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
This new volume contains four previously unpublished lectures that Feynman gave to students preparing for exams. With characteristic flair, insight and humor, Feynman discusses topics students struggle with and offers valuable tips on solving physics problems. An illuminating memoir by Matthew Sands...
The elegant universe : superstrings, hidden dimensions, and the quest for the ultimate theory
Greene, B. (Brian) 1963-
Paper Book
A new edition of the New York Times bestseller--now a three-part Nova special: a fascinating and thought-provoking journey through the mysteries of space, time, and matter. Now with a new preface (not in any other edition) that will review the enormous public...
The fabric of the cosmos [space, time, and the texture of reality]
Greene, B. (Brian) 1963-
Audiobook
What if? serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions
Munroe, Randall
Audiobook
From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd comes this hilarious and informative book of 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,...
What if? additional serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions 2
Munroe, Randall
Paper Book
WHAT IF... one man decided to answer all the unanswerable questions, using science.The Sunday Times-bestselling author and xkcd creator, Randall Munroe is here to provide the best answers yet to the important questions you probably never thought to askThe millions...
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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