Reddit reviews Much ADO about Almost Nothing: Man's Encounter with the Electron

According to Much ADO about almost nothing: Man's encounter with the electron, pages 193,194: (emphasis mine)

>"Bill [William] went to Hollywood high school and then on the the California Institute of Technology, where he studied physics. In 1932, with a B.SC., he went to MIT on a teaching fellowship and emerged four years later with a Ph.D. Then he joined Bell Laboratories..."

I assume this is meant as humour, but in the case it is not - hate to break it to you, but re. the title - there is a physics book published under this title, it is not a very original. Not to mention almost every other blog about Krauss' book has had the same pun.

Much Ado about Nothing: Theories of Space and Vacuum from the Middle Ages to the Scientific Revolution

http://www.amazon.com/Much-Ado-about-Nothing-Scientific/dp/052106192X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1335293561&sr=1-2

I would assume you know this one, given that it covers "Aristotelian arguments for and against the existence of void space".

and another:

Much Ado About Almost Nothing: Man's Encounter with the Electron

http://www.amazon.com/Much-Ado-About-Almost-Nothing/dp/0615139957/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1335293561&sr=1-3

A history of the discovery of electricity: Much Ado About Almost Nothing - Man's Encounter With the Electron, by Hans Carmenzin, the inventor of the 555 timer.


Downvoter: do you hate electricity, or do you hate the 555?