Most Read This Week In Physics

Physics is the natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through space and time, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.

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Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything

A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?

The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

Black Holes: The Key to Understanding the Universe

The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb

Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions

On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking's Final Theory

Pillars of Creation: How the James Webb Telescope Unlocked the Secrets of the Cosmos

The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred

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Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time

The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion

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In a Flight of Starlings: The Wonder of Complex Systems

Life as No One Knows It: The Physics of Life's Emergence

Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World in a Big Way

Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Cosmic Quest from Zero to Infinity

A Brief History of Black Holes: And Why Nearly Everything You Know About Them is Wrong

The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann

Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth

To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery

The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos

Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy

Einstein's Fridge: How the Difference Between Hot and Cold Explains the Universe

Waves in an Impossible Sea: How Everyday Life Emerges from the Cosmic Ocean

Atoms and Ashes: A Global History of Nuclear Disasters

The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged): Adventures in Math and Science

Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos

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Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being

The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy

The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality

Going Nuclear: How the Atom Will Save the World

The Transcendent Brain: Spirituality in the Age of Science

Do Aliens Speak Physics?: And Other Questions about Science and the Nature of Reality

Space Oddities: The Mysterious Anomalies Challenging Our Understanding of the Universe

Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants

A New Science of Heaven: How the new science of plasma physics is shedding light on spiritual experience

Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars

The Edge of Knowledge: Unsolved Mysteries of the Cosmos

Too Big for a Single Mind: How the Greatest Generation of Physicists Uncovered the Quantum World

The Invisible Universe: Why There's More to Reality than Meets the Eye

Engineering in Plain Sight: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment

The Science of Can and Can't: A Physicist’s Journey Through the Land of Counterfactuals

Frequently Asked Questions about the Universe

Battle of the Big Bang: The New Tales of Our Cosmic Origins

Full Spectrum: How the Science of Color Made Us Modern

Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe

L'avvocato dell'atomo. In difesa dell'energia nucleare

The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World

Firmament: The Hidden Science of Weather, Climate Change and the Air That Surrounds Us

Fire and Ice: The Volcanoes of the Solar System

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How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch: In Search of the Recipe for Our Universe

Fear of a Black Universe: An Outsider's Guide to the Future of Physics

This Way to the Universe: A Theoretical Physicist's Journey to the Edge of Reality

Bird Builds a Nest: A First Science Storybook

It's Elemental: The Hidden Chemistry in Everything

The Star Builders: Nuclear Fusion and the Race to Power the Planet

Inseguendo un raggio di luce. Alla scoperta della teoria della relatività

An Infinity of Worlds: Cosmic Inflation and the Beginning of the Universe

The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner

Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark

Horizons: The Global Origins of Modern Science

Destroyer of Worlds: The Deep History of the Nuclear Age

Elusive: How Peter Higgs Solved the Mystery of Mass

A Brief History of Timekeeping: The Science of Marking Time, from Stonehenge to Atomic Clocks

Quantum Computing for the Quantum Curious

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The Beauty of Falling: A Life in Pursuit of Gravity

Vector: A Surprising Story of Space, Time, and Mathematical Transformation

The Matter of Everything: How Curiosity, Physics, and Improbable Experiments Changed the World

Our Accidental Universe: Stories of Discovery from Asteroids to Aliens

The Biggest Number in the World: A Journey to the Edge of Mathematics

The Science of Spin: How Rotational Forces Affect Everything from Your Body to Jet Engines to the Weather

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Quotes Tagged “Physics”

“ He needs "space" and "time," as if this were physics and not a human relationship. ...more ”
― Kathryn Stockett, The Help

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“ Physics is really nothing more than a search for ultimate simplicity, but so far all we have is a kind of elegant messiness. ”
― Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything

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