Excellent book. I see why it was nominated as one of the New Scientist 25 Most Influential Popular Science books. I have long counted Gardner's Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science as one of the most influential science books I have read and this is as excellent in a different way.

Covering symmetry and parity from biological to cosmological to quantum scales, Gardner is at his typical best in summarizing broad subjects and tantalizing the reader with intriguing depths. How he managed to find all those sources throughout his entire writing career amazes me. Find and digest. Without benefit of electronic searches. Wow. And to boil down the complexities into a readable form. I think the only people who don't miss him are the pseudoscientiists. ( )