Galileo Unbound
A Path Across Life, the Universe and Everything
David D. Nolte
Reviews and Awards
"the richness of the story-telling of the present book, which is able to let even the non-erudite reader to appreciate what the erudite scholar (probably) takes for granted" -- Salvatore Esposito, Contemporary Physics Journal
"Highly Recommended." -- CHOICE
"Using very few equations, Nolte looks at nearly every area of physics and even includes chapters on chaos and Darwinian evolution. Some of the phase space illustrations are complicated, but Nolte does an excellent job of developing these from the basic ideas of a trajectory through physical space. There is an unexpressed argument here that it may be better for the uninitiated to learn about the sciences through phase space concepts. By learning about the sciences in this way, one gains an appreciation for the symmetry and beauty of the theories without having to learn the advanced mathematics." -- Professor Eric Kincanon, Gonzaga University
"David Nolte, in Galileo Unbound draws a continuous line starting from Galileo, to Newton, Lagrange and Poincaré, all the way to Darwin and beyond." -- Nature Astronomy