Physics for Non-Scientists

Updated July 29, 2024
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Feynman's tips on physics a problem-solving supplement to the Feynman lectures on physics
Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988.
Paper Book
Feynman's Tips on Physics is a delightful collection of Richard P. Feynman's insights and an essential companion to his legendary Feynman Lectures on Physics With characteristic flair, insight, and humor, Feynman discusses topics physics students often struggle with...
The elegant universe superstrings, hidden dimensions, and the quest for the ultimate theory
Greene, Brian, 1963-
Paper Book
Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away layers of mystery to reveal a universe that consists of eleven dimensions, where the fabric of space tears and repairs itself, and all matter--from the smallest quarks to the most gargantuan supernovas--is generated by the...
The fabric of the cosmos space, time, and the texture of reality
Greene, Brian, 1963-
Paper Book
From Brian Greene, one of the world’s leading physicists, comes a grand tour of the universe that makes us look at reality in a completely different way. Space and time form the very fabric of the cosmos. Yet they remain among the most mysterious of concepts. Is space an entity?...
What if? serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions
Munroe, Randall author, illustrator.
Paper Book
From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask. Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology,...
What if? 2 additional serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions
Munroe, Randall, author, illustrator.
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! An NPR Best Book of 2022 "The questions throughout What If? 2 are equal parts brilliant, gross, and wonderfully absurd and the answers are thorough, deeply researched, and great fun. . . . Science isn't easy, but...
Cosmos
Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996.
Paper Book
Renowned astronomer Carl Sagan's classic bestseller that "dives into the past, present, and future of science, dealing with the mind-staggering enormity of the cosmos in which we exist" (Associated Press)--with an Introduction by Ann Druyan and a Foreword by Neil deGrasse Tyson  ...
Simply Einstein relativity demystified
Wolfson, Richard.
Paper Book
With this reader-friendly book, it doesn't take an Einstein to understand the theory of relativity and its remarkable consequences. In clear, understandable terms, physicist Richard Wolfson explores the ideas at the heart of relativity and shows how they lead to such seeming absurdities as time...

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