Only the Longest Threads

"Tasneem Zehra Husain writes lyrically, poetically about life, love, and physics. I highly recommend this wonderful book for anyone interested in what physics, and indeed all of science, is about. She masterfully describes the most momentous moments in physics history with verve and talent."?Amir Aczel

"Only the Longest Threads is a page-turner that portrays the excitement of discovery in physics from Isaac Newton to string theory. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to feel the thrill of the succession of ideas that have led us to the current highly successful, but incomplete, understanding of our universe."?Richard Dower, Chairman, Science Department, Roxbury Latin School

Dramatic and lucid accounts of six monumental breakthroughs in physics?Newton's universal laws of motion and gravitation, electromagnetism, relativity, quantum mechanics, quantum field theory, and string theory?each told from the viewpoint of a (fictional) witness to the events. A tour de force of science made accessible.

Tasneem Zehra Husain is a Pakistani theoretical physicist. She holds a PhD from Stockholm University and did post-doctoral research at Harvard University. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.