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Backseat Driver

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5. Ever try the Wizard of Quarks: A fantasy of particle physics
Sat Jun 11, 2022, 12:20 PM
Jun 2022

or Alice in Quantumland. Robert Gilmore (physics professor, Drexel University faculty) is a fairly prolific author of allegoric stories with fairy tale themes that attempt to explain and simplify various aspects of advanced physics. He's also written on other topics. If quarks are not your thing, check out his list of titles here or elsewhere on the internet: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/10495.Robert_Gilmore

I used to participate in car shows in which I chose WoO as my almost vintage 2002 PT Cruiser's theme (She was a red woodie named Dorothy after my grandmother and the character because I'd click my heels three times and she'd take me where I wanted to go, though, alas, never Kansas, then home, hehe) and bought the book just for a package tray display along with other consumer stuff associated with the movie and book, like the fabric witch legs I'd lay beneath a tire). I did eventually read and try to understand Professor Gilmore's explanations about advanced physic science involving her adventure and friends - well, that was quite a mind trip

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i would also rec- teaching quantum physics to my dog. mopinko Jun 2022 #1
Oh, that does sound good hermetic Jun 2022 #2
Ever try the Wizard of Quarks: A fantasy of particle physics Backseat Driver Jun 2022 #5
I've read PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #3
Any book by Mary Roach cbabe Jun 2022 #4
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