[betty boop]

Thanks for the tip, RightWhale. And timely, since I haven't bought the book yet.

Though I'm sure I'm curious about Tiller's insights into crystallography. Do you have a "Cliff's Notes" version that you can share?

Thanks for writing, RW!

[RightWhale]

There is a heavy amount of math, not trivial. Matrix analysis. If you want that and to get it right, try Hermann Weyl for the real deal. 'Symmetry' is an entertaining read, or you can go deep with 'Time Space Matter'. It was crystallography that produced the data that led to quantum mechanics. Hermann Weyl did a fair job with philosophy, too. You won't be disappointed. Princeton, you know, like Einstein and Goedel.