13 must-read physics books like Gravitational Waves: How Einstein’s Spacetime Ripples Reveal the Secrets of the Universe by Brian Clegg

Cover of Gravitational Waves: How Einstein’s Spacetime Ripples Reveal the Secrets of the Universe by Brian Clegg

Gravitational Waves: How Einstein’s Spacetime Ripples Reveal the Secrets of the Universe

By: Brian Clegg

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Until then, investigation of the universe had depended on electromagnetic radiation: visible light,…

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Cover of Human Universe by Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen

1. Human Universe

By: Brian Cox , Andrew Cohen

3.63

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Human life is a staggeringly strange thing. On the surface of a ball of rock falling around a nucle… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • space
  • physics
  • science
Cover of The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity by Steven H. Strogatz

2. The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity

By: Steven H. Strogatz

2.70

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A world-class mathematician and regular contributor to the New York Timeshosts a delightful tour of… read more

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  • nonfiction
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Cover of The Quantum Universe: Everything That Can Happen Does Happen by Brian Cox, Jeffrey R. Forshaw

3. The Quantum Universe: Everything That Can Happen Does Happen

By: Brian Cox , Jeffrey R. Forshaw

4.06

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In The Quantum Universe, Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw approach the world of quantum mechanics in the … read more

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  • astronomy
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  • physics
  • science
Cover of The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing by Bronnie Ware

4. The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing

By: Bronnie Ware

4.25

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

After too many years of unfulfilling work, "Bronnie Ware" began searching for a job with heart. Des… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries by Neil deGrasse Tyson

5. Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries

By: Neil deGrasse Tyson

4.51

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Loyal readers of the monthly "Universe" essays in Natural Historymagazine have long recognized Neil… read more

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  • science
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  • space
  • physics
  • audiobook

6. 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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7. Robot Visions (Robot #0.5)

By: Isaac Asimov , Ralph McQuarrie

4.33

Format: 300 pages, Mass Market Paperback

From Isaac Asimov, the writer whose name is synonymous with robots and the science of robotics, her… read more

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Cover of Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime by Sean Carroll

8. Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime

By: Sean Carroll

4.07

Format: 347 pages, Hardcover

As you read these words, copies of you are being created. Sean Carroll, theoretical physicist a… read more

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"Don't play Quantum Russian Roulette."

-Sean Carroll, Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime

"As far as quantum field theory is concerned, a human being or the center of a star isn’t all that different from empty space."

-Sean Carroll, Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime

"The enigma at the heart of quantum reality can be summed up in a single motto: what we see when we look at the world seems to be fundamentally different from what actually is."

-Sean Carroll, Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime

"If there were some nefarious conspiracy to make the world look quantum-mechanical, it had to have been set up hundreds of years ago, when the light left those stars. It's possible, but doesn't seem l…"

-Sean Carroll, Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime

Cover of White Holes by Carlo Rovelli

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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  • science
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10. The Order of Time

By: Carlo Rovelli

4.12

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Time is a mystery that does not cease to puzzle us. Philosophers, artists and poets have long explo… read more

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"Our fear of death seems to me to be an error of evolution."

-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time

"We understand the world in its becoming, not in its being."

-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time

"Children grow up and discover that the world is not as it seemed from within the four walls of their homes. Humankind as a whole does the same."

-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time

"Before Newton, time for humanity was the way of counting how things changed. Before him, no one had thought it possible that a time independent of things could exist. Don't take your intuitions and i…"

-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time

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11. Introducing Game Theory: A Graphic Guide (Graphic Guides)

By: Ivan Pastine

3.89

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

When should you adopt an aggressive business strategy? How do we make decisions when we don't have … read more

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Cover of Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe by Philip Plait

12. Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe

By: Philip Plait

4.27

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A rip-roaring tour of the cosmos with the Bad Astronomer, bringing you up close and personal with t… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Space: 10 Things You Should Know by Becky Smethurst

13. Space: 10 Things You Should Know

By: Becky Smethurst

4.21

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

This book is for anyone who wants to easily understand the mind-blowing fundamentals of our extraor… read more

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Cover of Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe by Brian Greene

14. Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe

By: Brian Greene

4.03

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the world-renowned physicist and bestselling author of The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of … read more

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"Messy arrangements far outweigh orderly ones."

-Brian Greene, Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe

"The point being that everything emerges from the same collection of ingredients governed by the same physical principles. And those principles, as attested to by a few hundred years of observation, e…"

-Brian Greene, Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe

Cover of Black Holes: The Key to Understanding the Universe by Brian Cox

15. Black Holes: The Key to Understanding the Universe

By: Brian Cox

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

By the star physicist and author of multiple #1 Sunday Times bestsellers, a major and definitive na… read more

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  • science
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Cover of Origin Story: A Big History of Everything by David Christian

16. Origin Story: A Big History of Everything

By: David Christian

4.09

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

** A 2018 GoodReads Choice Award Nominee in the History & Biography category** A captivating his… read more

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"Деякі види настільки зневажають мозок, що ставляться до нього, як до одноразової розкоші. В одного виду морських слимаків замолоду є якийсь невеликий мозок. Вони користуються ним, поки плавають по мо…"

-David Christian, Origin Story: A Big History of Everything

"In the past two hundred years, human numbers grew to over seven billion, and our species began to transform the oceans, the land, and the air. Human-built roads, canals, and railways snaked across th…"

-David Christian, Origin Story: A Big History of Everything

Cover of The Secret Lives of Planets: A User's Guide to the Solar System by Paul Murdin

17. The Secret Lives of Planets: A User's Guide to the Solar System

By: Paul Murdin

3.91

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Everyone's been looking up at the night sky this year as we've celebrated 50 years since Neil Armst… read more

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  • astronomy
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Cover of Gravitational Waves: How Einstein’s Spacetime Ripples Reveal the Secrets of the Universe by Brian Clegg

18. Gravitational Waves: How Einstein’s Spacetime Ripples Reveal the Secrets of the Universe

By: Brian Clegg

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Until then, investigation of the universe had depended on electromagnetic radiation: visible light,… read more

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Cover of Astrobiology: The Search for Life Elsewhere in the Universe by Andrew  May

19. Astrobiology: The Search for Life Elsewhere in the Universe

By: Andrew May

3.91

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Extraterrestrial life is a common theme in science fiction, but is it a serious prospect in the rea… read more

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  • science
Cover of Cern and the Higgs Boson: The Global Quest for the Building Blocks of Reality by James  Gillies

20. Cern and the Higgs Boson: The Global Quest for the Building Blocks of Reality

By: James Gillies

3.88

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

The Higgs boson is the rock star of fundamental particles, catapulting CERN, the laboratory where i… read more

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Cover of Cosmic Impact: Understanding the Threat to Earth from Asteroids and Comets by Andrew  May

21. Cosmic Impact: Understanding the Threat to Earth from Asteroids and Comets

By: Andrew May

3.90

Format: 172 pages, Kindle Edition

As end-of-the-world scenarios go, an apocalyptic collision with anasteroid or comet is the new kid … read more

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12 best-selling audiobook books like Gravitational Waves: How Einstein’s Spacetime Ripples Reveal the Secrets of the Universe by Brian Clegg

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Human Universe

Brian Cox , Andrew Cohen

3.63

Transform Your Habits

Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries

Neil deGrasse Tyson

4.51

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Sean Carroll

4.07

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White Holes

Carlo Rovelli

4.10

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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Neil deGrasse Tyson

4.08

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Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science

Paul C.W. Davies , Werner Heisenberg

4.02

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The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself

Sean Carroll

4.18

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Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe

Lee Smolin , Henry Reich

2.00

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