As a teacher of undergraduates at the University of Essex, B. K. Ridley became acutely aware that his students were 鈥渉acking their way through the thickets of thermodynamics, electromagnetism, quantum mechanics and the rest鈥�. He wanted to provide an aerial view of the forest so that they might get their bearings, and this was the result.
Time, Space and Things by B. K. Ridley (Canto, 拢5.95 pbk, ISBN 0 521 48486 3) is a delightful book which explains in beautifully simple language many of the fundamental concepts of physics, including elementary particles, black holes, gravity, quantum theory, time mass, relativity and energy. It will be found rewarding by the non-specialist and specialist alike. Highly recommended.