Physically Speaking

by Carl C. Gaither, Alma E. Cavazos-Gaither, Andrew Slocombe (Illustrator)

Physically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Physics and Astronomy provides the largest published collection of quotations pertaining to physics and astronomy. Some quotes are profound, others are wise, some are witty but none are frivolous. Here you will find quotations from the most famous to the unknown. The extensive author and subject indexes provide you with the perfect tool for locating quotations for practical use or pleasure, and you will soon enjoy discovering what others have said on topics ranging from anti-matter to x-rays.

This book can be read for pleasure or used as a handy reference by students, scientific readers, and the more general reader who is interested in who has said what on physics and astronomy.

Genres: Science

504 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Usfromdk · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not very many good quotes and a lot of bad quotes. At least a handful of repeats throughout (probably more). The authors once again (as in the related publication Mathematically Speaking) decided to structure the book in a way which simply to me makes no sense; there are way too many topics covered in the book, making the page count artificially inflated as many topics contain relatively few quotes - this book once again features multiple topics including only a single quote on a page, which is in my opinion just silly.

I don't think the book was as good/interesting as was Mathematically Speaking (which I also gave 2 stars) because there were fewer 'great' quotes in this book, but there were enough okay-ish quotes for it to make sense to read the book to the end.

Overall the book was a slightly disappointing read.

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

This contains most that I would ever need in physics-related quotes. Great mind, sharp mind, and sharp tounge are we physicist.