19 Best nonfiction books like Einstein's Universe by Nigel Calder

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Einstein's Universe

By: Nigel Calder

4.09

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This brilliantly written book unlocks the astounding implications of Einstein's revolutionary theor…

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1. Why Evolution Is True

By: Jerry A. Coyne

4.19

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

Why evolution is more than just a theory: it is a fact. In all the current highly publicized de… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
"These mysteries about how we evolved should not distract us from the indisputable fact that we did evolve."

-Jerry A. Coyne, Why Evolution Is True

"Now, science cannot completely exclude the possibility of supernatural explanation. It is possible - though very unlikely - that our whole world is controlled by elves."

-Jerry A. Coyne, Why Evolution Is True

"If the entire course of evolution were compressed into a single year, the earliest bacteria would appear at the end of March, but we wouldn't see the first human ancestors until 6 a.m. on December 31…"

-Jerry A. Coyne, Why Evolution Is True

"Life on earth evolved gradually beginning with one primitive life form – perhaps a self-replicating molecule – that lived more than 3.5 billion years ago; it then branched out over time, throwing off…"

-Jerry A. Coyne, Why Evolution Is True

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2. The Grand Design

By: Stephen Hawking , Leonard Mlodinow

4.06

Format: 199 pages, Hardcover

THE FIRST MAJOR WORK IN NEARLY A DECADE BY ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREAT THINKERS—A MARVELOUSLY CONCISE … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • physics
  • science
"Suntem cu toții plăsmuiri ale visului cuiva."

-Stephen Hawking, The Grand Design

"Suntem produsul fluctuațiilor cuantice din universul foarte timpuriu."

-Stephen Hawking, The Grand Design

"Most laws of nature exist as part of a larger, interconnected system of laws."

-Stephen Hawking, The Grand Design

"Noi creăm istoria prin observațiile noastre, iar nu istoria ne creează pe noi."

-Stephen Hawking, The Grand Design

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3. Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy

By: Stephen Hawking , Kip S. Thorne , None

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ever since Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity burst upon the world in 1915 some of the … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • physics
  • science
"Why are black holes so different from all other objects in the macroscopic Universe? Why are they, and they alone, so elegantly simple? If I knew the answer, it would probably tell me something very …"

-Stephen Hawking, Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy

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4. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

By: Neil deGrasse Tyson

4.08

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • physics
  • science
"….. Neptune, the outermost planet. No, it’s not Pluto. Get over it."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

"Bosons, by the way, are named for the Indian scientist Satyendra Nath Bose."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

"Nonetheless, they remind us that ignorance is the natural state of mind for a research scientist."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

"I don't know about you, but the planet Saturn pops into my mind with every bite of a hamburger I take."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

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5. Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

By: Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan

4.34

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carl Sagan traces our exploration of space and suggests that our very… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • physics
  • science
"Sailors on a becalmed sea, we sense the stirring of a breeze."

-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

"It does no harm to the romance of the sunset to know a little about it."

-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

"Science cuts two ways, of course; its products can be used for both good and evil. But there's no turning back from science."

-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

"I remind myself that madmen really exist. Sometimes they achieve the highest levels of political power in modern industrial nations."

-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

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6. Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe

By: Simon Singh

4.21

Format: 532 pages, Paperback

A half century ago, a shocking Washington Post headline claimed that the world began in five catacl… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • physics
  • science
"All that was required to measure the planet was a man with a stick and a brain. In other words, couple an intellect with some experimental apparatus and almost anything seems achievable."

-Simon Singh, Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe

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7. A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing

By: Richard Dawkins , Lawrence M. Krauss

3.94

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author and acclaimed physicist Lawrence Krauss offers a paradigm-shifting view of how e… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • physics
  • science
"Forget Jesus. The stars died so you could be here today."

-Richard Dawkins, A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing

"أنا غير كفؤ للحديث عن اللاشيء، لأن رجال الدين والفلاسفة هم خبراء في لاشيء!"

-Richard Dawkins, A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing

"...nuestro universo desaparecerá tan abruptamente como, probablemente, empezó."

-Richard Dawkins, A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing

"We live at a very special time. . . the only time when we can observationally verify that we live at a very special time!"

-Richard Dawkins, A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing

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8. Einstein's Universe

By: Nigel Calder

4.09

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This brilliantly written book unlocks the astounding implications of Einstein's revolutionary theor… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • physics
  • science
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9. Black Holes and Baby Universes

By: Stephen Hawking

4.31

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

NY Timesbestseller. 13 extraordinary essays shed new light on the mysteries of the universe & on on… read more

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  • astronomy
  • nonfiction
  • physics
  • science
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10. The Selfish Gene

By: Richard Dawkins

4.16

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

"The Selfish Gene" caused a wave of excitement among biologists and the general public when it was … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
"Chance" is just a word expressing ignorance"

-Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene

"What shall it profit a male if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his immortal genes?"

-Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene

"I am an enthusiastic Darwinian, but I think Darwinism is too big a theory to be confined to the narrow context of the gene."

-Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene

"The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry."

-Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene

11. Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-Time

By: Richard P. Feynman , Roger Penrose

4.23

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

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  • nonfiction
  • physics
  • science

12. A Short History of Nearly Everything

By: Bill Bryson

3.42

Format: None pages,

In Bryson's biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand--and, if possible, ans… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • physics
  • science
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13. About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution

By: Paul C.W. Davies

4.23

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

An elegant, witty, and engaging exploration of the riddle of time, which examines the consequences … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • physics
  • science
" David Park is a physicist and philosopher at Williams College in Massachusetts with a lifelong interest in a time which he too thinks doesn't pass. For Park, the passage of time is not so much an il…"

-Paul C.W. Davies, About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution

"Perhaps there are many "nows" of varying duration, depending on just what it is we are doing. We must face up to the fact that, at least in the case of humans, the subject experiencing subjective tim…"

-Paul C.W. Davies, About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution

"Until now, I've been writing about "now" as if it were literally an instant of time, but of course human faculties are not infinitely precise. It is simplistic to suppose that physical events and men…"

-Paul C.W. Davies, About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution

"Psychologists have devised some ingenious ways to help unpack the human "now." Consider how we run those jerky movie frames together into a smooth and continuous stream. This is known as the "phi phe…"

-Paul C.W. Davies, About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution

14. The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe

By: Roger Penrose

3.82

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

Roger Penrose, one of the most accomplished scientists of our time, presents the only comprehensive… read more

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15. The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

By: Brian Greene

4.09

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away the layers of mystery surroun… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • physics
  • science
"...things are the way they are in our universe because if they weren't, we wouldn't be here to notice."

-Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

"...quantum mechanics—the physics of our world—requires that you hold such pedestrian complaints in abeyance."

-Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

"…The wonders of life and the universe are mere reflections of microscopic particles engaged in a pointless dance fully choreographed by the laws of physics."

-Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

"La cosmología tiene la capacidad de llamar nuestra atención a un nivel profundo y visceral, porque comprender cómo comenzó todo es, al menos para algunos, el punto en el que podemos encontrarnos más …"

-Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

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16. Cosmos

By: Carl Sagan

4.39

Format: 384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The story of fifteen billion years of cosmic evolution transforming matter and life into consciousn… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • physics
  • science
"We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."

-Carl Sagan, Cosmos

"Civilization is a product of the cerebral cortex."

-Carl Sagan, Cosmos

"Observation: I can't see a thing. Conclusion: Dinosaurs."

-Carl Sagan, Cosmos

"We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands."

-Carl Sagan, Cosmos

17. Hyperspace

By: Michio Kaku

4.18

Format: 342 pages,

How many dimensions do you live in? Three? Maybe that's all your commonsense sense perception perce… read more

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18. Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos

By: Michio Kaku

3.77

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

In this thrilling journey into the mysteries of our cosmos, bestselling author Michio Kaku takes us… read more

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19. Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics By Its Most Brilliant Teacher

By: Richard P. Feynman

4.50

Format: 34 pages, Paperback

Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacheris a publishing first… read more

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20. The End of Time: The Next Revolution in Our Understanding of the Universe

By: Julian Barbour

4.00

Format: None pages,

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21. A Brief History of Time

By: Stephen Hawking , Phạm Văn Thiều , None

4.21

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

A landmark volume in science writing by one of the great minds of our time, Stephen Hawking’s book … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • physics
  • science
"God abhors a naked singularity."

-Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time

"There should be no boundary to human endeavor."

-Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time

"Cuando miramos al universo, lo vemos tal como fue en el pasado"

-Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time

"If time travel is possible, where are the tourists from the future?"

-Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time

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22. The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science and What Comes Next

By: Lee Smolin

4.04

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

What is string theory? Why does it matter to our understanding of the universe? And what if it is w… read more

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  • history
  • physics
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"When it comes to revolutionizing science, what matters is quality of thought, not quantity of true believers."

-Lee Smolin, The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science and What Comes Next

"Some string theorists prefer to believe that string theory is too arcane to be understood by human beings, rather than consider the possibility that it might just be wrong."

-Lee Smolin, The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science and What Comes Next

"On the way, I shared the backseat of Feyerabend's little sports car with the inflatable raft he kept there in case an 8-point earthquake came while he was on the Bay Bridge."

-Lee Smolin, The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science and What Comes Next

"It is interesting to note that the quantum-mechanical revolution was made by a virtually orphaned generation of scientists. Many members of the generation above them had been slaughtered in World War…"

-Lee Smolin, The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science and What Comes Next

23. Three Roads To Quantum Gravity

By: Lee Smolin

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

"It would be hard to imagine a better guide to this difficult subject."--Scientific American In Thr… read more

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24. In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality

By: John Gribbin

4.06

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

It is so shocking that Einstein could not bring himself to accept it. It is so important that it pr… read more

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  • history
  • physics
  • science
"If the business of physics is ever finished, the world will be a much less interesting place in which to live . . ."

-John Gribbin, In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality

"...it is not the way of science to sit idly back and hope that someone will come up with a "better" answer to our problems. In the absence of a better answer, we have to face up to the implications o…"

-John Gribbin, In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality

"In the world of the very small, where particle and wave aspects of reality are equally significant, things do not behave in any way that we can understand from our experience of the everyday world...…"

-John Gribbin, In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality

"Heisenberg's uncertainty relation measures the amount by which the complementary descriptions of the electron, or other fundamental entities, overlap. Position is very much a particle property - part…"

-John Gribbin, In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality

25. From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time

By: Sean Carroll

3.50

Format: None pages,

Twenty years after Stephen Hawking's 9-million-copy selling A Brief History of Time, pioneering the… read more

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26. The 4 Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality

By: Richard Panek

3.69

Format: 47 pages,

The epic, behind-the-scenes story of an astounding gap in our scientific knowledge of the cosmos. I… read more

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27. Relativity: The Special and the General Theory

By: Albert Einstein , Robert W. Lawson , Nigel Calder

4.08

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

An accesible version of Einstein's masterpiece of theory, written by the genius himself According t… read more

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28. Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel

By: Michio Kaku

3.75

Format: 273 pages,

A fascinating exploration of the science of the impossible--from death rays and force fields to inv… read more

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29. Quantum: Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality

By: Manjit Kumar

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

For most people, quantum theory is a byword for mysterious, impenetrable science. And yet for many … read more

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30. A Briefer History of Time

By: Stephen Hawking , Leonard Mlodinow

4.26

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Stephen Hawking's worldwide bestseller, A Brief History of Time, has been a landmark volume in scie… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • physics
  • science
"What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise."

-Stephen Hawking, A Briefer History of Time

"It is just that modern physicists seem to have more imaginative ways of naming new particles and phenomena - they no longer restrict themselves to Greek!"

-Stephen Hawking, A Briefer History of Time

"طالما أن الكون له بداية سيكون في استطاعتنا افتراض أن له خالقًا. أما إذا كان الكون حقا مكتملا في حد ذاته، وليس له حد ولا حرف، فلن تكون له بداية ولا نهاية: فهو ببساطة موجود."

-Stephen Hawking, A Briefer History of Time

"There is a good chance that the study of the early universe and the requirements of mathematical consistency will lead us to a complete unified theory within the lifetime of some of us who are around…"

-Stephen Hawking, A Briefer History of Time

31. The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos

By: Brian Greene

3.82

Format: 148 pages, Hardcover

From the best-selling author of The Elegant Universeand The Fabric of the Cosmoscomes his most expa… read more

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