Preface
1: Back to eternity
2: Much ado about nothing
3: Anarchy rules
4: The heat of the moment
5: Beyond anacrhy
6: The creative power of ignorance
7: The charge of the light brigade
8: Measure for measure
9: The cry from the depths
Notes
Bibliography
Peter Atkins is a fellow of Lincoln College in the University of
Oxford and the author of about seventy books for students and a
general audience. His texts are market leaders around the globe. A
frequent lecturer in the United States and throughout the world, he
has held visiting professorships in France, Israel, Japan, China,
and New Zealand. He was the founding chairman of the Committee on
Chemistry Education of the International Union of Pure and
Applied
Chemistry and was a member of IUPACs Physical and Biophysical
Chemistry Division. He was the 2016 recipient of the American
Chemical Societys Grady-Stack Award for the communication of
chemistry to the
public.
Atkins writes in a clear and humorous manner for the lay reader.
Dont skip the notes at the end of the book. Some real gems are
hidden there ... Recommended for undergraduates and general
readers.
*CHOICE*
This short volume is essential reading for anyone who balks at the
mention of Schrödinger, equations and cats included... Atkins
sweeps aside the mathematical mystique with his characteristic
wit.
*Zoe Hackett, Chemistry World*
Tour de force... this is a compact 168 pages that delivers
splendidly on the question of where the natural laws came from.
*Brian Clegg, popularscience.com*
It's rare to find a study of physical laws that is also a bravura
display of rarefied humour and experiential depth; but such is this
gem by chemist Peter Atkins.
*Barbara Kiser, Nature*
I enjoyed reading the book, not only for the main themes but also
for several asides on history, etymology, and so on.
*Phillip Helbig, Observatory Magazine*
Atkins writes in a charming, even chummy way. He understands our
confusion and leads us onwards with the promise of great insights:
how the very laws of physics came to be ... Conjuring the Universe
is a clear example of [Atkins's] extraordinary erudition and
flair.
*Robyn Williams, Australian Book Review*
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