Book Review: Special Topics in Calamity Physics
Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl. This is my favorite of the year, and will probably make the list of of my favorite books ever. I'm not sure I can do it justice in reviewing it, but I hope I can do a bit better than
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Everyday Physics Book?
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As popular culture pollutes most of the rivers these arguments will always exist, but isn't it kind of nice that the book world is (still) such that 28 years old is considered young? When Calamity Physics came out, I gave it a pass and
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