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The Quark and the Jaguar: Adventures in the Simple and the Complex
by Murray Gell-Mann

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Author: Murray Gell-Mann
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1994-04
ISBN: 0716725819
Number of pages: 392
Publisher: W.H. Freeman & Company

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Book Review: An excellent book from a first-rate mind
Summary: 5 Stars

Too often, we have been subjected to speculative theory-of-everything-is-nigh type books from physicists and physics writers with dubious credentials. This is written by a first-rate thinker, probably the greatest theorist since Feynman. It is fascinating to see sober, well argued analysis and comment on his own field of endeavour, and the sections where he casts his eyes over politics, environmental problems, economics, and the transitions that need to be made by societies show how a top class thinker can operate at high levels across disciplinary boundaries. Undoubtedly the best non-fiction book that I have read in the past few years.

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