Editor's Note: The rights to our excerpt from HOW THE HIPPIES SAVED PHYSICS: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival, by David Kaiser, have expired. The book is available from numerous online booksellers.
How the Hippies Saved Physics [Excerpt]
A new book documents the overlooked contributions of a loose-knit, unconventional bunch of 1970s physicists called the Fundamental Fysiks Group