A review by bradluen
The Wave Watcher's Companion: From Ocean Waves to Light Waves via Shock Waves, Stadium Waves, and All the Rest of Life's Undulations by Gavin Pretor-Pinney

Not really enough interest in the science for my taste. In a footnote, he says "X-rays are produced by the changing energy states of electrons around an atomic nucleus, while gamma rays are emitted by the nucleus itself. (No, that doesn't mean anything to me either.)" I don't know if that's right or not, but that seems... pretty easy to understand? Still, I have to tip my hat to a fellow writer who delivers jokes in such a deadpan way that you're not sure if he knows if they're good or bad (actually they're almost all bad, but that hardly matters.)