5 must-read physics books like Oppenheimer and the Bomb by Paul Strathern

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Oppenheimer and the Bomb

By: Paul Strathern

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

At a moment of great discovery, one Big Idea can change the world... Oppenheimer and his Big Ide…

If you liked the physics plot in Oppenheimer and the Bomb by Paul Strathern , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Twelfth Night

By: William Shakespeare , Folger Shakespeare Library

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Named for the twelfth night after Christmas, the end of the Christmas season, Twelfth Night plays w… read more

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"a raven's heart within a dove."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"I pity you That's a degree to love"

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

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2. The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

By: Sylvia Plath , Karen V. Kukil

3.31

Format: 267 pages, Paperback

First U.S. Publication A major literary event--the complete, uncensored journals of Sylvia Plath, p… read more

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  • nonfiction
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3. Black Holes and Baby Universes

By: Stephen Hawking

4.31

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

NY Timesbestseller. 13 extraordinary essays shed new light on the mysteries of the universe & on on… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • physics
  • science
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4. The Tale of the Unknown Island

By: Margaret Jull Costa , José Saramago , Peter Sís

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

A man went to knock at the king's door and said, Give me a boat. The king's house had many other do… read more

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5. Strange Pilgrims

By: Gabriel García Márquez

2.00

Format: 238 pages, Paperback

In Barcelona, an aging Brazilian prostitute trains her dog to weep at the grave she has chosen for … read more

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6. The Killers

By: Ernest Hemingway

3.57

Format: 384 pages,

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7. Somos polvo de estrellas

By: None , José María Maza Sancho

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

"Hace muchos anos --1976-- estuve en Tucson, Arizona, y en el planetario de la ciudad habia un cicl… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • physics
  • science

8. Hiroshima

By: John Hersey

3.50

Format: 36 pages,

On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book… read more

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9. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

By: Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan

4.29

Format: 459 pages, Paperback

How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t un… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • physics
  • science
"Gullibility kills."

-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

"Occasionally, I get a letter from someone who is in “contact"

-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."

-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

"Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world."

-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

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10. The Tommyknockers

By: Stephen King

3.60

Format: 747 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Librarian's Note: This is alternate cover edition #2 ISBN 10: 0451156609 ISBN13: 9780451156600… read more

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"The feel of the sticky wetness down there when she moved made her grimace. God, she wanted to get cleaned up. In a hurry."

-Stephen King, The Tommyknockers

"One of life's great truths is this: when one is about to be struck by a speeding six-hundred-pound Coke machine, one need worry about nothing else."

-Stephen King, The Tommyknockers

"The trouble with living alone, she had discovered-and the reason why most people she knew didn't like to be alone even for a little while-was that the longer you lived alone, the louder the voices on…"

-Stephen King, The Tommyknockers

"I have just drawn my weapon and killed a Coke machine, sir." Claudell Weems said hollowly inside his mask. Andy Torgeson turned toward him. "And you never even ordered it to halt, or fired a warning …"

-Stephen King, The Tommyknockers

11. The General in His Labyrinth

By: Gabriel García Márquez , Edith Grossman

3.99

Format: None pages, Hardcover

(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) Gabriel Garcia Marquez s most political novel is the tragic story of… read more

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12. The Vampire Armand (The Vampire Chronicles, #6)

By: Anne Rice

5.00

Format: 646 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Armand until now has played a small role in the Vampire Chronicles. Here he assumes center stage, r… read more

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13. Memnoch the Devil (The Vampire Chronicles, #5)

By: Anne Rice

5.00

Format: 646 pages, Hardcover

In the fifth Vampire Chronicle, Lestat is searching for Dora, the beautiful and charismatic mortal … read more

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14. The End of Eternity

By: Isaac Asimov

3.84

Format: 464 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Andrew Harlan is an Eternal, a man whose job it is to range through past and present Centuries, mon… read more

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15. The Fall of the House of Usher

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.87

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

Take the plunge. Dive into this classic from the singular mind of Edgar Allan Poe, who is widely re… read more

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"[Son] cœur est un luth suspendu; Sitôt qu'on le touche il résonne. — De Béranger "

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

"A cadaverousness of complexion; an eye large, liquid and very luminous...finely molded chin, speaking, in its want of prominence, of a want of moral energy."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

"It was, perhaps, the narrow limits to which he thus confined himself upon the guitar, which gave birth, in great measure, to the fantastic character of his performances."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

"Er is geen twijfel mogelijk dat mijn bewustzijn van de snelle groei van mijn bijgeloof (want waarom zou ik het niet zo noemen?) de groei alleen maar scheen te versnellen. Dat is, zoals ik al lange ti…"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

16. Twelve Years a Slave

By: Solomon Northup

3.58

Format: None pages, ebook

A film tie-in edition of this eloquent and powerful memoir, to accompany the major new film starrin… read more

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17. La Tiranía de la igualdad: Por qué el proyecto de la izquierda destruye nuestras libertades y arruina nuestro progreso

By: Axel Kaiser

3.74

Format: 168 pages,

En este polemico libro, Axel Kaiser analiza los fundamentos teoricos y las implicancias practicas d… read more

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18. Legado en los huesos (Trilogía del Baztán, #2)

By: Dolores Redondo

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

Mas emocion, mas tension, mas revelaciones en la esperada segunda entrega de la trilogia del Baztan… read more

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19. The Martian Chronicles

By: Ray Bradbury

3.97

Format: 480 pages,

The strange and wonderful tale of man's experiences on Mars, filled with intense images and astonis… read more

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20. The Last Question

By: Isaac Asimov , Bob E. Flick , None

3.78

Format: None pages, Audio CD

The last question was asked for the first time, half in jest, on May 21, 2061, at a time when human… read more

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21. El Ruletista

By: Mircea Cărtărescu , Marian Ochoa de Eribe

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Esta pieza, tan breve como intensa, narra la improbable historia de un hombre al que nunca le ha so… read more

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22. El olvido que seremos

By: Héctor Abad Faciolince

4.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

El medico Hector Abad Gomez dedico sus ultimos anos, hasta el mismo dia en que cayo asesinado en pl… read more

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23. Sin noticias de Gurb

By: Eduardo Mendoza

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

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24. Ofrenda a la tormenta (Trilogía del Baztán, #3)

By: Dolores Redondo

3.46

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Izminal e samo mesets ot prikliuchvaneto na vtoriia sluchai, pri koito inspektor Amaia Salasar uspi… read more

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25. Gwendy's Magic Feather (The Button Box, #2)

By: Richard Chizmar

3.78

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

Something evil has swept into the small western Maine town of Castle Rock on the heels of the lates… read more

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26. The Maniac

By: Benjamín Labatut

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more

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  • physics
"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"

-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac

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27. The Secret in Their Eyes

By: Eduardo Sacheri

4.01

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

Benjamín Chaparro is a man haunted by his past—a retired detective, he remains obsessed with the de… read more

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28. Rey blanco (Antonia Scott, #3)

By: Juan Gómez-Jurado

4.26

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

ESPERO QUE NO TE HA YAS OLVIDADO DE MÍ. ¿JUGAMOS? Cuando Antonia Scott recibe este mensaje, sabe… read more

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"Porque lo que las palabras lastiman, a veces solo el silencio arregla."

-Juan Gómez-Jurado, Rey blanco (Antonia Scott, #3)

"Quizás en eso consiste crecer: en darte cuenta de lo gilipollas que eras."

-Juan Gómez-Jurado, Rey blanco (Antonia Scott, #3)

"La raíz de los males del mundo es que nadie se pone de acuerdo en qué es eso."

-Juan Gómez-Jurado, Rey blanco (Antonia Scott, #3)

"La soledad hace del alma una esponja reseca, que acepta con gratitud cualquier líquido que le caiga encima."

-Juan Gómez-Jurado, Rey blanco (Antonia Scott, #3)

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29. Drei

By: D.A. Mishani

3.76

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

Orna, frisch geschiedene Mutter eines zehnjährigen Jungen, meldet sich auf einer Online-Dating-Plat… read more

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30. Por qué creemos en mierdas: Cómo nos engañamos a nosotros mismos

By: Ramón Nogueras Pérez

4.22

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Nunca antes en la historia de la humanidad hemos tenido más acceso a información que ahora. Nunca … read more

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  • science
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31. Oppenheimer and the Bomb

By: Paul Strathern

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

At a moment of great discovery, one Big Idea can change the world... Oppenheimer and his Big Ide… read more

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6 Top nonfiction books like Oppenheimer and the Bomb by Paul Strathern

Transform Your Habits

The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath , Karen V. Kukil

3.31

Transform Your Habits

Black Holes and Baby Universes

Stephen Hawking

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Somos polvo de estrellas

None , José María Maza Sancho

3.80

Transform Your Habits

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan

4.29

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18 Top fiction books like Gwendy's Magic Feather (The Button Box, #2) by Richard Chizmar

Transform Your Habits

Gwendy's Button Box + "The Music Room"

Stephen King , Richard Chizmar , Maggie Siff

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Blaze

Stephen King , Richard Bachman

3.76

Transform Your Habits

The Colorado Kid

Stephen King

3.38

Transform Your Habits

Black House (The Talisman, #2)

Stephen King , Peter Straub

3.93

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