WHY DOES E=MC2 AND WHY SHOULD WE CARE?

You don’t have to know math or physics to understand this book, but you do have to understand how math and physics work. The authors spend about two-thirds of the book explaining the math behind Einstein’s famous equation and offer a relatively down-to-earth explanation of life in a four-dimensional universe. The explanations of the concept of space-time are simple yet illuminating. The speedy survey of particle physics that follows is much less satisfying. Jeff Forshaw reads the work as though it were a lecture in a first-year history of science course. His voice is animated and engaging, not at all dry or pedantic. His British accent is fun to listen to. R.C.G. © AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2011]