Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-352) and index.
Contents
Entries A-Z. -- Feature essays: "Beauty : Only in the eye of the beholder?" ; "Fundamentality : What lies beneath?" ; "Physics in the hierarchical structure of science" ; "Laws : There is order in the world" ; "Physics and mathematics : A remarkable partnership" ; "Physics and metaphysics : Where lies the border between them?" ; "Grist for the mill : What physics studies" ; "Achieving understanding : How physics operates" ; "Theories : Not mere speculations!" ; "Unification : Finding oneness in diversity" ; "The universe" -- Appendix I. Bibliography and web resources. -- Appendix II. Nobel laureates in Physics. -- Appendix III. Periodic table of elements.