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The Hunt for Vulcan
by Thomas Levenson • 2015
The planet Vulcan was astronomy's biggest mistake. Correcting it required rewriting gravity.
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The Hunt for Vulcan Summary
The Hunt for Vulcan 94%
The planet Vulcan was astronomy's biggest mistake. Correcting it required rewriting gravity.
by Thomas Levenson 2015
4.06
2k+ ratings
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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The Elephant in the Universe Summary
The Elephant in the Universe 94%
Eighty-four percent of matter is invisible. A century-long hunt has yet to catch it.
by Govert Schilling 2022
4.07
265 ratings
Vector
by Robyn Arianrhod • 2024
Your GPS and AI depend on a 19th-century algebra that broke the rules of arithmetic.
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Vector Summary
Vector 93%
Your GPS and AI depend on a 19th-century algebra that broke the rules of arithmetic.
by Robyn Arianrhod 2024
4.05
163 ratings
Antimatter
by Frank Close • 2009
Half the universe should be antimatter. That it vanished is physics' most persistent mystery.
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Antimatter Summary
Antimatter 93%
Half the universe should be antimatter. That it vanished is physics' most persistent mystery.
by Frank Close 2009
4.04
1k+ ratings
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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The God Equation Summary
The God Equation 93%
Three forces unified. Gravity alone resists. The ten-dimensional theory that might finally crack it.
by Michio Kaku 2021
4.11
9k+ ratings
Quantum Man
by Lawrence M. Krauss • 2011
Feynman drew pictures of particles, insisted experiment trumps elegance, and rebuilt modern physics.
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Quantum Man Summary
Quantum Man 93%
Feynman drew pictures of particles, insisted experiment trumps elegance, and rebuilt modern physics.
by Lawrence M. Krauss 2011
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4k+ ratings
Uncertainty
by David Lindley • 1996
You cannot measure everything. Einstein spent decades fighting that fact. What it cost him.
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Uncertainty Summary
Uncertainty 93%
You cannot measure everything. Einstein spent decades fighting that fact. What it cost him.
by David Lindley 1996
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2k+ ratings
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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Einstein's Fridge Summary
Einstein's Fridge 93%
The science of heat built the modern world and governs time's arrow, life, and black holes.
by Paul Sen 2021
4.26
989 ratings
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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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] 93%
Chase a light beam: it still outruns you. That single fact rebuilds spacetime from scratch.
by Cox 2009
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10k+ ratings
To Explain the World
by Steven Weinberg • 2015
What took two millennia: how humanity learned to test nature instead of just arguing about it.
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To Explain the World Summary
To Explain the World 93%
What took two millennia: how humanity learned to test nature instead of just arguing about it.
by Steven Weinberg 2015
3.79
2k+ ratings
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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Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam Summary
Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam 93%
He rushed to build the bomb. Decades later, he named black holes and chased quantum foam.
by Kenneth W. Ford 1998
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352 ratings
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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Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field Summary
Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field 93%
How an uneducated bookbinder and a Scottish genius proved light, electricity, and magnetism are one.
by Nancy Forbes 2014
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2k+ ratings
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe
by Sean Carroll • 2022
How equations reveal curved spacetime and time's arrow, no physics degree required.
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The Biggest Ideas in the Universe Summary
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe 92%
How equations reveal curved spacetime and time's arrow, no physics degree required.
by Sean Carroll 2022
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2k+ ratings
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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The God Particle Summary
The God Particle 92%
All the universe's fundamental pieces are known but one: the particle responsible for mass.
by Leon M. Lederman 1993
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4k+ ratings
Reality is Not What it Seems
by Carlo Rovelli • 2014
The universe has no bottom: particles dissolve into fields, space into grains, time into ignorance.
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Reality is Not What it Seems Summary
Reality is Not What it Seems 92%
The universe has no bottom: particles dissolve into fields, space into grains, time into ignorance.
by Carlo Rovelli 2014
4.33
17k+ ratings
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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Physics For Entertainment Summary
Physics For Entertainment 92%
A bullet fired in a vacuum would fly forty kilometers; in air, it barely clears four.
by Yakov Perelman 1913
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82 ratings
Isaac Newton
by James Gleick • 2003
His solitary, obsessive mind decoded the cosmos, while his secret alchemy and heresy stayed hidden.
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Isaac Newton Summary
Isaac Newton 92%
His solitary, obsessive mind decoded the cosmos, while his secret alchemy and heresy stayed hidden.
by James Gleick 2003
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10k+ ratings
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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The Grand Design Summary
The Grand Design 92%
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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78k+ ratings
Einstein
by Walter Isaacson • 2007
The greatest physicist of the twentieth century was also its most stubborn dissenter.
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Einstein Summary
Einstein 92%
The greatest physicist of the twentieth century was also its most stubborn dissenter.
by Walter Isaacson 2007
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204k+ ratings
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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The Particle at the End of the Universe Summary
The Particle at the End of the Universe 92%
An invisible field gives matter its mass. The half-century hunt to detect its faint vibration.
by Sean Carroll 2012
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4k+ ratings
What Is Real?
by Adam Becker • 2018
Physics' deepest debate was never resolved, just buried. The dissidents who kept digging were right.
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What Is Real? Summary
What Is Real? 92%
Physics' deepest debate was never resolved, just buried. The dissidents who kept digging were right.
by Adam Becker 2018
4.28
4k+ ratings
Coming of Age in the Milky Way
by Timothy Ferris • 2003
Our cosmic address was once a tiny sphere with Earth at its center. How we found the real one.
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Coming of Age in the Milky Way Summary
Coming of Age in the Milky Way 92%
Our cosmic address was once a tiny sphere with Earth at its center. How we found the real one.
by Timothy Ferris 2003
4.16
3k+ ratings
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
by Richard Rhodes • 1986
Physics made the bomb inevitable long before any general asked for it.
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb Summary
The Making of the Atomic Bomb 92%
Physics made the bomb inevitable long before any general asked for it.
by Richard Rhodes 1986
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25k+ ratings
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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718
Neutrino Summary
Neutrino 92%
The Sun's neutrinos went missing for thirty years. The culprit was stranger than a broken star.
by Frank Close 2010
4.08
718 ratings
The Theory of Almost Everything
by Robert Oerter • 2005
The Standard Model explains everything we see except gravity, but 85% of the universe is missing.
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808
The Theory of Almost Everything Summary
The Theory of Almost Everything 92%
The Standard Model explains everything we see except gravity, but 85% of the universe is missing.
by Robert Oerter 2005
4.08
808 ratings
Helgoland
by Carlo Rovelli • 2020
What if things have no standalone properties? Quantum physics and the relational nature of reality.
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Helgoland Summary
Helgoland 92%
What if things have no standalone properties? Quantum physics and the relational nature of reality.
by Carlo Rovelli 2020
4.08
10k+ ratings
A Theory of Everything (That Matters)
by Alister E. McGrath • 2019
Einstein rewrote space, time, and gravity. The mystery at the edges, he called God.
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A Theory of Everything (That Matters) Summary
A Theory of Everything (That Matters) 92%
Einstein rewrote space, time, and gravity. The mystery at the edges, he called God.
by Alister E. McGrath 2019
3.86
155 ratings
What Is Relativity?
by Jeffrey O. Bennett • 2014
Why time slows down, space shrinks, and gravity isn't a force: the plain-English version.
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What Is Relativity? Summary
What Is Relativity? 92%
Why time slows down, space shrinks, and gravity isn't a force: the plain-English version.
by Jeffrey O. Bennett 2014
4.33
551 ratings
Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
by Marcia Bartusiak • 2000
Einstein predicted space-time ripples. The ear to hear them: four kilometers of laser.
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Einstein's Unfinished Symphony Summary
Einstein's Unfinished Symphony 92%
Einstein predicted space-time ripples. The ear to hear them: four kilometers of laser.
by Marcia Bartusiak 2000
4.04
203 ratings
The Black Hole War
by Leonard Susskind • 2008
Hawking said black holes destroy information. Susskind spent thirty years proving he was wrong.
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The Black Hole War Summary
The Black Hole War 92%
Hawking said black holes destroy information. Susskind spent thirty years proving he was wrong.
by Leonard Susskind 2008
4.13
12k+ ratings
Relativity
by Albert Einstein • 1916
Space and time are not an empty stage; they flex, bend, and stretch the rules of reality.
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Relativity Summary
Relativity 92%
Space and time are not an empty stage; they flex, bend, and stretch the rules of reality.
by Albert Einstein 1916
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23k+ ratings
The Fabric of the Cosmos
by Brian Greene • 2004
Space stretches, time is relative, and your present moment is an illusion.
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The Fabric of the Cosmos Summary
The Fabric of the Cosmos 92%
Space stretches, time is relative, and your present moment is an illusion.
by Brian Greene 2004
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41k+ ratings
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"
by Richard P. Feynman • 1985
Safe-cracking, bongos, and a fatal O-ring: a Nobel laureate's life of fearless curiosity.
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"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" Summary
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" 92%
Safe-cracking, bongos, and a fatal O-ring: a Nobel laureate's life of fearless curiosity.
by Richard P. Feynman 1985
4.26
219k+ ratings
The Common Sense of Science
by Jacob Bronowski • 1951
The Scientific Revolution was cultural. Science is personal, never the cold machine you fear.
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The Common Sense of Science Summary
The Common Sense of Science 92%
The Scientific Revolution was cultural. Science is personal, never the cold machine you fear.
by Jacob Bronowski 1951
3.83
141 ratings
Quantum
by Manjit Kumar • 2007
Einstein and Bohr's 30-year argument revealed a universe stranger than either could accept.
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Quantum Summary
Quantum 92%
Einstein and Bohr's 30-year argument revealed a universe stranger than either could accept.
by Manjit Kumar 2007
4.27
11k+ ratings
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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Six Easy Pieces Summary
Six Easy Pieces 92%
Six core physics lessons on atoms, energy, gravity, and the quantum world's strangest behavior.
by Richard P. Feynman 1994
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31k+ ratings
About Time
by Adam Frank • 2011
Time is a human invention, rebuilt every era. Our cosmology just catches up.
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About Time Summary
About Time 92%
Time is a human invention, rebuilt every era. Our cosmology just catches up.
by Adam Frank 2011
3.88
484 ratings
The Perfectionists
by Simon Winchester • 2018
From cylinders to microchips: the hidden pursuit of perfect smoothness that built the modern world.
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The Perfectionists Summary
The Perfectionists 92%
From cylinders to microchips: the hidden pursuit of perfect smoothness that built the modern world.
by Simon Winchester 2018
4.15
7k+ ratings
In Search of Schrödinger's Cat
by John Gribbin • 1984
Reality vanishes when you stop looking: the century-long quantum fight over what that means.
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In Search of Schrödinger's Cat Summary
In Search of Schrödinger's Cat 92%
Reality vanishes when you stop looking: the century-long quantum fight over what that means.
by John Gribbin 1984
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22k+ ratings
How the Hippies Saved Physics
by David Kaiser • 2011
With mysticism and est funding, a Berkeley group revived entanglement, seeding quantum computing.
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How the Hippies Saved Physics Summary
How the Hippies Saved Physics 92%
With mysticism and est funding, a Berkeley group revived entanglement, seeding quantum computing.
by David Kaiser 2011
3.55
823 ratings
Quantum Physics
by Jared Hendricks • 2015
Particles walk through walls and talk across galaxies. At quantum scales, impossible is the rule.
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105
Quantum Physics Summary
Quantum Physics 92%
Particles walk through walls and talk across galaxies. At quantum scales, impossible is the rule.
by Jared Hendricks 2015
3.69
105 ratings
A Beautiful Question
by Frank Wilczek • 2015
From Pythagoras to quantum theory, a Nobel laureate shows beauty was always the compass of physics.
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A Beautiful Question Summary
A Beautiful Question 92%
From Pythagoras to quantum theory, a Nobel laureate shows beauty was always the compass of physics.
by Frank Wilczek 2015
3.87
2k+ ratings
Dreams of a Final Theory
by Steven Weinberg • 1987
Fundamental physics stalled in the 1970s. The only clues left are beauty and symmetry.
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Dreams of a Final Theory Summary
Dreams of a Final Theory 92%
Fundamental physics stalled in the 1970s. The only clues left are beauty and symmetry.
by Steven Weinberg 1987
4.07
3k+ ratings
Lost in Math
by Sabine Hossenfelder • 2018
Theoretical physics is stuck. The culprit isn't bad math, but a fixation on elegant theories.
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Lost in Math Summary
Lost in Math 91%
Theoretical physics is stuck. The culprit isn't bad math, but a fixation on elegant theories.
by Sabine Hossenfelder 2018
4.05
3k+ ratings
Einstein in Time and Space
by Samuel Graydon • 2023
A life in 99 short chapters: Einstein as a contradictory man, not a marble saint.
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652
Einstein in Time and Space Summary
Einstein in Time and Space 91%
A life in 99 short chapters: Einstein as a contradictory man, not a marble saint.
by Samuel Graydon 2023
4.17
652 ratings
The First Scientist
by Carlo Rovelli • 2005
26 centuries ago, one man freed the Earth from its supports and nature from its gods.
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The First Scientist Summary
The First Scientist 91%
26 centuries ago, one man freed the Earth from its supports and nature from its gods.
by Carlo Rovelli 2005
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2k+ ratings
The Universe in Your Hand
by Christophe Galfard • 2015
Why time slows at high speed, space is never empty, 95% of the universe is missing.
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The Universe in Your Hand Summary
The Universe in Your Hand 91%
Why time slows at high speed, space is never empty, 95% of the universe is missing.
by Christophe Galfard 2015
4.39
7k+ ratings
Wright Brothers, Wrong Story
by William Elliott azelgrove • 2018
Wilbur Wright solved flight alone. Orville Wright spent decades burying that fact.
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Wright Brothers, Wrong Story Summary
Wright Brothers, Wrong Story 91%
Wilbur Wright solved flight alone. Orville Wright spent decades burying that fact.
by William Elliott azelgrove 2018
3.66
130 ratings
Quantum Computing
by Brian Clegg • 2021
Online encryption relies on math no classical computer can crack. Quantum ones do it instantly.
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306
Quantum Computing Summary
Quantum Computing 91%
Online encryption relies on math no classical computer can crack. Quantum ones do it instantly.
by Brian Clegg 2021
3.64
306 ratings
How to Build a Time Machine
by Paul C.W. Davies • 2001
Forward time travel is real. Going back needs wormholes, exotic matter, and a loophole in causality.
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How to Build a Time Machine Summary
How to Build a Time Machine 91%
Forward time travel is real. Going back needs wormholes, exotic matter, and a loophole in causality.
by Paul C.W. Davies 2001
3.82
1k+ ratings
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