Download or read book Reading Popular Physics written by Elizabeth Leane and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elizabeth Leane's Reading Popular Physics is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the nature and implications of physics popularizations. Focusing particularly on five bestselling books-A Brief History of Time, The First Three Minutes, Chaos, Complexity, and The Dancing Wu Li Masters-Leane analyzes the textual strategies by which popularizers of science influence the public. Her book offers readers a fresh perspective on this highly visible and influential genre.