For the Love of Physics: From the End of the Rainbow to the Edge of Time: A Journey Through the Wonders of Physics
By: Walter Lewin , Warren Goldstein
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"YOU HAVE CHANGED MY LIFE" is a common refrain in the emails Walter Lewin receives daily from fans …
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1. 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
2. Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story
By: Lee Berger , John Hawks , Harrison Ford , Douglas Chadwick
4.24
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
This first-person narrative about an archaeological discovery is rewriting the story of human evolu… read more
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- history
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3. Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium
By: Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
In the final book of his astonishing career, Carl Sagan brilliantly examines the burning questions … read more
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4. The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity
By: Steven H. Strogatz
2.70
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A world-class mathematician and regular contributor to the New York Timeshosts a delightful tour of… read more
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- popular science
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5. Alex's Adventures in Numberland
By: Alex Bellos
3.57
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
The world of maths can seem mind-boggling, irrelevant and, let's face it, boring. This groundbreaki… read more
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6. For the Love of Physics: From the End of the Rainbow to the Edge of Time: A Journey Through the Wonders of Physics
By: Walter Lewin , Warren Goldstein
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"YOU HAVE CHANGED MY LIFE" is a common refrain in the emails Walter Lewin receives daily from fans … read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- popular science
- education
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7. Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field: How Two Men Revolutionized Physics
By: Basil Mahon , None
4.18
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The story of two brilliant nineteenth-century scientists who discovered the electromagnetic field, … read more
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8. The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe
By: Stephen Hawking
3.57
Format: None pages,
Based on a series of lectures given at Cambridge University, Professor Hawking's work introduced "t… read more
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9. Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension
By: None
4.01
Format: 217 pages, Hardcover
- Cut pizzas in new and fairer ways! - Fit a 2p coin through an impossibly small hole! - Make a per… read more
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10. 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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11. Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics By Its Most Brilliant Teacher
By: Richard P. Feynman
4.50
Format: 34 pages, Paperback
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacheris a publishing first… read more
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12. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman
By: Richard P. Feynman , Freeman Dyson , Jeffrey Robbins
3.64
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
The Pleasure of Finding Things Outis a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard P. F… read more
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13. 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
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14. The Character of Physical Law
By: Richard P. Feynman , James Gleick
4.64
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In the Messenger Lectures, originally delivered at Cornell University & recorded for TV by the BBC,… read more
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15. 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
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16. Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
By: Steven H. Strogatz
4.30
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
Without calculus, we wouldn’t have cell phones, TV, GPS, or ultrasound. We wouldn’t have unraveled … read more
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"For reasons nobody understands, the universe is deeply mathematical. Maybe God made it that way. Or maybe it’s the only way a universe with us in it could be, because nonmathematical universes can’t …"-Steven H. Strogatz, Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
"With the star up above and the blackness of space, I can't avoid feeling awe. How could we, Homo sapiens, an insignificant species on an insignificant planet adrift in a middleweight galaxy, have man…"-Steven H. Strogatz, Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
17. The Little Book of Aliens
By: Adam Frank
4.26
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
“With wit and brio, Frank separates current nonsense about aliens from the serious and fascinating … read more
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18. The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion
By: Sean Carroll
3.96
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The most trusted explainer of the most mind-boggling concepts pulls back the veil of mystery that h… read more
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19. Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life
By: Helen Czerski
4.02
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Storm in a Teacup is Helen Czerski’s lively, entertaining, and informed introduction to the world o… read more
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"Nothing that is in equilibrium can be alive."-Helen Czerski, Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life
20. Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature
By: Sarah Hart
3.92
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice “Wide-ranging and thoroughly winning.” ―Jordan Elle… read more
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21. The Beauty of Falling: A Life in Pursuit of Gravity
By: Claudia de Rham
4.12
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
A world-renowned physicist seeks gravity’s true nature and finds wisdom in embracing its force in h… read more
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