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Eddington, a. S. The Nature of the Physical World (Macmillan, 

 1929). The book is understandable and absorbing. 



Einstein, Albert and Infeld, Leopold. The Evolution of Physics 

 (Simon & Schuster, 1942). A comparatively simple and fascinat- 

 ing discussion of the growth of ideas from early physical con- 

 cepts to relativity and quantum mechanics. 



Einstein, Albert. Relativity, The Special and General Theory 

 (Holt, 1920). Detailed but lucid; the mathematics is not too diffi- 

 cult. 



Frank, Phillip. Einstein, His Life and Times (Knopf, 1947). A 

 former colleague of Einstein gives a detailed exposition of Ein- 

 stein's scientific contributions, along with interesting biographical 

 and personal details. 



Frisch, O. R. Meet the Atoms (A. A. Wyn, Inc., 1947). An interest- 

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Gamow, George. Mr. Thompkins in Wonderland (Macmillan, 

 1947). Principles of relativity and quantum theory are cleverly 

 woven into a framework of narrative fiction. 



Hecht, Selig. Explaining the Atom (Viking Press, 1947). Written 

 for the layman, this is one of the best expositions of the history 

 and theory of the atom. 



Jeans, Sir James. The Mysterious Universe (Macmillan, 1932). Sir 

 James was one of the first scientists to show that it is possible to 

 write for the general reader and yet retain the authenticity of sci- 

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LoEB, L. B. and Adams, A. S. The Development of Physical 

 Thought (Wiley, 1933). A survey course of modern physics; not 

 fully up to date but most interesting and enjoyable and a valuable 

 foundation for the layman. 



Moody, P. A. Introduction to Evolution (Harper, 1953). A good 

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Singer, Dorothea. Giordano Bnmo, His Life and Thought (Schu- 

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Wells, H. G., Huxley, J. S., and Wells, G. P. The Science of 

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 larization of any science I have read. The fourth volume is on 

 evolution; the story was never better told. 



Weyl, Herman. Mind and Nature (University of Pennsylvania 

 Press, 1934). The epistemological implications of modern physics 

 set forth by a colleague of Einstein. 

 Whitehead, A. N. Science and the Modern World (Mentor Books; 

 originally published by Macmillan, 1925). Whitehead's views 

 have exerted a very considerable influence. 



