¿The phrase `public intellectual¿ is much bandied about. Just a few real heavyweights in the
world merit the title and Steven Weinberg is preeminent among them.¿¿Richard Dawkins ¿Weinberg
has a knack for capturing a complex concept in a succinct unforgettable image¿ One of the
smartest and most diligent scientists around.¿¿Nature In this wise and wide-ranging meditation
one of the most captivating science communicators of our time challenges us to reconsider the
entanglement of science and society. From the cosmological to the personal from astronomy and
quantum physics to the folly of manned spaceflight and the rewards of getting things wrong
Steven Weinberg shares his views on the workings of the universe and our aspirations and
limitations. Third Thoughts aims to provoke and inform and never loses sight of the human
dimension of scientific discovery. ¿One of the 20th century¿s greatest physicists¿shares his
strongly-held opinions on everything from the Higgs boson to the state of theoretical physics
and the problems of science and society.¿ ¿Forbes ¿This book should be read not only for its
insightful and illuminating explanations of a wide range of physical phenomena but also for the
opportunity it affords to follow the wanderings of a brilliant mind through topics ranging from
high-energy physics and the makeup of the cosmos to poetry and from the history and philosophy
of science to the dangers of economic inequality¿ [A] captivating book.¿ ¿Mario Livio Science
