14 best-selling nonfiction books like Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur by Tom Lancaster

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Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur

By: Tom Lancaster

4.36

Format: 504 pages, Hardcover

Quantum field theory is arguably the most far-reaching and beautiful physical theory ever construct…

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1. Python for Data Analysis

By: Wes McKinney

4.17

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Python for Data Analysis is concerned with the nuts and bolts of manipulating, processing, cleaning… read more

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  • science
  • textbooks
  • nonfiction
  • reference
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2. The Complete Sherlock Holmes

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

4.50

Format: 1796 pages, Paperback

A study in scarlet -- The sign of four -- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes : A scandal in Bohemi… read more

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"Oh how I've missed you, Holmes."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Sherlock Holmes

"It is easy to be wise after the event."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Sherlock Holmes

"You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Sherlock Holmes

"Excellent!" I cried. "Elementary," said he."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Sherlock Holmes

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3. Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum (Theoretical Minimum #2)

By: Leonard Susskind , Art Friedman

4.33

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Theoretical Minimum, a DIY introduction to the math and science … read more

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  • mathematics
  • quantum mechanics
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • textbooks
  • physics
  • science
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4. Tao Te Ching

By: Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe

4.30

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The heart that gives, gathers."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"Love is a decision - not an emotion!"

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

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5. The Illustrated Man

By: Ray Bradbury

4.13

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

That The Illustrated Man has remained in print since being published in 1951 is fair testimony to … read more

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"Oh, death in space was most humorous."

-Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man

"I shall remain on Mars and read a book."

-Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man

"Did all dying people feel this way, as if they had never lived?"

-Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man

"Nothing ever likes to die--not even a room. (p.23 --> The Veldt)"

-Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man

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6. Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are

By: Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Semi-Finalist in the Science & Technology category in the Choice Awards. Foreword by Steven Pinker,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science

7. Time and Chance

By: David Z. Albert

3.90

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

This book is an attempt to get to the bottom of an acute and perennial tension between our best sci… read more

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8. The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe

By: Roger Penrose

3.82

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

Roger Penrose, one of the most accomplished scientists of our time, presents the only comprehensive… read more

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9. The First Scientist: Anaximander and His Legacy

By: Carlo Rovelli

3.49

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"Marvelous. . . . A wonderful book."--Humana.Mente "Rovelli is the dream author to conduct us on th… read more

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10. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

By: John Le Carré

4.06

Format: 381 pages, Paperback

A modern classic in which John le Carré expertly creates a total vision of a secret world, Tinker, … read more

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"As a good Socialist, I'm going for the money."

-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

"Treason is very much a matter of habit, Smiley decided."

-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

"Good intelligence work, Control had always preached, was gradual and rested on a kind of gentleness."

-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

"The monstrosity of this, reaching Smiley through a thickening wall of spiritual exhaustion, left him momentarily speechless."

-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

11. Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell

By: A. Zee

3.00

Format: 81 pages, Hardcover

An esteemed researcher and acclaimed popular author takes up the challenge of providing a clear, re… read more

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12. An Introduction To Quantum Field Theory

By: Daniel V. Schroeder , None

3.00

Format: 81 pages, Hardcover

An Introduction to Quantum Field Theoryis a textbook intended for the graduate physics course cover… read more

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13. Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much

By: Sendhil Mullainathan , Eldar Shafir

3.86

Format: 536 pages, Hardcover

A surprising and intriguing examination of how scarcity--and our flawed responses to it--shapes our… read more

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14. The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics (Theoretical Minimum #1)

By: Leonard Susskind , George Hrabovsky

4.00

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

A Wall Street JournalBest Book of 2013 A world-class physicist and a citizen scientist combine forc… read more

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15. The Republic

By: Plato , Desmond Lee

3.96

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classi… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Appearance tyrannizes over truth."

-Plato, The Republic

"The comprehensive mind is always dialectical."

-Plato, The Republic

"Those who don't know must learn from those who do."

-Plato, The Republic

"The beginning is the most important part of the work."

-Plato, The Republic

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16. Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy

By: Herman Pontzer

4.14

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

One of the foremost researchers in human metabolism reveals surprising new science behind food and … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
"..incompetent people are so annoying: their very incompetence blinds them to how incompetent they are." (or as Darwin said, "ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge") - both o…"

-Herman Pontzer, Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy

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17. Ring Shout

By: P. Djèlí Clark

3.99

Format: 185 pages, Hardcover

In America, demons wear white hoods. In 1915, The Birth of a Nation cast a spell across America,… read more

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"Who says all the fantasies with sword-wielding heroes and heroines have to be in Middle Earth, Westeros, or even our dreams of Africa past—“copper sun or scarlet sea?"

-P. Djèlí Clark, Ring Shout

"There were two brothers, Truth and Lie. One day they get to playing, throwing cutlasses up into the air. Them cutlasses come down and fast as can be-swish!-chop each of their faces clean off! Truth b…"

-P. Djèlí Clark, Ring Shout

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18. Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione

By: Jonathan Haidt

4.21

Format: 420 pages, Paperback

Una suggestiva indagine dei meccanismi profondi che regolano la nostra esistenza, le decisioni che … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
"Reasoning can take you wherever you want to go."

-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione

"Intuitions come first, strategic reasoning second."

-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione

"Anyone who values truth should stop worshipping reason."

-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione

"Science is a smorgasbord, and google will guide you to the study that's right for you."

-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione

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19. Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory: The Theoretical Minimum

By: Leonard Susskind

4.49

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The third volume in the bestselling physics series cracks open Einstein's special relativity and fi… read more

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  • mathematics
  • quantum mechanics
  • nonfiction
  • textbooks
  • physics
  • science
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20. Quantum Field Theory, as Simply as Possible

By: A. Zee

4.21

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

An exceptionally accessible introduction to quantum field theory Quantum field theory is by far th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • physics
  • science
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21. Physics From Symmetry

By: Jakob Schwichtenberg

4.56

Format: 279 pages, Hardcover

This is a textbook that derives the fundamental theories of physics from symmetry. It starts by… read more

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  • mathematics
  • reference
  • textbooks
  • physics
  • science
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22. The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life

By: Eugenia Cheng

3.93

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

Mathematician and popular science author Eugenia Cheng is on a mission to show you that mathematics… read more

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  • mathematics
  • nonfiction
  • science
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23. A Book of Abstract Algebra

By: Charles C. Pinter

4.35

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Accessible but rigorous, this outstanding text encompasses all of the topics covered by a typical c… read more

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  • mathematics
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • textbooks
  • science
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24. Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model

By: Matthew D. Schwartz

4.47

Format: 850 pages, Hardcover

Providing a comprehensive introduction to quantum field theory, this textbook covers the developmen… read more

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  • mathematics
  • reference
  • textbooks
  • physics
  • science
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25. Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur

By: Tom Lancaster

4.36

Format: 504 pages, Hardcover

Quantum field theory is arguably the most far-reaching and beautiful physical theory ever construct… read more

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  • mathematics
  • quantum mechanics
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • textbooks
  • physics
  • science
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26. General Relativity

By: Leonard Susskind

4.51

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The latest volume in the New York Times bestselling physics series explains Einstein's the general … read more

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  • mathematics
  • nonfiction
  • textbooks
  • physics
  • science
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27. Feynman Lectures On Gravitation (Frontiers in Physics)

By: Richard P. Feynman

4.35

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

The Feynman Lectures on Gravitation are based on notes prepared during a course on gravitational ph… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • physics
  • reference
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28. No-Nonsense Quantum Field Theory: A Student-Friendly Introduction

By: Jakob Schwichtenberg

4.67

Format: 642 pages, Paperback

Learning quantum field theory doesn’t have to be hard What if there were a book that allowed you to… read more

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  • science

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Wes McKinney

4.17

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Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum (Theoretical Minimum #2)

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4.33

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Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

4.25

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Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy

Herman Pontzer

4.14

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Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

Brian Klaas

4.13

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Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity

Peter Attia

4.37

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Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance

Alex Hutchinson

4.13

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Herman Pontzer

4.14

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