Reviews Physics

The Jinn from Hyperspace and Other Scriblings — Both Serious and Whimsical by Martin Gardner

By Science News

- More than 2 years ago

A collection of musings on curiosities in math and physics, along with writings on homeopathy, false memory and Lewis Carroll.

Prometheus Books, 2008, 307 p., $25.95

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