Physics & Cosmology

2008–2026

A Brief History of Time

Stephen Hawking

Recommended by 76 · mentioned by 16876 recommend · 168 mention76 recommend · 16876 recommend

2020–2026

The Ministry for the Future

Kim Stanley Robinson, Simon Saito

Recommended by 69 · mentioned by 14669 recommend · 146 mention69 recommend · 14669 recommend

2013–2026

Command and Control

Eric Schlosser

Recommended by 100 · mentioned by 135100 recommend · 135 mention100 recommend · 135100 recommend

2008–2026

Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air

David J.C. MacKay

Recommended by 112 · mentioned by 127112 recommend · 127 mention112 recommend · 127112 recommend

2007–2026

The Road to Reality

Roger Penrose

Recommended by 67 · mentioned by 12867 recommend · 128 mention67 recommend · 12867 recommend

2008–2026

The Feynman Lectures on Physics

Richard Phillips Feynman

Recommended by 69 · mentioned by 12669 recommend · 126 mention69 recommend · 12669 recommend

2007–2026

Cosmos

Carl Sagan

Recommended by 58 · mentioned by 12458 recommend · 124 mention58 recommend · 12458 recommend

2021–2026

Termination Shock

Neal Stephenson

Recommended by 34 · mentioned by 11534 recommend · 115 mention34 recommend · 11534 recommend

2009–2026

The Beginning of Infinity

David Deutsch

Recommended by 77 · mentioned by 9177 recommend · 91 mention77 recommend · 9177 recommend

2007–2026

Quantum Computing Since Democritus

Scott Aaronson

Recommended by 73 · mentioned by 9273 recommend · 92 mention73 recommend · 9273 recommend

2008–2025

Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics

Gerald Jay Sussman, Jack Widsom

Recommended by 42 · mentioned by 9242 recommend · 92 mention42 recommend · 9242 recommend

2008–2026

QED

Richard Phillips Feynman, A. Zee

Recommended by 60 · mentioned by 7760 recommend · 77 mention60 recommend · 7760 recommend

2007–2026

Pale Blue Dot

Carl Sagan

Recommended by 24 · mentioned by 6924 recommend · 69 mention24 recommend · 6924 recommend

2010–2026

The Relativity of Wrong

Isaac Asimov

Recommended by 34 · mentioned by 5434 recommend · 54 mention34 recommend · 5434 recommend

2014–2024

Our Mathematical Universe

Max Tegmark

Recommended by 32 · mentioned by 4732 recommend · 47 mention32 recommend · 4732 recommend

Ignition! An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants

Recommended by 40 · mentioned by 4640 recommend · 46 mention40 recommend · 4640 recommend

2008–2024

The Trouble With Physics

Lee Smolin

Recommended by 16 · mentioned by 4216 recommend · 42 mention16 recommend · 4216 recommend

2017–2026

Energy and Civilization

Vaclav Smil

Recommended by 23 · mentioned by 3223 recommend · 32 mention23 recommend · 3223 recommend

2018–2025

Lost in math

Sabine Hossenfelder

Recommended by 18 · mentioned by 4018 recommend · 40 mention18 recommend · 4018 recommend

2007–2024

The fabric of reality

David Deutsch

Recommended by 23 · mentioned by 3623 recommend · 36 mention23 recommend · 3623 recommend

2013–2026

Quantum computation and quantum information

Michael A. Nielsen, Isaac L. Chuang, CAMBRIDGE INDIA

Recommended by 30 · mentioned by 4030 recommend · 40 mention30 recommend · 4030 recommend

2009–2026

Digital Apollo

David A. Mindell

Recommended by 31 · mentioned by 3631 recommend · 36 mention31 recommend · 3631 recommend

2010–2024

Ignition!

John D. Clark

Recommended by 24 · mentioned by 3724 recommend · 37 mention24 recommend · 3724 recommend

2010–2026

Failure is not an option

Gene Kranz

Recommended by 29 · mentioned by 3729 recommend · 37 mention29 recommend · 3729 recommend

The Order of Time

Recommended by 25 · mentioned by 3825 recommend · 38 mention25 recommend · 3825 recommend

2017–2026

Scale

Geoffrey West

Recommended by 26 · mentioned by 3326 recommend · 33 mention26 recommend · 3326 recommend

2007–2025

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

Richard Phillips Feynman, Sean Runnette, Freeman Dyson

Recommended by 10 · mentioned by 3410 recommend · 34 mention10 recommend · 3410 recommend

2008–2025

The case for Mars

Robert Zubrin

Recommended by 18 · mentioned by 2918 recommend · 29 mention18 recommend · 2918 recommend

2010–2026

The Right Stuff

Tom Wolfe

Recommended by 17 · mentioned by 3317 recommend · 33 mention17 recommend · 3317 recommend

2008–2026

Shadows of the mind

Roger Penrose

Recommended by 13 · mentioned by 3113 recommend · 31 mention13 recommend · 3113 recommend

2008–2024

The Elegant Universe

Brian Greene

Recommended by 20 · mentioned by 3120 recommend · 31 mention20 recommend · 3120 recommend

2021–2026

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

Bill Gates

Recommended by 22 · mentioned by 3222 recommend · 32 mention22 recommend · 3222 recommend

2007–2024

The Fabric of the Cosmos

Brian Greene

Recommended by 23 · mentioned by 3123 recommend · 31 mention23 recommend · 3123 recommend

2008–2026

Lectures on physics

Richard Phillips Feynman

Recommended by 14 · mentioned by 2914 recommend · 29 mention14 recommend · 2914 recommend

2008–2025

Gravitation

Charles W. Misner

Recommended by 16 · mentioned by 2916 recommend · 29 mention16 recommend · 2916 recommend

2008–2025

The Character of Physical Law

Richard Phillips Feynman, Frank Wilczek, Sean Runnette

Recommended by 14 · mentioned by 2814 recommend · 28 mention14 recommend · 2814 recommend

2018–2026

Sunburst and Luminary

Don Eyles

Recommended by 19 · mentioned by 2419 recommend · 24 mention19 recommend · 2419 recommend

2010–2026

Introduction to electrodynamics

David Jeffrey Griffiths

Recommended by 14 · mentioned by 2814 recommend · 28 mention14 recommend · 2814 recommend

2008–2026

Nuclear War Survival Skills

Cresson H. Kearny

Recommended by 14 · mentioned by 2314 recommend · 23 mention14 recommend · 2314 recommend

2020–2026

Apocalypse Never

Michael Shellenberger

Recommended by 13 · mentioned by 2513 recommend · 25 mention13 recommend · 2513 recommend

2009–2026

Curve of Binding Energy

John McPhee

Recommended by 19 · mentioned by 2419 recommend · 24 mention19 recommend · 2419 recommend

2013–2025

Functional Differential Geometry

Gerald Jay Sussman

Recommended by 10 · mentioned by 2410 recommend · 24 mention10 recommend · 2410 recommend

2012–2024

The Day the Universe Changed

Burke, James

Recommended by 15 · mentioned by 2015 recommend · 20 mention15 recommend · 2015 recommend

2013–2025

Love and Math

Edward Frenkel

Recommended by 20 · mentioned by 2320 recommend · 23 mention20 recommend · 2320 recommend

2016–2026

Eccentric Orbits

John Bloom

Recommended by 17 · mentioned by 2317 recommend · 23 mention17 recommend · 2317 recommend

2022–2026

Brain Energy

Christopher M. Palmer

Recommended by 17 · mentioned by 2117 recommend · 21 mention17 recommend · 2117 recommend

2018–2026

The Uninhabitable Earth

David Wallace-Wells

Recommended by 11 · mentioned by 2211 recommend · 22 mention11 recommend · 2211 recommend

2009–2026

Six Easy Pieces

Richard Phillips Feynman, Paul Davies

Recommended by 14 · mentioned by 2314 recommend · 23 mention14 recommend · 2314 recommend

2014–2026

Atomic accidents

James A. Mahaffey

Recommended by 17 · mentioned by 2017 recommend · 20 mention17 recommend · 2017 recommend

2012–2026

The high frontier

Gerard K. O'Neill

Recommended by 10 · mentioned by 2010 recommend · 20 mention10 recommend · 2010 recommend

2008–2026

One, two, three ... infinity

George Gamow

Recommended by 16 · mentioned by 2016 recommend · 20 mention16 recommend · 2016 recommend

2021–2026

Liftoff

Eric Berger

Recommended by 14 · mentioned by 2014 recommend · 20 mention14 recommend · 2014 recommend

2012–2026

Annals of the former world

John McPhee

Recommended by 12 · mentioned by 1912 recommend · 19 mention12 recommend · 1912 recommend

2021–2026

Unsettled

Steven E. Koonin

Recommended by 13 · mentioned by 1913 recommend · 19 mention13 recommend · 1913 recommend

2009–2026

A Universe from Nothing

Lawrence Maxwell Krauss

Recommended by 9 · mentioned by 199 recommend · 19 mention9 recommend · 199 recommend

2020–2025

Biggest Ideas in the Universe

Sean M. Carroll

Recommended by 15 · mentioned by 1815 recommend · 18 mention15 recommend · 1815 recommend

2009–2025

Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.

Sir Isaac Newton

Recommended by 2 · mentioned by 192 recommend · 19 mention2 recommend · 192 recommend

2012–2026

University physics

Francis Weston Sears, Mark Waldo Zemansky, Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman

Recommended by 6 · mentioned by 196 recommend · 19 mention6 recommend · 196 recommend

2008–2025

Electricity and magnetism

Edward M. Purcell

Recommended by 14 · mentioned by 1814 recommend · 18 mention14 recommend · 1814 recommend

2008–2026

Quantum psychology

Robert Anton Wilson

Recommended by 16 · mentioned by 1816 recommend · 18 mention16 recommend · 1816 recommend