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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The Mathematical Theory of Communication by Claude Shannon

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18 books — 5 voters

The Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul Ola

A Crack in Creation by Jennifer A. Doudna

21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari

The Epigenetics Revolution by Nessa Carey

Science Books Published In/After 2012

118 books — 27 voters

Unitivity Theory Illuminates by Leroy R. Amunrud

Basic Structures of Matter by Stoyan Sarg

The Origins of Israel and Mankind by Brendan Stannard

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The Other Theory of Physics by James Carter

Unified Theories

86 books — 3 voters

A Brief History of Time by Stephen W. Hawking

The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene

Cosmology

215 books — 189 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Science Writing

284 books — 140 voters

The Number of the Beast by Robert A. Heinlein

Alternative Universes

21 books — 9 voters

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“ Physics isn't the most important thing. Love is. ...more ”
― Richard P. Feynman

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“ When it came time for me to give my talk on the subject, I started off by drawing an outline of the cat and began to name the various muscles. The other students in the class interrupt me: "We *know* all that!" "Oh," I say, "you *do*? Then no *wonder* I can catch up with you so fast after you've had four years of biology." They had wasted all their time memorizing stuff like that, when it could be looked up in fifteen minutes. ...more ”
― Richard P. Feynman, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

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