Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
By: Stephen Hawking , Kip S. Thorne , None
4.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Ever since Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity burst upon the world in 1915 some of the …
Want to Read"Why are black holes so different from all other objects in the macroscopic Universe? Why are they, and they alone, so elegantly simple? If I knew the answer, it would probably tell me something very deep about the nature of physical laws. But I don’t know."-Stephen Hawking, Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
If you liked the popular science plot in Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy by Stephen Hawking, Kip S. Thorne, None , here is a list of 9 books like this:
1. Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
By: Stephen Hawking , Kip S. Thorne , None
4.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Ever since Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity burst upon the world in 1915 some of the … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Stephen Hawking's Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy book and Stephen Hawking's Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
- history
- time travel
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history of science
- popular science
- astronomy
- space
- physics
- science
"Why are black holes so different from all other objects in the macroscopic Universe? Why are they, and they alone, so elegantly simple? If I knew the answer, it would probably tell me something very …"-Stephen Hawking, Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
2. Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe
By: Simon Singh
4.21
Format: 532 pages, Paperback
A half century ago, a shocking Washington Post headline claimed that the world began in five catacl… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Simon Singh's Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe book and Stephen Hawking's Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
- history
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- popular science
- astronomy
- space
- physics
- science
"All that was required to measure the planet was a man with a stick and a brain. In other words, couple an intellect with some experimental apparatus and almost anything seems achievable."-Simon Singh, Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe
3. Climbing Mount Improbable
By: Richard Dawkins
4.20
Format: None pages, Paperback
The human eye is so complex and works so precisely that surely, one might believe, its current shap… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Richard Dawkins's Climbing Mount Improbable book and Stephen Hawking's Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- popular science
- science
4. 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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Stephen Hawking's Black Holes and Baby Universes book and Stephen Hawking's Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- popular science
- astronomy
- physics
- science
5. The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics
By: Leonard Susskind
4.09
Format: 129 pages, Hardcover
What happens when something is sucked into a black hole? Does it disappear? Three decades ago, a yo… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Leonard Susskind's The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics book and Stephen Hawking's Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
- history
- nonfiction
- popular science
- astronomy
- space
- physics
- science
6. Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-Time
By: Richard P. Feynman , Roger Penrose
4.23
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Richard P. Feynman's Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-Time book and Stephen Hawking's Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- popular science
- physics
- science
7. About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution
By: Paul C.W. Davies
4.23
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
An elegant, witty, and engaging exploration of the riddle of time, which examines the consequences … read more
Want to Read $ 8.99Similar categories in Paul C.W. Davies's About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution book and Stephen Hawking's Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
- history
- time travel
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- popular science
- astronomy
- space
- physics
- science
" David Park is a physicist and philosopher at Williams College in Massachusetts with a lifelong interest in a time which he too thinks doesn't pass. For Park, the passage of time is not so much an il…"-Paul C.W. Davies, About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution
"Perhaps there are many "nows" of varying duration, depending on just what it is we are doing. We must face up to the fact that, at least in the case of humans, the subject experiencing subjective tim…"-Paul C.W. Davies, About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution
"Until now, I've been writing about "now" as if it were literally an instant of time, but of course human faculties are not infinitely precise. It is simplistic to suppose that physical events and men…"-Paul C.W. Davies, About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution
"Psychologists have devised some ingenious ways to help unpack the human "now." Consider how we run those jerky movie frames together into a smooth and continuous stream. This is known as the "phi phe…"-Paul C.W. Davies, About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution
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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Roger Penrose's The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe book and Stephen Hawking's Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
9. Hyperspace
By: Michio Kaku
4.18
Format: 342 pages,
How many dimensions do you live in? Three? Maybe that's all your commonsense sense perception perce… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Michio Kaku's Hyperspace book and Stephen Hawking's Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
10. Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
By: Michio Kaku
3.77
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
In this thrilling journey into the mysteries of our cosmos, bestselling author Michio Kaku takes us… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Michio Kaku's Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos book and Stephen Hawking's Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
11. QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
By: Richard P. Feynman
4.50
Format: 34 pages, Paperback
Famous the world over for the creative brilliance of his insights into the physical world, Nobel Pr… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Richard P. Feynman's QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter book and Stephen Hawking's Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
12. The End of Time: The Next Revolution in Our Understanding of the Universe
By: Julian Barbour
4.00
Format: None pages,
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Julian Barbour's The End of Time: The Next Revolution in Our Understanding of the Universe book and Stephen Hawking's Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
13. The First Three Minutes: A Modern View Of The Origin Of The Universe
By: Steven Weinberg
4.57
Format: 102 pages, Paperback
This classic of contemporary science writing by a Nobel Prize-winning physicist explains to general… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Steven Weinberg's The First Three Minutes: A Modern View Of The Origin Of The Universe book and Stephen Hawking's Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
14. The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science and What Comes Next
By: Lee Smolin
4.04
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
What is string theory? Why does it matter to our understanding of the universe? And what if it is w… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Lee Smolin's The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science and What Comes Next book and Stephen Hawking's Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
- history
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- popular science
- physics
- science
"When it comes to revolutionizing science, what matters is quality of thought, not quantity of true believers."-Lee Smolin, The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science and What Comes Next
"Some string theorists prefer to believe that string theory is too arcane to be understood by human beings, rather than consider the possibility that it might just be wrong."-Lee Smolin, The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science and What Comes Next
"On the way, I shared the backseat of Feyerabend's little sports car with the inflatable raft he kept there in case an 8-point earthquake came while he was on the Bay Bridge."-Lee Smolin, The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science and What Comes Next
"It is interesting to note that the quantum-mechanical revolution was made by a virtually orphaned generation of scientists. Many members of the generation above them had been slaughtered in World War…"-Lee Smolin, The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science and What Comes Next
15. 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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Lee Smolin's Three Roads To Quantum Gravity book and Stephen Hawking's Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
16. From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time
By: Sean Carroll
3.50
Format: None pages,
Twenty years after Stephen Hawking's 9-million-copy selling A Brief History of Time, pioneering the… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Sean Carroll's From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time book and Stephen Hawking's Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
17. The 4 Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality
By: Richard Panek
3.69
Format: 47 pages,
The epic, behind-the-scenes story of an astounding gap in our scientific knowledge of the cosmos. I… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Richard Panek's The 4 Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality book and Stephen Hawking's Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
18. Relativity: The Special and the General Theory
By: Albert Einstein , Robert W. Lawson , Nigel Calder
4.08
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
An accesible version of Einstein's masterpiece of theory, written by the genius himself According t… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Albert Einstein's Relativity: The Special and the General Theory book and Stephen Hawking's Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
19. Quantum: Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality
By: Manjit Kumar
3.93
Format: None pages, Paperback
For most people, quantum theory is a byword for mysterious, impenetrable science. And yet for many … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Manjit Kumar's Quantum: Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality book and Stephen Hawking's Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
20. A Briefer History of Time
By: Stephen Hawking , Leonard Mlodinow
4.26
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Stephen Hawking's worldwide bestseller, A Brief History of Time, has been a landmark volume in scie… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Stephen Hawking's A Briefer History of Time book and Stephen Hawking's Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
- history
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- popular science
- astronomy
- space
- physics
- science
"What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise."-Stephen Hawking, A Briefer History of Time
"It is just that modern physicists seem to have more imaginative ways of naming new particles and phenomena - they no longer restrict themselves to Greek!"-Stephen Hawking, A Briefer History of Time
"طالما أن الكون له بداية سيكون في استطاعتنا افتراض أن له خالقًا. أما إذا كان الكون حقا مكتملا في حد ذاته، وليس له حد ولا حرف، فلن تكون له بداية ولا نهاية: فهو ببساطة موجود."-Stephen Hawking, A Briefer History of Time
"There is a good chance that the study of the early universe and the requirements of mathematical consistency will lead us to a complete unified theory within the lifetime of some of us who are around…"-Stephen Hawking, A Briefer History of Time
21. 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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Brian Greene's The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos book and Stephen Hawking's Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
