The World Treasury of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics by Timothy Ferris (HC/DJ)

In recognition of our universal fascination with the cosmos and worlds beyond our own, Timothy Ferris (b. 1944), an American science writer, has assembled a provocative collection of some of the most eloquent and inspired science writing of our time. The over sixty scientists and science commentators represented here explore the minute, the small, the huge, and the grand – in short, all the facts and mysteries that make up our universe, from quanta and black holes to galaxies and the theory of chaos. The works of such luminaries as George Gamow, Albert Einstein, Paul Dirac, Max Planck, Isaac Asimov, Bertrand Russell, Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking, Jacob Bronowski, Edwin Hubble, and Alan Turning are included, with many pieces artfully juxtaposed to explore with several sides of such labyrinthine issues as the nature of time and space, the origin and structure of the universe, and the enigma and grandeur of pure mathematics.