The universe in a nutshell; The Cosmic Landscape String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design Leonard Susskind Little, Brown: 404 pp., $24.95 HOME EDITION

• Published in: The Los Angeles times
• Main Author: Kirsch, Jonathan
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, Calif Los Angeles Times Communications LLC 15.01.2006
• Subjects: Books-titles; Cosmic Landscape: String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design; Cosmology; Nonfiction; Physics; Susskind, Leonard

[LEONARD SUSSKIND] has not picked up a pipe wrench in a long time. The Stanford scientist is credited with revolutionary discoveries in virtually every aspect of theoretical physics, including the invention of string theory (although he graciously credits a couple of colleagues for their independent...