Energy Science Books | Summaries & Audio

Sustainable Energy - without the hot air

by David J.C. MacKay • 2008

Most energy plans don't add up. A physicist's arithmetic reveals what would.

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🏛️ Energy Policy ⚡ Energy Systems 🌬️ Renewable Energy 🔢 Quantitative Reasoning 🌍 Decarbonization

Sustainable Energy - without the hot air Summary

Sustainable Energy - without the hot air 93%

Most energy plans don't add up. A physicist's arithmetic reveals what would.

by David J.C. MacKay 2008

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🏛️ Energy Policy ⚡ Energy Systems 🌬️ Renewable Energy 🔢 Quantitative Reasoning 🌍 Decarbonization

The Future of Fusion Energy

by Jason Parisi • 2018

Building a star on Earth: the 35-nation, 500-megawatt experiment to unlock fusion energy.

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⚛️ Nuclear Fusion 🔬 Plasma Physics 🔧 Energy Technology 🌱 Clean Energy 📖 Popular Physics

The Future of Fusion Energy 93%

Building a star on Earth: the 35-nation, 500-megawatt experiment to unlock fusion energy.

by Jason Parisi 2018

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⚛️ Nuclear Fusion 🔬 Plasma Physics 🔧 Energy Technology 🌱 Clean Energy 📖 Popular Physics

Going Nuclear

by Tim Gregory • 2025

Nuclear is the cleanest, safest, densest energy on Earth. Only irrational fear stands in its way.

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🏭 Nuclear Energy 🏛️ Energy Policy 🌍 Climate Solutions 📜 Nuclear History 🌱 Ecomodernism

Going Nuclear 92%

Nuclear is the cleanest, safest, densest energy on Earth. Only irrational fear stands in its way.

by Tim Gregory 2025

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🏭 Nuclear Energy 🏛️ Energy Policy 🌍 Climate Solutions 📜 Nuclear History 🌱 Ecomodernism

Taming the Sun

by Varun Sivaram • 2018

More solar means each panel is worth less. Three innovations can flip that equation.

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☀️ Solar Energy 🔄 Clean Energy Transition 🏛️ Energy Policy 🔮 Energy Futures ⚡ Grid Modernization

Taming the Sun 91%

More solar means each panel is worth less. Three innovations can flip that equation.

by Varun Sivaram 2018

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☀️ Solar Energy 🔄 Clean Energy Transition 🏛️ Energy Policy 🔮 Energy Futures ⚡ Grid Modernization

Solar Energy

by Arno Smets • 2016

The semiconductor physics from photon to grid: how light becomes electricity and gets delivered.

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☀️ Photovoltaics 🔬 Semiconductor Physics 🌍 Renewable Energy 🏗️ Solar Engineering 💎 Solid-State Physics

Solar Energy 91%

The semiconductor physics from photon to grid: how light becomes electricity and gets delivered.

by Arno Smets 2016

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☀️ Photovoltaics 🔬 Semiconductor Physics 🌍 Renewable Energy 🏗️ Solar Engineering 💎 Solid-State Physics

Einstein's Fridge

by Paul Sen • 2021

The science of heat built the modern world and governs time's arrow, life, and black holes.

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📜 History Of Physics 🔥 Thermodynamics 🔬 History Of Science ⚡ Energy 🔀 Entropy

Einstein's Fridge 91%

The science of heat built the modern world and governs time's arrow, life, and black holes.

by Paul Sen 2021

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📜 History Of Physics 🔥 Thermodynamics 🔬 History Of Science ⚡ Energy 🔀 Entropy

Here Comes the Sun

by Bill McKibben • 2025

The climate crisis has a solution: the sun, which quietly became the cheapest power on Earth.

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☀️ Renewable Energy ⚡ Electrification ✊ Climate Activism 💰 Energy Economics 🏘️ Decentralized Energy

Here Comes the Sun 91%

The climate crisis has a solution: the sun, which quietly became the cheapest power on Earth.

by Bill McKibben 2025

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☀️ Renewable Energy ⚡ Electrification ✊ Climate Activism 💰 Energy Economics 🏘️ Decentralized Energy

Antimatter

by Frank Close • 2009

Half the universe should be antimatter. That it vanished is physics' most persistent mystery.

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🧲 Particle Physics 📜 History Of Science 💥 Matter And Energy 🌌 Cosmic Mysteries 🧪 Science Myths

Antimatter 91%

Half the universe should be antimatter. That it vanished is physics' most persistent mystery.

by Frank Close 2009

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🧲 Particle Physics 📜 History Of Science 💥 Matter And Energy 🌌 Cosmic Mysteries 🧪 Science Myths

The Great Transition

by Lester R. Brown • 2014

Wind and solar are now cheapest. The shift isn't a political choice; it's a price signal.

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⚡ Energy Transition ☀️ Renewable Energy 📉 Energy Economics 🌍 Climate Policy 🚗 Electric Vehicles

The Great Transition 91%

Wind and solar are now cheapest. The shift isn't a political choice; it's a price signal.

by Lester R. Brown 2014

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⚡ Energy Transition ☀️ Renewable Energy 📉 Energy Economics 🌍 Climate Policy 🚗 Electric Vehicles

The Body Electric

by Robert O. Becker • 1985

A hidden electrical current runs your body's healing and growth. Power lines may be shorting it out.

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🧬 Bioelectricity 🏥 Regenerative Medicine 🌍 Environmental Health ⚡ Electromagnetic Pollution 🕰️ Circadian Rhythms

The Body Electric 91%

A hidden electrical current runs your body's healing and growth. Power lines may be shorting it out.

by Robert O. Becker 1985

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🧬 Bioelectricity 🏥 Regenerative Medicine 🌍 Environmental Health ⚡ Electromagnetic Pollution 🕰️ Circadian Rhythms

The Grid

by Gretchen Bakke • 2016

The clean-energy future depends on a century-old machine that was never designed to handle it.

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🏗️ Infrastructure ⚡ Energy Transition 🌬️ Renewable Integration 🔋 Energy Storage 📜 Energy Policy

The Grid 90%

The clean-energy future depends on a century-old machine that was never designed to handle it.

by Gretchen Bakke 2016

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🏗️ Infrastructure ⚡ Energy Transition 🌬️ Renewable Integration 🔋 Energy Storage 📜 Energy Policy

Neutrino

by Frank Close • 2010

The Sun's neutrinos went missing for thirty years. The culprit was stranger than a broken star.

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🔬 Particle Physics ☀️ Solar Physics ⚛️ Experimental Physics 📜 Physics History 🌟 Stellar Processes

Neutrino 90%

The Sun's neutrinos went missing for thirty years. The culprit was stranger than a broken star.

by Frank Close 2010

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718 ratings

🔬 Particle Physics ☀️ Solar Physics ⚛️ Experimental Physics 📜 Physics History 🌟 Stellar Processes

The Breath of the Gods

by Simon Winchester • 2025

Polynesian canoes, the Spanish Armada, and Japan's salvation all turned on wind. Its full biography.

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🧱 Microhistories 🌬️ Atmospheric Science 🌍 Climate And Civilization 🌪️ Forces Of Nature 📖 Popular Science

The Breath of the Gods 90%

Polynesian canoes, the Spanish Armada, and Japan's salvation all turned on wind. Its full biography.

by Simon Winchester 2025

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🧱 Microhistories 🌬️ Atmospheric Science 🌍 Climate And Civilization 🌪️ Forces Of Nature 📖 Popular Science

Renewable Energy

by Bruce Usher • 2019

The energy transition was stalled by storage. The solution is already in millions of garages.

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☀️ Renewable Energy 🔄 Energy Transition 📉 Technology Cost Curves 🌍 Climate Economics 📜 Energy Policy

Renewable Energy 90%

The energy transition was stalled by storage. The solution is already in millions of garages.

by Bruce Usher 2019

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☀️ Renewable Energy 🔄 Energy Transition 📉 Technology Cost Curves 🌍 Climate Economics 📜 Energy Policy

The Quantum Universe

by Brian Cox • 2011

A theory that defies common sense underlies transistors, lasers, and every atom in your body.

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⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 📖 Popular Physics 💥 Particle Physics 〰️ Quantum Field Theory 🔬 Atomic Physics

The Quantum Universe 90%

A theory that defies common sense underlies transistors, lasers, and every atom in your body.

by Brian Cox 2011

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⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 📖 Popular Physics 💥 Particle Physics 〰️ Quantum Field Theory 🔬 Atomic Physics

The Fourth Phase of Water

by Gerald H. Pollack • 2013

Water self-assembles into a hidden, light-charged battery that powers the living world.

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💧 Water Science 🧬 Biophysics 🧊 Structured Water 🌀 Self-Organization ⚡ Non-Equilibrium Systems

The Fourth Phase of Water 90%

Water self-assembles into a hidden, light-charged battery that powers the living world.

by Gerald H. Pollack 2013

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💧 Water Science 🧬 Biophysics 🧊 Structured Water 🌀 Self-Organization ⚡ Non-Equilibrium Systems

The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels

by Alex Epstein • 2014

Climate deaths fell 98% this century. Fossil fuels caused that, and their moral defense is overdue.

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⚡ Energy Policy 🌡️ Climate Debate 🔧 Techno-Optimism 🔍 Eco-Skepticism 🏛️ Objectivist Philosophy

The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels 90%

Climate deaths fell 98% this century. Fossil fuels caused that, and their moral defense is overdue.

by Alex Epstein 2014

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⚡ Energy Policy 🌡️ Climate Debate 🔧 Techno-Optimism 🔍 Eco-Skepticism 🏛️ Objectivist Philosophy

Why Does E=mc2? by Cox, Brian, Forshaw, Jeff [Da Capo Press, 2010] (Paperback) [Paperback]

by Cox • 2009

Chase a light beam: it still outruns you. That single fact rebuilds spacetime from scratch.

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⚛️ Modern Physics 🕰️ Relativity Theory 🔭 Theoretical Physics 💡 Physics Explained 🌌 Cosmology Basics

Why Does E=mc2? by Cox, Brian, Forshaw, Jeff [Da Capo Press, 2010] (Paperback) [Paperback] Summary

Why Does E=mc2? by Cox, Brian, Forshaw, Jeff [Da Capo Press, 2010] (Paperback) [Paperback] 90%

Chase a light beam: it still outruns you. That single fact rebuilds spacetime from scratch.

by Cox 2009

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⚛️ Modern Physics 🕰️ Relativity Theory 🔭 Theoretical Physics 💡 Physics Explained 🌌 Cosmology Basics

The End of Oil

by Paul Roberts • 2004

Peak oil, climate collapse, energy poverty: three crises converging, and no unified plan exists.

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🔄 Energy Transition 🛢️ Oil Geopolitics ⛽ Fossil Fuel Dependence 🌡️ Climate Security 🔐 Global Energy Security

The End of Oil 90%

Peak oil, climate collapse, energy poverty: three crises converging, and no unified plan exists.

by Paul Roberts 2004

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🔄 Energy Transition 🛢️ Oil Geopolitics ⛽ Fossil Fuel Dependence 🌡️ Climate Security 🔐 Global Energy Security

Solar Power for Sustainable Living

by Sustainable Stevie • 2012

The DIY solar reality check: what your bills, roof, and local code demand before you start.

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☀️ Solar Energy ♻️ Renewable Energy 🔨 Home Improvement 🌱 Sustainable Living ⚡ Energy Independence

Solar Power for Sustainable Living Summary

Solar Power for Sustainable Living 90%

The DIY solar reality check: what your bills, roof, and local code demand before you start.

by Sustainable Stevie 2012

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☀️ Solar Energy ♻️ Renewable Energy 🔨 Home Improvement 🌱 Sustainable Living ⚡ Energy Independence

The Standard Electrical Dictionary A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice of Electrical Engineering

by T. O'Conor Sloane • 2009

An electrical engineering dictionary from the year the ether was real and the electron unknown.

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⚡ Electrical Engineering 📖 Scientific Dictionaries 🔌 History Of Electricity 📏 Electrical Measurement 📡 Telegraphy

The Standard Electrical Dictionary A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice of Electrical Engineering Summary

The Standard Electrical Dictionary A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice of Electrical Engineering 90%

An electrical engineering dictionary from the year the ether was real and the electron unknown.

by T. O'Conor Sloane 2009

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⚡ Electrical Engineering 📖 Scientific Dictionaries 🔌 History Of Electricity 📏 Electrical Measurement 📡 Telegraphy

Car Science

by Richard Hammond • 2008

From chemical explosions to downforce: the physics that makes cars go, stop, and nearly take flight.

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🏎️ Automotive Engineering ⚛️ Vehicle Physics 🔥 Internal Combustion 💨 Aerodynamics ⚡ Alternative Fuels

Car Science 90%

From chemical explosions to downforce: the physics that makes cars go, stop, and nearly take flight.

by Richard Hammond 2008

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🏎️ Automotive Engineering ⚛️ Vehicle Physics 🔥 Internal Combustion 💨 Aerodynamics ⚡ Alternative Fuels

The Elephant in the Universe

by Govert Schilling • 2022

Eighty-four percent of matter is invisible. A century-long hunt has yet to catch it.

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🌌 Cosmology ⚛️ Particle Physics 📜 History Of Science ❓ Scientific Mysteries 🔬 Experimental Physics

The Elephant in the Universe 90%

Eighty-four percent of matter is invisible. A century-long hunt has yet to catch it.

by Govert Schilling 2022

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🌌 Cosmology ⚛️ Particle Physics 📜 History Of Science ❓ Scientific Mysteries 🔬 Experimental Physics

Quantum Man

by Lawrence M. Krauss • 2011

Feynman drew pictures of particles, insisted experiment trumps elegance, and rebuilt modern physics.

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⚛️ Particle Physics 🌀 Quantum Physics 📐 Theoretical Physics 📖 Scientific Biographies 🕰️ History Of Physics

Quantum Man 90%

Feynman drew pictures of particles, insisted experiment trumps elegance, and rebuilt modern physics.

by Lawrence M. Krauss 2011

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⚛️ Particle Physics 🌀 Quantum Physics 📐 Theoretical Physics 📖 Scientific Biographies 🕰️ History Of Physics

Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field

by Nancy Forbes • 2014

How an uneducated bookbinder and a Scottish genius proved light, electricity, and magnetism are one.

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⚡ Electromagnetism 📜 History Of Physics 👨‍🔬 Scientific Biography 🌐 Field Theory 🧪 Experimental Physics

Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field Summary

Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field 90%

How an uneducated bookbinder and a Scottish genius proved light, electricity, and magnetism are one.

by Nancy Forbes 2014

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⚡ Electromagnetism 📜 History Of Physics 👨‍🔬 Scientific Biography 🌐 Field Theory 🧪 Experimental Physics

Solar Power

by Mark Prentice • 2016

Install your own solar panels, slash your bill, and sell the surplus to the utility.

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☀️ Solar Energy ♻️ Renewable Energy 🏡 Off-Grid Living 🔧 Diy Solar ⚡ Energy Independence

Solar Power 90%

Install your own solar panels, slash your bill, and sell the surplus to the utility.

by Mark Prentice 2016

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☀️ Solar Energy ♻️ Renewable Energy 🏡 Off-Grid Living 🔧 Diy Solar ⚡ Energy Independence

Physics of the Impossible

by Michio Kaku • 2008

Sci-fi's wildest tech, sorted by a physicist: what's coming this century, and what breaks reality.

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⚛️ Theoretical Physics 🔮 Speculative Science 📖 Popular Physics 🔬 Quantum Physics 🤖 Future Technologies

Physics of the Impossible 90%

Sci-fi's wildest tech, sorted by a physicist: what's coming this century, and what breaks reality.

by Michio Kaku 2008

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⚛️ Theoretical Physics 🔮 Speculative Science 📖 Popular Physics 🔬 Quantum Physics 🤖 Future Technologies

We Are Electric

by Sally Adee • 2023

Every cell is a tiny battery. Medicine ignored it for two centuries. Why it can't anymore.

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🧬 Cellular Electricity 📜 History Of Science ⚡ Electrophysiology 🩹 Tissue Regeneration 🚪 Ion Channels

We Are Electric 89%

Every cell is a tiny battery. Medicine ignored it for two centuries. Why it can't anymore.

by Sally Adee 2023

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991 ratings

🧬 Cellular Electricity 📜 History Of Science ⚡ Electrophysiology 🩹 Tissue Regeneration 🚪 Ion Channels

How Technology Works

by D.K. Publishing • 2019

A visual tour of the physics inside your phone, your microwave, and the power grid.

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🔍 Visual Encyclopedias ⚙️ How Things Work ⚡ Applied Physics 🔧 Engineering Fundamentals 💻 Digital Literacy

How Technology Works 89%

A visual tour of the physics inside your phone, your microwave, and the power grid.

by D.K. Publishing 2019

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166 ratings

🔍 Visual Encyclopedias ⚙️ How Things Work ⚡ Applied Physics 🔧 Engineering Fundamentals 💻 Digital Literacy

Dirty Electricity

by Samuel Milham • 2010

Cancer and diabetes followed the power lines, not the processed food.

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🧲 Electromagnetic Health 🌿 Environmental Health ⚡ Bioelectromagnetics 📊 Cancer Epidemiology 🏭 Occupational Disease

Dirty Electricity 89%

Cancer and diabetes followed the power lines, not the processed food.

by Samuel Milham 2010

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210 ratings

🧲 Electromagnetic Health 🌿 Environmental Health ⚡ Bioelectromagnetics 📊 Cancer Epidemiology 🏭 Occupational Disease

Six Easy Pieces

by Richard P. Feynman • 1994

Six core physics lessons on atoms, energy, gravity, and the quantum world's strangest behavior.

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🧱 Foundational Physics ⚛️ Atomic Theory 🍎 Classical Physics 🌌 Quantum Mechanics 🔬 Scientific Method

Six Easy Pieces 89%

Six core physics lessons on atoms, energy, gravity, and the quantum world's strangest behavior.

by Richard P. Feynman 1994

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🧱 Foundational Physics ⚛️ Atomic Theory 🍎 Classical Physics 🌌 Quantum Mechanics 🔬 Scientific Method

The God Particle

by Leon M. Lederman • 1993

All the universe's fundamental pieces are known but one: the particle responsible for mass.

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⚛️ Particle Physics 📜 History Of Physics 🌊 Quantum Mechanics 📖 Popular Science 🔍 Scientific Discovery

The God Particle 89%

All the universe's fundamental pieces are known but one: the particle responsible for mass.

by Leon M. Lederman 1993

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⚛️ Particle Physics 📜 History Of Physics 🌊 Quantum Mechanics 📖 Popular Science 🔍 Scientific Discovery

Schockwellen

by Claudia Kemfert • 2023

Why Germany's energy transition stalled by design, and the community projects that got it right.

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⚡ Energy Transition 🌍 Energy Geopolitics 🔒 Energy Security 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Lobbying 👥 Community Energy

Schockwellen 89%

Why Germany's energy transition stalled by design, and the community projects that got it right.

by Claudia Kemfert 2023

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⚡ Energy Transition 🌍 Energy Geopolitics 🔒 Energy Security 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Lobbying 👥 Community Energy

How the World Really Works

by Vaclav Smil • 2022

Both doomers and utopians skip the same thing: modern civilization's staggering material scale.

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⚡ Energy Systems 🏭 Industrial Ecology 🌾 Global Food Systems 📊 Quantitative Reasoning ⚖️ Risk Perception

How the World Really Works 89%

Both doomers and utopians skip the same thing: modern civilization's staggering material scale.

by Vaclav Smil 2022

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⚡ Energy Systems 🏭 Industrial Ecology 🌾 Global Food Systems 📊 Quantitative Reasoning ⚖️ Risk Perception

The Cyclic Universe

by Howard Burton • 2013

An infinite cycle: the far future of one universe ignites the Big Bang of the next.

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🔄 Cyclic Cosmology ⚛️ Theoretical Physics ⏳ Entropy And Time 🕳️ Black Hole Physics 🌑 Dark Matter And Energy

The Cyclic Universe 89%

An infinite cycle: the far future of one universe ignites the Big Bang of the next.

by Howard Burton 2013

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28 ratings

🔄 Cyclic Cosmology ⚛️ Theoretical Physics ⏳ Entropy And Time 🕳️ Black Hole Physics 🌑 Dark Matter And Energy

The Invisible Rainbow

by Arthur Firstenberg • 2017

Two centuries of evidence that electrification, not infection, is what made us sick.

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🏥 Medical History ⚡ Electromagnetic Fields 🏭 Environmental Illness 💡 History Of Electricity 🦠 Modern Epidemics

The Invisible Rainbow 89%

Two centuries of evidence that electrification, not infection, is what made us sick.

by Arthur Firstenberg 2017

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774 ratings

🏥 Medical History ⚡ Electromagnetic Fields 🏭 Environmental Illness 💡 History Of Electricity 🦠 Modern Epidemics

The God Equation

by Michio Kaku • 2021

Three forces unified. Gravity alone resists. The ten-dimensional theory that might finally crack it.

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🧮 Theoretical Physics 📜 History Of Physics 🎻 String Theory ⚛️ Quantum Gravity 🔗 Unified Theories

The God Equation 89%

Three forces unified. Gravity alone resists. The ten-dimensional theory that might finally crack it.

by Michio Kaku 2021

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🧮 Theoretical Physics 📜 History Of Physics 🎻 String Theory ⚛️ Quantum Gravity 🔗 Unified Theories

Physics of the Future

by Michio Kaku • 2011

What a century of real physics can actually deliver: from invisible computers to fusion power.

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🔮 Future Studies 🌐 Ubiquitous Computing 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🔬 Nanotechnology

Physics of the Future 89%

What a century of real physics can actually deliver: from invisible computers to fusion power.

by Michio Kaku 2011

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🔮 Future Studies 🌐 Ubiquitous Computing 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🔬 Nanotechnology

The Particle at the End of the Universe

by Sean Carroll • 2012

An invisible field gives matter its mass. The half-century hunt to detect its faint vibration.

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🧿 Particle Physics 🔬 Big Science 🌑 Dark Matter 🪞 Symmetry In Physics 💡 Scientific Discovery

The Particle at the End of the Universe Summary

The Particle at the End of the Universe 89%

An invisible field gives matter its mass. The half-century hunt to detect its faint vibration.

by Sean Carroll 2012

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🧿 Particle Physics 🔬 Big Science 🌑 Dark Matter 🪞 Symmetry In Physics 💡 Scientific Discovery

My Inventions

by Nikola Tesla • 1935

Tesla's mind was his lab, his curse, and the only place his machines ever ran perfectly.

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⚡ Electrical Engineering 🕰️ Early Electrical Age 📝 Inventor Memoirs 🧠 Eccentric Inventor 🔮 Visionary Science

My Inventions 89%

Tesla's mind was his lab, his curse, and the only place his machines ever ran perfectly.

by Nikola Tesla 1935

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⚡ Electrical Engineering 🕰️ Early Electrical Age 📝 Inventor Memoirs 🧠 Eccentric Inventor 🔮 Visionary Science

Brief Answers to the Big Questions

by Stephen W. Hawking • 2018

Time travel might work, but the feedback loop of climate disaster probably kills us first.

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🌌 Cosmology 🕳️ Black Holes ⚛️ Quantum Physics 🤖 Ai Ethics 🚀 Space Colonization

Brief Answers to the Big Questions Summary

Brief Answers to the Big Questions 89%

Time travel might work, but the feedback loop of climate disaster probably kills us first.

by Stephen W. Hawking 2018

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🌌 Cosmology 🕳️ Black Holes ⚛️ Quantum Physics 🤖 Ai Ethics 🚀 Space Colonization

The Grand Design

by Stephen W. Hawking • 2010

A landscape of 10^500 possible universes explains the fine-tuning of ours, no designer required.

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⚛️ Theoretical Physics 🌀 Quantum Cosmology 📜 History Of Science 🔗 Unified Physics ❓ Quantum Interpretation

The Grand Design 89%

A landscape of 10^500 possible universes explains the fine-tuning of ours, no designer required.

by Stephen W. Hawking 2010

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⚛️ Theoretical Physics 🌀 Quantum Cosmology 📜 History Of Science 🔗 Unified Physics ❓ Quantum Interpretation

Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness

by Henepola Gunaratana • 2001

You wake up to cortisol, brush with fluoride, and carry a lithium battery. Chemistry did that.

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Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness Summary

Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness 89%

You wake up to cortisol, brush with fluoride, and carry a lithium battery. Chemistry did that.

by Henepola Gunaratana 2001

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Cosmos

by Carl Sagan • 1980

From exploding stars to conscious minds: a cosmic journey that ends with a choice.

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🔭 Cosmology 🚀 Space Exploration 👽 Extraterrestrial Life 📜 History Of Science ⭐ Stellar Evolution

Cosmos 89%

From exploding stars to conscious minds: a cosmic journey that ends with a choice.

by Carl Sagan 1980

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🔭 Cosmology 🚀 Space Exploration 👽 Extraterrestrial Life 📜 History Of Science ⭐ Stellar Evolution

The Science of Interstellar

by Kip S. Thorne • 2015

Black holes bend time. Wormholes need exotic matter. Interstellar's physicist explains.

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🧠 Theoretical Physics 🌌 Black Holes ⏱️ General Relativity 🌍 Cosmology 🎬 Movie Science

The Science of Interstellar 89%

Black holes bend time. Wormholes need exotic matter. Interstellar's physicist explains.

by Kip S. Thorne 2015

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🧠 Theoretical Physics 🌌 Black Holes ⏱️ General Relativity 🌍 Cosmology 🎬 Movie Science

Falter

by Bill McKibben • 2019

Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.

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🤖 Tech Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception ☀️ Renewable Energy ✊ Nonviolent Resistance

Falter 89%

Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.

by Bill McKibben 2019

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2k+ ratings

🤖 Tech Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception ☀️ Renewable Energy ✊ Nonviolent Resistance

Apocalypse Never

by Michael Shellenberger • 2020

The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.

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🌍 Environmental Policy 🌡️ Climate Debate ⚡ Energy Policy ☢️ Nuclear Advocacy 🔕 Anti-Alarmism

Apocalypse Never 89%

The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.

by Michael Shellenberger 2020

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🌍 Environmental Policy 🌡️ Climate Debate ⚡ Energy Policy ☢️ Nuclear Advocacy 🔕 Anti-Alarmism

Bad Ideas?

by Robert Winston • 2009

Writing, farming, and nuclear power share an uncomfortable secret: each was supposed to save us.

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⚙️ History Of Technology 🔄 Unintended Consequences 📈 Progress Studies ⚠️ Risk Assessment 🌍 Environmental Impacts

Bad Ideas? 89%

Writing, farming, and nuclear power share an uncomfortable secret: each was supposed to save us.

by Robert Winston 2009

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⚙️ History Of Technology 🔄 Unintended Consequences 📈 Progress Studies ⚠️ Risk Assessment 🌍 Environmental Impacts

Physics For Entertainment

by Yakov Perelman • 1913

A bullet fired in a vacuum would fly forty kilometers; in air, it barely clears four.

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🍎 Everyday Physics ⚙️ Classical Physics 🧩 Physics Puzzles 👁️ Optical Illusions 💨 Fluid Dynamics

Physics For Entertainment 89%

A bullet fired in a vacuum would fly forty kilometers; in air, it barely clears four.

by Yakov Perelman 1913

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🍎 Everyday Physics ⚙️ Classical Physics 🧩 Physics Puzzles 👁️ Optical Illusions 💨 Fluid Dynamics

Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam

by Kenneth W. Ford • 1998

He rushed to build the bomb. Decades later, he named black holes and chased quantum foam.

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He rushed to build the bomb. Decades later, he named black holes and chased quantum foam.

by Kenneth W. Ford 1998

4.16

352 ratings

⚛️ Nuclear Physics 🌌 Quantum Gravity 📜 History Of Physics 💣 Manhattan Project 👨‍🔬 Scientific Biography

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