19 must-read nonfiction books like The Invisible Universe: Why There's More to Reality than Meets the Eye by Matthew Bothwell

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The Invisible Universe: Why There's More to Reality than Meets the Eye

By: Matthew Bothwell

4.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A guide to the 99% of the Universe our eyes can’t see from a dazzling new voice in popular science …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Invisible Universe: Why There's More to Reality than Meets the Eye by Matthew Bothwell , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction by Philip E. Tetlock, Dan Gardner

1. Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction

By: Philip E. Tetlock , Dan Gardner

3.95

Format: 768 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller An EconomistBest Book of 2015 "The most important book on decision maki… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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2. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

By: Nick Bostrom

3.50

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Superintelligence asks the questions: What happens when machines surpass humans in general intellig… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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3. The Universe in Your Hand: A Journey Through Space, Time, and Beyond

By: Christophe Galfard

4.83

Format: 28 pages, ebook

"If Ms. Frizzle were a physics student of Stephen Hawking, she might have written THE UNIVERSE IN Y… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • physics
  • audiobook
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4. 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
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • physics
  • audiobook

5. Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution

By: Neil deGrasse Tyson , Donald Goldsmith

4.09

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

"An accessible and extremely well-written exploration of the deep waters of cosmology, astrophysics… read more

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6. 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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7. 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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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • physics
  • audiobook
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8. 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
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • physics
  • nature
  • audiobook
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9. There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness

By: Carlo Rovelli

4.05

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

In this collection of writings, the logbook of an intelligence always on the move, Carlo Rovelli fo… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • physics
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"I don’t like to thank God: I like to wake in the morning, look at the sea and thank the wind, the waves, the sky, the fragrance of plants, the life that allows me to exist, the sun that rises."

-Carlo Rovelli, There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness

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10. 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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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • physics
  • audiobook
"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

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11. The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)

By: Katie Mack

4.26

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

From one of the most dynamic rising stars in astrophysics, an accessible and eye-opening look—in th… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
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  • nature
  • audiobook
"It also means that cosmology doesn’t really have a well-defined concept of “now."

-Katie Mack, The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)

"We are a species poised between an awareness of our ultimate insignificance and an ability to reach far beyond our mundane lives, into the void, to solve the most fundamental mysteries of the cosmos."

-Katie Mack, The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)

"In the meantime, we'll continue on, making new pathc through the woods to see what we might find hiding there. Someday, deep in the unknown wilderness of the distant future, the Sun will expand, the …"

-Katie Mack, The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)

"You may have heard that "we are made of stardust" (or "star stuff" if you're Sagan), and this is absolutely true if we measure by mass. All the heavier elements in your body—oxygen, carbon, nitrogen,…"

-Katie Mack, The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)

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12. Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19

By: Alina Chan

4.26

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

"Chan and Ridley write with an urgency...that inspires gripping depictions of what viruses are, how… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos by Lisa Kaltenegger

13. Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos

By: Lisa Kaltenegger

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Riveting and timely, a look at the research that is transforming our understanding of the cosmos in… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • physics
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe by Philip Plait

14. 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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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • physics
  • nature
  • audiobook
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15. 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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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • physics
  • science
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16. 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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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • physics
  • audiobook
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17. Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism

By: George Monbiot

4.44

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A sharp, fiercely argued takedown of neoliberalism that not only defines this slippery concept but … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Dark Matter and Dark Energy: The Hidden 95% of the Universe (Hot Science) by Brian Clegg

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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  • science
  • collections
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • physics
  • audiobook
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19. The Hidden Half: How the World Conceals its Secrets

By: Michael Blastland

3.69

Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition

Why does one smoker die of lung cancer but another live to 100? The answer is 'The Hidden Half' - t… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. The Invisible Universe: Why There's More to Reality than Meets the Eye

By: Matthew Bothwell

4.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A guide to the 99% of the Universe our eyes can’t see from a dazzling new voice in popular science … read more

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  • physics
  • nature
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21. How to Speak Science: Gravity, Relativity, and Other Ideas That Were Crazy Until Proven Brilliant

By: Bruce Benamran

3.82

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A math-free introduction to the greatest scientific ideas of the last 2,000 years: "This is the boo… read more

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  • physics
  • audiobook

17 must-read audiobook books like The Invisible Universe: Why There's More to Reality than Meets the Eye by Matthew Bothwell

Transform Your Habits

The Universe in Your Hand: A Journey Through Space, Time, and Beyond

Christophe Galfard

4.83

Transform Your Habits

Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries

Neil deGrasse Tyson

4.51

Transform Your Habits

A Brief History of Black Holes: And why nearly everything you know about them is wrong

Becky Smethurst

4.38

Transform Your Habits

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Carlo Rovelli

4.10

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How They Broke Britain

James O'Brien

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

Naomi Klein

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe

Sathnam Sanghera

4.04

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Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism

Yanis Varoufakis

4.01

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