From Joseph Silk's review of <I>Science a la Mode</I> and <I>A Physicist
on Madison Avenue </I> in <I>Science</I> magazine, January, 1992. </P>

How one longs to overcome the popular image of a physicist as a breed apart,
a cold, calculating scientist incapable of communicating in layman's
language, content to remain aloof and preoccupied with research, wherever
it may lead.  We all know of many individual exceptions, but surprisingly
few have managed to communicate with the public by developing popular
writing to the point where barriers are broken down.  Tony Rothman is such
a physcists who writes well and lucidly.  His hallmark is a rare attention
to detail combined with abhorrence of any hint of condescension and an
emphasis on the lighter side of physics.  </P>