Here's more info on the author http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=6066 http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=6066 Apparently he worked on the V2 rock

Here's more info on the author http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=6066 http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=6066 Apparently he worked on the V2 rocket. But there are lots of scientists that can write technical books targeted to experts. This book is worth it because this guy is devoted a lot of his teaching career to explaining difficult topics to non-experts. I think he did a marvelous job, of mixing technical material and history. I think this book was part of a course he taught at yale univ. It is an expensive book, but I'll go in and say it's worth it. Check your univ library.