7 must-read astronomy books like The Beginning and the End of Everything: From the Big Bang to the End of the Universe by Paul Parsons

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The Beginning and the End of Everything: From the Big Bang to the End of the Universe

By: Paul Parsons

4.15

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

'Prepare to have your mind blown! A brilliantly written overview of the past, present and future of…

If you liked the astronomy plot in The Beginning and the End of Everything: From the Big Bang to the End of the Universe by Paul Parsons , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. 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

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2. The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival

By: John Vaillant

3.79

Format: None pages, Hardcover

It's December 1997, and a man-eating tiger is on the prowl outside a remote village in Russia's Far… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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3. Quantum Theory: A Very Short Introduction

By: None

3.80

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Quantum Theory is the most revolutionary discovery in physics since Newton. This book gives a lucid… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • physics
  • science
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4. 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
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5. The Quantum Mystery

By: John Gribbin

4.01

Format: 175 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • physics
  • science
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6. Adulthood Rites (Xenogenesis, #2)

By: Octavia E. Butler

3.89

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

In this sequel to Dawn, Lilith Iyapo has given birth to what looks like a normal human boy named Ak… read more

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7. الهويات القاتلة

By: Amin Maalouf , أمين معلوف

3.97

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

"mndh 'n Gdrt lbnn llstqrr fy frns, km mn mr@ s'lny lb`D `n Tyb ny@ n knt 'sh`r bnfsy "frnsyan" 'm … read more

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  • nonfiction
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8. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

By: Tim Flannery , Peter Wohlleben , Jane Billinghurst , Suzanne Simard

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben shares his deep love of woods and forests and explains… read more

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  • audiobook
"A tree’s most important means of staying connected to other trees is a “wood wide web"

-Tim Flannery, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

"Trees could solve the problems if people trying to improve things would only allow them to takeover"

-Tim Flannery, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

"So many questions remain unanswered. Perhaps we are poorer for having lost a possible explanation or richer for having gained a mystery. But aren't both possibilities equally intriguing?"

-Tim Flannery, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

9. 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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10. The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World

By: David Eagleman , Anthony Brandt

3.18

Format: 159 pages, Hardcover

The Runaway Species: How human creativity remakes the worldis a deep-dive into the creative mind, a… read more

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11. 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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12. Twenty Years After (The D'Artagnan Romances, #2)

By: Alexandre Dumas , David Coward , Auguste Maquet

4.34

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

'At this game, whoever does not kill is killed.' Twenty Years After(1845), the sequel to The Three … read more

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13. The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything

By: Michio Kaku

4.10

Format: 225 pages, Hardcover

When Newton discovered the law of gravity, he unified the rules governing the heavens and the Earth… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
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  • physics
  • audiobook
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14. A Brief History of Black Holes: And why nearly everything you know about them is wrong

By: Becky Smethurst

4.38

Format: 279 pages, Hardcover

Black Holes are the universe’s strangest and most fascinating objects — Dr. Becky explains all, and… read more

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  • space
  • physics
  • audiobook
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15. Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe

By: Steven H. Strogatz

4.30

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

Without calculus, we wouldn’t have cell phones, TV, GPS, or ultrasound. We wouldn’t have unraveled … read more

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"For reasons nobody understands, the universe is deeply mathematical. Maybe God made it that way. Or maybe it’s the only way a universe with us in it could be, because nonmathematical universes can’t …"

-Steven H. Strogatz, Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe

"With the star up above and the blackness of space, I can't avoid feeling awe. How could we, Homo sapiens, an insignificant species on an insignificant planet adrift in a middleweight galaxy, have man…"

-Steven H. Strogatz, Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe

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16. 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

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17. A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters

By: Henry Gee

4.05

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

In the beginning, Earth was an inhospitably alien place―in constant chemical flux, covered with chu… read more

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"For if life on Earth was forged in fire, it was hardened in ice."

-Henry Gee, A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters

"Therefore, do not despair. The Earth abides, and life is living yet."

-Henry Gee, A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters

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18. Cuentos de navidad

By: Charles Dickens

3.80

Format: 214 pages, Paperback

Junto a la célebre Canción de Navidad, este volumen reúne otros tres cuentos de Charles Dickens (18… read more

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"Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own, to make amends in!"

-Charles Dickens, Cuentos de navidad

"A la hermosa vida de un plácido crepúsculo otoñal, a la vida tranquila una habitación silenciosa, con un enorme ventanal abierto; más allá, una terraza donde se movían las hojas y las flores perfumab…"

-Charles Dickens, Cuentos de navidad

"She was very pretty: exceedingly pretty. With a dimpled, surprised-looking, capital face; a ripe little mouth, that seemed made to be kissed — as no doubt it was; all kinds of good little dots about …"

-Charles Dickens, Cuentos de navidad

"The Grocers'! oh the Grocers'! nearly closed, with perhaps two shutters down, or one; but through those gaps such glimpses! It was not alone that the scales descending on the counter made a merry sou…"

-Charles Dickens, Cuentos de navidad

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19. Europe: A Natural History

By: Tim Flannery

4.09

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From internationally bestselling author and celebrated scientist Tim Flannery, a history of Europe … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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20. Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand: Fifty Wonders That Reveal an Extraordinary Universe

By: Marcus Chown

4.04

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

Bestselling author Marcus Chown explores some of the most profound and important science about us, … read more

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21. 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

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22. The Planets

By: Brian Cox

4.45

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Mercury, a lifeless victim of the Sun's expanding power. Venus, once thought to be lush and fertile… read more

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23. Galileo's Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness

By: Philip Goff

3.96

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From a leading philosopher of the mind comes this lucid, provocative argument that offers a radical… read more

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Cover of Quantum Physics Made Easy: The Introduction Guide For Beginners Who Flunked Maths And Science In Plain Simple English by Donald B. Grey

24. Quantum Physics Made Easy: The Introduction Guide For Beginners Who Flunked Maths And Science In Plain Simple English

By: Donald B. Grey

4.25

Format: 58 pages, Kindle Edition

What In The World Is Quantum Physics? Do black holes really exist?Are string theories made of… str… read more

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25. Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

By: Sabine Hossenfelder

4.06

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

A contrarian argues that modern physicists' obsession with beauty has given us wonderful math but b… read more

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"The main reason we use math in physics, however, is because we can."

-Sabine Hossenfelder, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

"foundational physics, which is far from experimental test as science can be while still being science"

-Sabine Hossenfelder, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

"if you quote this, you can be the first person to quote someone quoting someone quoting himself quoting someone"

-Sabine Hossenfelder, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

"Theoretical physicists used to explain what was observed. Now they try to explain why they can't explain what was not observed"

-Sabine Hossenfelder, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

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26. Journal de guerre écologique

By: Hugo Clément

4.47

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

« Nous savons que l’Humanité fait face au plus grand défi de son histoire. Nous savons que les écos… read more

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27. The Beginning and the End of Everything: From the Big Bang to the End of the Universe

By: Paul Parsons

4.15

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

'Prepare to have your mind blown! A brilliantly written overview of the past, present and future of… read more

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  • space
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  • audiobook
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28. Symphony in C: Carbon and the Evolution of (Almost) Everything

By: Robert M. Hazen

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An enchanting biography of the most resonant— and most necessary—chemical element on Earth. Carb… read more

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  • science
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29. The Irrational Ape: Why Flawed Logic Puts us all at Risk and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World

By: David Robert Grimes

4.26

Format: 482 pages, Kindle Edition

THE IRISH TIMES TOP FIVE BESTSELLER 'An unstoppable page-turner. If our leaders were forced to rea… read more

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30. La grande histoire du monde (Documents) (French Edition)

By: François Reynaert

4.36

Format: 594 pages, Kindle Edition

Des grands empires de l’Antiquité à la chute de l’URSS, de l’Europe de Charlemagne au Japon du xixe… read more

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  • nonfiction
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31. Louis Vuitton: L'audacieux

By: Caroline Bongrand

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Louis Vuitton a tout juste 14 ans lorsqu’il quitte son Jura natal. À Paris, il trouve à s’employer … read more

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17 Top audiobook books like The Beginning and the End of Everything: From the Big Bang to the End of the Universe by Paul Parsons

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Forces of Nature

Brian Cox , Andrew Cohen

4.09

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Human Universe

Brian Cox , Andrew Cohen

3.63

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The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

Tim Flannery , Peter Wohlleben , Jane Billinghurst , Suzanne Simard

4.07

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The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything

Michio Kaku

4.10

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The Sociopath Next Door

Martha Stout

3.77

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Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History

Tori Telfer

3.82

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Unfuck Your Brain: Using Science to Get Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and Triggers

Faith G. Harper

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