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The Fermi Solution

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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.

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.

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.

Physics professor von Baeyer presents a series of short and concise essays on various topics in physics, with an emphasis on methods and paradigms that physicists use to think through problems. Easy to read and highly entertaining. Not to be missed!