Newt Gingrich, GOP's Latest White House Contender, Is Apparently a Science-Book Nerd
Newt Gingrich Gage Skidmore via Flickr Our current president is a proud nerd, appearing on shows like Mythbusters, collecting comic books in his youth and dropping references to dilithium crystals (really). But the most prominent Republican to challenge him so far is also a science dork, judging from his Amazon book reviews. Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is fascinated with science, especially particle physics, reading several books about quantum mechanics from 2000 to 2001. His reviews are generally favorable. "The nano world may be [one of] the most powerful new areas of understanding. ‘Nano' is the space between one atom and about 400 atoms. At this level quantum behavior begins to replace the Newtonian (no relation) physics you and I are used to," he wrote in a review of Brian Greene's "The Elegant Universe." Later, "Quantum behavior will matter to the 21st century the way the steam engine mattered to...