Fear of Physics is a lively, irreverent, and informative look at everything from the physics of boiling water to cutting-edge research at the observable limits of the universe. Rich with anecdotes and accessible examples, it nimbly ranges over the tools and thought behind the world of modern physics, taking the mystery out of what is essentially a very human intellectual endeavor.

Discussing the ideas of everyone from Plato to Stephen Hawking, Lawrence M. Krauss offers a lively, information-packed, fun way to understand physics and the way great physicists think. "Wit and wisdom bubble from every page".--New Scientist.