15 best-selling science books like The Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, Matthew L. Sands

The Feynman Lectures on Physics

By: Richard P. Feynman , Robert B. Leighton , Matthew L. Sands

4.57

Format: None pages,

The revised edition of Feynman's legendary lectures includes extensive corrections and updates coll…

If you liked the science plot in The Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, Matthew L. Sands , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. The Grand Design

By: Stephen Hawking , Leonard Mlodinow

4.06

Format: 199 pages, Hardcover

THE FIRST MAJOR WORK IN NEARLY A DECADE BY ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREAT THINKERS—A MARVELOUSLY CONCISE … read more

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"Suntem cu toții plăsmuiri ale visului cuiva."

-Stephen Hawking, The Grand Design

"Suntem produsul fluctuațiilor cuantice din universul foarte timpuriu."

-Stephen Hawking, The Grand Design

"Most laws of nature exist as part of a larger, interconnected system of laws."

-Stephen Hawking, The Grand Design

"Noi creăm istoria prin observațiile noastre, iar nu istoria ne creează pe noi."

-Stephen Hawking, The Grand Design

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2. Chaos: Making a New Science

By: James Gleick

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A work of popular science in the tradition of Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan, this 20th-anniversary… read more

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"IN THE MIND’S EYE, a fractal is a way of seeing infinity."

-James Gleick, Chaos: Making a New Science

"Of all the possible pathways of disorder, nature favors just a few."

-James Gleick, Chaos: Making a New Science

"Revolutions do not come piecemeal. One account of nature replaces another."

-James Gleick, Chaos: Making a New Science

"The only things that can ever be universal, in a sense, are scaling things."

-James Gleick, Chaos: Making a New Science

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3. Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

By: Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan

4.34

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carl Sagan traces our exploration of space and suggests that our very… read more

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"Sailors on a becalmed sea, we sense the stirring of a breeze."

-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

"It does no harm to the romance of the sunset to know a little about it."

-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

"Science cuts two ways, of course; its products can be used for both good and evil. But there's no turning back from science."

-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

"I remind myself that madmen really exist. Sometimes they achieve the highest levels of political power in modern industrial nations."

-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

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4. Introduction to Algorithms

By: Thomas H. Cormen , Charles E. Leiserson , Ronald L. Rivest , None

4.35

Format: 1184 pages, Hardcover

A comprehensive update of the leading algorithms text, with new material on matchings in bipartite … read more

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  • reference
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  • science
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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

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6. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics

By: David J. Griffiths

4.09

Format: 148 pages, Hardcover

This book first teaches learners how to "do" quantum mechanics, and then provides them with a more … read more

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7. The World As I See It

By: Albert Einstein

3.88

Format: 0 pages,

"The World as I See It" is a treasury of the thoughts and life observations of one of the greatest … read more

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8. The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design

By: Richard Dawkins

3.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

***30th Anniversary Edition*** Cover note: Each copy of the anniversary edition of The Blind Watchm… read more

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Cover of Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality by None

9. Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality

By: None

3.36

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

Our Mathematical Universeis a journey to explore the mysteries uncovered by cosmology and to discov… read more

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10. The Feynman Lectures on Physics

By: Richard P. Feynman , Robert B. Leighton , Matthew L. Sands

4.57

Format: None pages,

The revised edition of Feynman's legendary lectures includes extensive corrections and updates coll… read more

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11. Modern Quantum Mechanics

By: J.J. Sakurai , San Fu Tuan

3.71

Format: 412 pages,

Revised edition includes discussions of fundamental topics and newer developments such as neutron i… read more

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12. 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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13. The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

By: Brian Greene

4.09

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away the layers of mystery surroun… read more

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"...things are the way they are in our universe because if they weren't, we wouldn't be here to notice."

-Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

"...quantum mechanics—the physics of our world—requires that you hold such pedestrian complaints in abeyance."

-Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

"…The wonders of life and the universe are mere reflections of microscopic particles engaged in a pointless dance fully choreographed by the laws of physics."

-Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

"La cosmología tiene la capacidad de llamar nuestra atención a un nivel profundo y visceral, porque comprender cómo comenzó todo es, al menos para algunos, el punto en el que podemos encontrarnos más …"

-Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

14. What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches

By: Roger Penrose , Erwin Schrödinger

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

What Is Life? is a 1944 non-fiction science book written for the lay reader by physicist Erwin Schr… read more

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15. Cosmos

By: Carl Sagan

4.39

Format: 384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The story of fifteen billion years of cosmic evolution transforming matter and life into consciousn… read more

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"We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."

-Carl Sagan, Cosmos

"Civilization is a product of the cerebral cortex."

-Carl Sagan, Cosmos

"Observation: I can't see a thing. Conclusion: Dinosaurs."

-Carl Sagan, Cosmos

"We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands."

-Carl Sagan, Cosmos

16. How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method

By: George Pólya

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

A perennial bestseller by eminent mathematician G. Polya, "How to Solve It" will show anyone in any… read more

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17. 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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"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

18. 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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19. Introduction to Electrodynamics

By: David J. Griffiths

4.07

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

This work offers accesible coverage of the fundamentals of electrodynamics, enhanced with with disc… read more

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20. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

By: Douglas R. Hofstadter

4.16

Format: None pages, Paperback

Douglas Hofstadter's book is concerned directly with the nature of "maps" or links between formal s… read more

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21. The Universe in a Nutshell

By: Stephen Hawking

4.18

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Stephen Hawking’s phenomenal, multimillion-copy bestseller, A Brief History of Time, introduced the… read more

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"Claramente, el crecimiento exponencial actual no puede continuar indefinidamente."

-Stephen Hawking, The Universe in a Nutshell

"No creo que la especie humana haya llegado tan lejos sólo para eliminarse a sí misma cuando las cosas se están poniendo interesantes."

-Stephen Hawking, The Universe in a Nutshell

"Se chegássemos ao fim da linha, o espírito humano definharia e morreria. Mas não creio que um dia sossegaremos: aumentaremos em complexidade, se não em profundidade, e seremos sempre o centro de um h…"

-Stephen Hawking, The Universe in a Nutshell

"When Copernicus and Galileo discovered that the planets orbit the Sun rather than the Earth, and Newton discovered the laws that govern their motion, astrology became extremely implausible. Why shoul…"

-Stephen Hawking, The Universe in a Nutshell

15 Best nonfiction books like The Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, Matthew L. Sands

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Stephen Hawking , Leonard Mlodinow

4.06

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Chaos: Making a New Science

James Gleick

4.04

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Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan

4.34

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Introduction to Algorithms

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4.35

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The Origin of Species

Charles Darwin

4.01

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Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan

4.34

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God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

Christopher Hitchens

3.96

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