Okay, I confess: I didn’t understand everything in Leonard Susskind’s THE BLACK HOLE WAR: MY BATTLE WITH STEPHEN HAWKING TO MAKE THE WORLD SAFE FOR QUANTUM MECHANICS (Little, Brown, 2008). But Susskind delivers a convincing description of quantum mechanics, better than anything I’ve read before. Susskind provides plenty of illustrations and examples to help explain these mind-boggling concepts. Where Susskind lost me was in the intricacies of String Theory. However, if you’re interested in where contemporary physics is headed, THE BLACK HOLE WAR is the place to start.