Proceedings of the Natural Philosophy Alliance, Vol. 4, No. 2 15 th Annual Conference of the NPA, 7-11 April 2008, at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque pp. 285, 295, 313, 316, 323, 327 A Book Review by the Editor, Cynthia Whitney Zero to Infinity: The Foundations of Physics by Peter Rowlands, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom 2007, World Scientific: New Jersey, London, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei, Chennai This is a very big, very deep, book about a proper foundation for mathematical physics. It is a wonderful book, with much information, some of which you may have encountered before in a fragmented way, but can now appreciate much better as part of a coherent whole, presented in this book. The book is about physics, but is not about any sort of model-dependent physical theory; for example, fluid dynamic aether theory, or quark-based elementary particle theory, or electromagnetic, or gravitational, or quantum, field theory. It does not buy into any sort of detail-dependent origin for physical laws, as in Big Bang theory. The book is about a process for the construction of a mathematical edifice that embraces much that we know to be needed in physics, and leaves little to be chosen arbitrarily among too many options. In fact, it leaves nothing important to be chosen arbitrarily. Contrast that to current string theory! The basic premise here is that “physics is the inherent creator of mathematics.” (p. 47) I can‟t really agree on that. Some of mathematics, such as the part dis cussed in this book, may be about physical reality, but a lot of it is about other things, such as probability, actuarial science, game theory, gambling, financial engineering, and other potentially destructive human activities! But that doesn‟t matter; the book has inherent value. The book does not start with the usual concepts that have always been considered „fundamental‟ in mathematics, like counting by integers. Such counting actually presupposes quite a lot. On p. 83, Rowlands suggests that the premature adoption of the integers may lead to the system-incompleteness problems identified by Gödel. Interesting thought! I hope to find some response to it from A.A. Nassikas, [author of “Electromagnetic Space-Time-Ether”, pp. 180-182, and of earlier NPA papers as well, and of the book Minimum Contradictions Everything, available at the 2009 NPA conference, and ever after from Hadronic Press]. There are also other NPA authors who may tell us something interesting in response to Rowland‟s book. I look to Zbigniew Oziewicz, who invited me in on “Electric and Magnetic Fields According to Hermann Minkowski”, p. 183-194. And I