This entertaining account of modern physics carries an interesting subtitle. Although I am not sure what is meant by "Never-Ending" — infinite in physical extent, or in intellectual scope? — I agree with the phrase "A Tourist's Guide", as that is exactly what this book is. It is an entertaining little gem that leads the reader through many of the wonders of twentieth-century physics with a light and sometimes quirky touch that I thoroughly enjoyed. It is so full of little insights and neat analogies that I found myself folding over the top corners of countless pages containing quotable passages. I have seen many of the descriptions and analogies elsewhere, but that is to be expected. What is remarkable is the number of new ways Marcus Chown has found to explain difficult and often abstract concepts.
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