Physics World has a review* of Leonard Susskind's new book entitled "The Cosmic Landscape: String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design". The review is by Michael Duff of Imperial College (London), who is well known in the field. Well, I have not read the book, so I'll simply point out the review, and not make comment directly on the book itself. A review of a review if you like. I've always liked Mike's sense of humour, and so it is nice to see it sneak into the article here and there, such as at the end of this key pair of paragraphs:
Susskind believes that it is more than dumb luck that the universe is so accommodating to human beings. "Can science explain the extraordinary fact that the universe appears to be uncannily, nay, spectacularly, well designed for our own existence?" he asks. But does this mean that the ...
