifth Essence".
- ISBN10 0465057462
- ISBN13 9780465057467
- Publish Date 7 December 1993 (first published 30 September 1993)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 February 2004
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Basic Books
- Format Paperback
- Language English