Physics

Physics is the natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through space and time, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.

When We Cease to Understand the World
The Maniac
In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)
The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science
Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters
Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything
White Holes
The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)
The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works
Engineering in Plain Sight: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment
Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
Quantum Supremacy
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
The Grand Design
Physics of the Impossible
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory
The Order of Time
Cosmos
The Universe in a Nutshell
The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics (Theoretical Minimum #1)
Cosmos by Carl SaganA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootPale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
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A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariQuiet by Susan CainThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
1,874 books — 1,130 voters
A Survey of Physical Theory by Max PlanckBirth of a Theorem by Cédric VillaniLady Luck by Warren WeaverLove and Math by Edward FrenkelWhat Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods by Richard Courant
Rigorous Popular Science Books
16 books — 9 voters

A Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Elegant Universe by Brian GreeneThe Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian GreenePale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
Cosmology
215 books — 188 voters
The Order of Time by Carlo RovelliA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingTime Travel by James GleickTimefulness by Marcia BjornerudTime Warped by Claudia Hammond
Time: What it is and how to use it
91 books — 11 voters


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Bill Bryson
Physics is really nothing more than a search for ultimate simplicity, but so far all we have is a kind of elegant messiness.
Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything

Philip Pullman
I'll be looking for you, Will, every moment, every single moment. And when we do find each other again, we'll cling together so tight that nothing and no one'll ever tear us apart. Every atom of me and every atom of you... We'll live in birds and flowers and dragonflies and pine trees and in clouds and in those little specks of light you see floating in sunbeams... And when they use our atoms to make new lives, they wont' just be able to take one, they'll have to take two, one of you and one of ...more
Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials Trilogy: The Golden Compass / The Subtle Knife / The Amber Spyglass

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