B. K. Ridley

Very basic, short intro to concepts of modern fundamental physics.

Near as I can tell, Ridley is a self-loathing physicist. In the first half, he can't stop referring to such things as faith, mysticism, spirituality, magic (especially magic), theology, limits of reductionism, science as a religion, and (worst of all) "scientism." The second half is relatively clean, but annoyances are sprinkled there too.