Ripples in Spacetime: Einstein, Gravitational Waves, and the Future of Astronomy
By: Govert Schilling
4.16
Format: 345 pages, Hardcover
"The detection of gravitational waves - ripples in spacetime - by the Ligo-Virgo observatories has …
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1. Anathem
By: Neal Stephenson
4.17
Format: 937 pages, Hardcover
Fraa Erasmas is a young avout living in the Concent of Saunt Edhar, a sanctuary for mathematicians,… read more
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"It is what you don't expect... that most needs looking for."-Neal Stephenson, Anathem
"Technically, of course, he was right. Socially, he was annoying us."-Neal Stephenson, Anathem
"Topology is destiny,' he said, and put the drawers on. One leg at a time."-Neal Stephenson, Anathem
"Linguistics got me into this excellent mess––only physics can get me out."-Neal Stephenson, Anathem
2. Forces of Nature
By: Brian Cox , Andrew Cohen
4.09
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A breathtaking and beautiful exploration of our planet, this groundbreaking book accompanies the ne… read more
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"You have to get old because of the geometry of spacetime."-Brian Cox, Forces of Nature
"[All good research scientists understand that] no position is unassailable. There are no absolute truth in science. Authority counts for nothing when contradicted by nature."-Brian Cox, Forces of Nature
"[Real scientist are delighted when they find out they are wrong. And to me that is one of the greatest gifts that a scientific education can bring.] There are too many people in this world who want t…"-Brian Cox, Forces of Nature
"There are three known planets in the PSR B1257 system, which have been named Draugr, Poltergeist and Phobetor. Poltergeist was the first to be discovered. I know, I was curious about their names as w…"-Brian Cox, Forces of Nature
3. 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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"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
4. The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun #2)
By: Gene Wolfe
3.78
Format: 416 pages,
Severian is in possession of a gem considered to be "The Claw of the Conciliator", a powerful relic… read more
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5. Reality is Not What it Seems
By: Carlo Rovelli
3.17
Format: 120 pages,
From the best-selling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physicscomes a new book about the mind-bendi… read more
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6. The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World
By: Sean Carroll
4.18
Format: None pages,
It was the universe's most elusive particle, the linchpin for everything scientists dreamed up to e… read more
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7. 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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8. Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
By: Carlo Rovelli
4.08
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A startling new look at quantum theory, from the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physi… read more
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"But structures are processes are not there so that organisms can survive and reproduce. It is the other way round: organisms survive and reproduce because these structures have happened to gradually …"-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
"Credo che uno dei grandi errori che fanno gli esseri umani quando tentano di capire qualcosa sia volere certezze. La ricerca della conoscenza non si nutre di certezze: si nutre di una radicale assenz…"-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
"In qualunque angolo dell'universo troviamo vertiginosi pozzi di strati di realtà. In questi strati siamo riusciti a riconoscere regolarità, sulle quali abbiamo raccolto informazione rilevante per noi…"-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
9. White Holes
By: Carlo Rovelli
4.10
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A mesmerizing trip to the strange world of white holes from the bestselling author of Seven Brief L… read more
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10. On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking's Final Theory
By: Thomas Hertog
4.08
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Stephen Hawking’s closest collaborator offers the intellectual supersta… read more
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"We can compare spacetime to an open, conic cup. We move forward in time by following the cone upward to the top. We move through space by going around in circles. If we imagine going back in time, we…"-Thomas Hertog, On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking's Final Theory
11. Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
By: Sabine Hossenfelder
3.92
Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “An informed and entertaining guide to what science can and cannot t… read more
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"Sometimes the only scientific answer we can give is 'We don't know."-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
"Today I think they don't teach the principle of least action in school because then everybody would go and study physics."-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
"There are no exact metaphors, not for quantum mechanics and not for anything else, because if they were exact, they wouldn't be metaphors."-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
"Instead of thinking of ourselves as selecting possible futures, I suggest we remain curious about what's to come and strive to learn more about ourselves and the universe we inhabit."-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
12. Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
By: Gad Saad
3.94
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
The West’s commitment to freedom, reason, and true liberalism has never been more seriously threate… read more
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"We envy people whose traits compete with our desirability as a mate."-Gad Saad, Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
"Any human endeavor rooted in the pursuit of truth must rely on fact and not feelings."-Gad Saad, Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
"To be a truly wise person requires that we recognize those domains best served by our intellect versus those best guided by our emotions."-Gad Saad, Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
"There is no "black mind" or "white mind", no "white male of knowing", there is only one truth, and we find it through the scientific method."-Gad Saad, Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
13. De zeven vinkjes: hoe mannen zoals ik de baas spelen
By: Joris Luyendijk
3.62
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Stel: je kunt niet gediscrimineerd worden en je hoeft je nooit ergens aan te passen, omdat iedereen… read more
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14. Gravity’s Century: From Einstein’s Eclipse to Images of Black Holes
By: Ron Cowen
3.93
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the century of experimentation that confirmed Einstein's general theory of re… read more
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15. The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy: What Animals on Earth Reveal about Aliens – and Ourselves
By: Arik Kershenbaum
3.96
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
DISCOVER HOW LIFE REALLY WORKS - ON EARTH AND IN SPACE We are unprepared for the greatest discov… read more
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"One of the most fundamental rules of natural selection, on Earth and across the universe, is that there is always a cost-benefit trade-off. Improving your abilities in one field must reduce your capa…"-Arik Kershenbaum, The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy: What Animals on Earth Reveal about Aliens – and Ourselves
"Whenever there is a conflict of interest (or a potential conflict of interest) between two animals making their own decisions to maximize their own fitness, then an evolutionary game is in play. Each…"-Arik Kershenbaum, The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy: What Animals on Earth Reveal about Aliens – and Ourselves
16. How Innovation Works: Serendipity, Energy and the Saving of Time
By: Matt Ridley
4.11
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Innovation is the main event of the modern age, the reason we experience both dramatic improvements… read more
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17. Ripples in Spacetime: Einstein, Gravitational Waves, and the Future of Astronomy
By: Govert Schilling
4.16
Format: 345 pages, Hardcover
"The detection of gravitational waves - ripples in spacetime - by the Ligo-Virgo observatories has … read more
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18. Dark Matter and Dark Energy: The Hidden 95% of the Universe (Hot Science)
By: Brian Clegg
3.98
Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition
All the matter and light we can see in the universe makes up a trivial 5 per cent of everything. Th… read more
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19. Conjuring the Universe: The Origins of the Laws of Nature
By: Peter Atkins
3.50
Format: 181 pages, Hardcover
The marvellous complexity of the Universe emerges from several deep laws and a handful of fundament… read more
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20. Quantum Entanglement
By: Jed Brody
3.82
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
An exploration of quantum entanglement and the ways in which it contradicts our everyday assumption… read more
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21. Zwarte gaten: Gevangen in ruimte en tijd
By: Marcel Vonk
4.21
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
Het heelal spreekt tot de verbeelding en zwarte gaten zijn een blijvende Marcel Vonk bron van fasci… read more
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