9 Best popular science books like Introducing Relativity: A Graphic Guide (Graphic Guides) by Bruce Bassett

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Introducing Relativity: A Graphic Guide (Graphic Guides)

By: Bruce Bassett

3.80

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

A superlative, fascinating graphic account of Albert Einstein's strange world and how his legacy ha…

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1. The Physics of Superheroes

By: James Kakalios

3.93

Format: 365 pages, Paperback

James Kakalios explores the scientific plausibility of the powers and feats of the most famous supe… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • popular science
  • physics
  • science
"There'd be no molecules, no chemistry and, hence, no life without static cling."

-James Kakalios, The Physics of Superheroes

"This is not a "guilty pleasure" of mine, simply because I don't believe in "guilty" pleasures. Snobbery is just the public face of insecurity."

-James Kakalios, The Physics of Superheroes

"As a kid I was deeply curious as to what college life would be like. Now that I am a university professor, I realize that this was a premonition that once I entered college I would never get out, and…"

-James Kakalios, The Physics of Superheroes

"Interestingly enough, whenever I cite examples from superhero comic books in a lecture, my students never wonder when they will use this information in their "real life". Apparently they all have pla…"

-James Kakalios, The Physics of Superheroes

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2. The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

By: Richard Dawkins , Well-illustrated

4.16

Format: 470 pages, Hardcover

Charles Darwin, whose 1859 masterpiece "On the Origin of Species" shook society to its core, would … read more

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  • popular science
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
"The best scientists can do is fail to disprove things while pointing to how hard they tried"

-Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

"Of course they don't function as gills, but five-week human embryos can be regarded as little pink fishes, with gills."

-Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

"Incidentally, I'm puzzled why, with so much oxygen about, thing didn't burst into flames all the time. Perhaps they did."

-Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

"It is interesting to wonder whether taxonomists of the future may regret the way our generation messed around with genomes."

-Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

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3. How Much Land Does a Man Need?

By: Leo Tolstoy , Boris Dralyuk

4.11

Format: 66 pages, Kindle Edition

The story of a greedy peasant named Pakhom. Although Pakhom enjoys health and family happiness, he … read more

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"I understood that men only think that they live by caring only about themselves: in reality they live by love alone."

-Leo Tolstoy, How Much Land Does a Man Need?

"Next morning, when Semyon woke up, the children were still asleep and his wife had gone over to the neighbour's to borrow some bread. Only the stranger was sitting on the bench, wearing the old trous…"

-Leo Tolstoy, How Much Land Does a Man Need?

"An elder sister came from the town to visit her younger sister in the country. This elder sister was married to a merchant and the younger to a peasant in the village. The two sisters sat down for a …"

-Leo Tolstoy, How Much Land Does a Man Need?

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4. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

By: Carlo Rovelli , Simon Carnell , Erica Segre

4.42

Format: 718 pages, Hardcover

Everything you need to know about the beauty of modern physics in less than 100 pages. In seven bri… read more

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  • popular science
  • nonfiction
  • physics
  • science

5. The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

By: Daniel J. Levitin

3.64

Format: 221 pages, Hardcover

New York Timesbestselling author and neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin shifts his keen insights from… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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6. Third Watch (Tracy Crosswhite, #0.5)

By: Robert Dugoni

3.98

Format: 350 pages,

Tracy Crosswhite's ordinary night patrolling her Seattle beat becomes front page news when she resp… read more

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7. The God Delusion

By: Richard Dawkins

3.90

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

A preeminent scientist - and the world's most prominent atheist - asserts the irrationality of beli… read more

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  • science
"Pantheism is sexed-up atheism. Deism is watered-down theism."

-Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion

"نؤمن بنظريةالتطور لان الادلة تدعمها وسنرفضها بين ليلة وضحاها عندما تظهر ادلة تنفيها"

-Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion

"لا تلقن اطفالك بل علمهم طريقة التفكير المستقلة وكيفية التاكد من الادلة وكيف يمكنهم مخالفتك فى الرأي"

-Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion

"As J. B. S. Haldane said when asked what evidence might contradict evolution, 'Fossil rabbits in the Precambrian."

-Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion

8. Introducing Consciousness

By: Howard Selina , David Papineau

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Introducing Consciousness starts with the problem of the philosophical relation between mind and ma… read more

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9. Black Holes: The Reith Lectures

By: Stephen Hawking

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

"It is said that fact is sometimes stranger than fiction, and nowhere is that more true than in the… read more

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10. Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

By: Fumio Sasaki , None

3.89

Format: 202 pages, Hardcover

Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert; he's just a regular guy who was stressed at w… read more

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11. The Anti-Christ

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , H.L. Mencken

3.68

Format: 420 pages,

Monumento de escandalo para idiotas, arma arrojadiza en manos torpes, o cumbre postuma del inquieta… read more

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12. How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain

By: Lisa Feldman Barrett

3.67

Format: 117 pages, Hardcover

A new theory of how the brain constructs emotions that could revolutionize psychology, health care,… read more

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13. 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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14. 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
  • popular science
  • astronomy
  • 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

15. The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction

By: Michel Foucault , Robert Hurley

4.00

Format: 201 pages,

Michel Foucault offers an iconoclastic exploration of why we feel compelled to continually analyze … read more

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16. Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story

By: Jim Holt

4.00

Format: 191 pages, Hardcover

"Why is there a world rather than nothing at all?" remains the darkest and most enduring of all met… read more

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17. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

By: Edwin A. Abbott , Banesh Hoffmann

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

This masterpiece of science (and mathematical) fiction is a delightfully unique and highly entertai… read more

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18. 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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19. Brief Answers to the Big Questions

By: Stephen Hawking

4.28

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Stephen Hawking was recognized as one of the greatest minds of our time and a figure of inspiration… read more

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  • nonfiction
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"I use the word “God"

-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions

"This “Hawking temperature"

-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions

"So some might imagine that I am an expert on time, although of course these days an expert is not necessarily a good thing to be."

-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions

"I think it is legitimate to take a broader view and include externally transmitted information, as well as DNA, in the evolution of the human race."

-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions

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20. Quantum Physics for Beginners: From Wave Theory to Quantum Computing. Understanding How Everything Works by a Simplified Explanation of Quantum Physics and Mechanics Principles

By: Carl J. Pratt

4.00

Format: 106 pages, Kindle Edition

Master the basics of quantum physics without feeling overwhelmed by complex math!⭐ Over 10,000 copi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • physics
  • science
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21. 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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  • nonfiction
  • popular science
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22. Relativity for Beginners, The Special And The General Theory: The 3 Bizarre Discoveries You Must Know To Master Einstein’s Relativity Fast, Revealed Step-By-Step (In Plain English)

By: John Stoddard

4.57

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

Are you ready to master Einstein’s Theory of Relativity fast through just 3 bizarre discoveries, ev… read more

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23. Void (The Far Reaches, #2)

By: Veronica Roth

3.86

Format: 50 pages, Kindle Edition

An intergalactic luxury cruise to a distant port is a world unto itself in this piercing short myst… read more

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"... I realized that what's out there is oblivious to us. There's no menace to it, because there's no intent. We're just fragile, and we break sometimes. And time keeps moving. I don't know. I think i…"

-Veronica Roth, Void (The Far Reaches, #2)

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24. 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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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • 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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25. 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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  • nonfiction
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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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26. Black Hole Survival Guide

By: Janna Levin

4.00

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space--an authoritative an… read more

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"A bare black hole is pure empty spacetime—no atoms, light, strings, or particles of any kind, dark or bright. It’s empty space—or, in physics slang, the vacuum."

-Janna Levin, Black Hole Survival Guide

"You send messages in vain to no one. But send them anyway. Your epiphanies are forever lost in the catastrophic singularity. But send them, please, your acts of defiance."

-Janna Levin, Black Hole Survival Guide

"imagine you are an astronaut alone in space. no planets in view. no spacecraft. no distant stars. no source of light. imagine the latent terror, the quiet of space, the strange sensation of floating,…"

-Janna Levin, Black Hole Survival Guide

"Black holes are a gift, both physically and theoretically. They are detectable on the farthest reaches of the observable universe. They anchor galaxies, providing a center for our own galactic pinwhe…"

-Janna Levin, Black Hole Survival Guide

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27. Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain

By: Lisa Feldman Barrett

4.05

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From the author of How Emotions Are Made ,  a captivating collection of short essays about your bra… read more

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"The triune brain idea is one of the most successful and widespread errors in all of science."

-Lisa Feldman Barrett, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain

"Sometimes we're responsible for things not because they're our fault, but because we're the only ones who can change them."

-Lisa Feldman Barrett, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain

"The best thing for your nervous system is another human. The worst thing for your nervous system is also another human. This situation leads us to a fundamental dilemma of the human condition."

-Lisa Feldman Barrett, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain

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28. Agency (Jackpot #2)

By: William Gibson

3.81

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

In William Gibson's first novel since 2014's New York Times bestselling The Peripheral, a gifted "a… read more

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"I dislike calling them stubs,"

-William Gibson, Agency (Jackpot #2)

"You’re too young to remember it,"

-William Gibson, Agency (Jackpot #2)

"I like it. A Silicon Valley ghost story."

-William Gibson, Agency (Jackpot #2)

"We’ve sourced something field-expedient,"

-William Gibson, Agency (Jackpot #2)

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29. The 4 Pillar Plan: How to Relax, Eat, Move, Sleep Your Way to a Longer, Healthier Life

By: Rangan Chatterjee

4.38

Format: 195 pages, Kindle Edition

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HAPPY MIND, HAPPY LIFE 'Small changes make a big differ… read more

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30. Introducing Relativity: A Graphic Guide (Graphic Guides)

By: Bruce Bassett

3.80

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

A superlative, fascinating graphic account of Albert Einstein's strange world and how his legacy ha… read more

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  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • popular science
  • astronomy
  • physics
  • science
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31. Quantum Physics and the Power of the Mind: Discover all the important features of Quantum Physics and the Law of Attraction, find out how it really works to change your life for the better

By: Nancy Patterson

3.53

Format: 107 pages, Kindle Edition

Do you want to understand something more about the world around you? Do you want to discover the s… read more

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8 must-read history books like Introducing Relativity: A Graphic Guide (Graphic Guides) by Bruce Bassett

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The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

Richard Dawkins , Well-illustrated

4.16

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A Brief History of Time

Stephen Hawking , Phạm Văn Thiều , None

4.21

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Brief Answers to the Big Questions

Stephen Hawking

4.28

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Michio Kaku

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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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Lee Smolin , Henry Reich

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