Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worl...
Sean CarrollINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\r\nA Science News favorite science book of 2019As you read these words, copies of you are being created.\r\n \r\n Sean Carroll, theoretical physicist and one of this world’s most cele...
Physics and Vertical Causation: The E...
Wolfgang Smith--The companion volume to the new documentary film featuring the life and thought of Wolfgang Smith, The End of Quantum RealityQuietly, over the past few decades, mathematician, physicist, philosopher, and mountain climber Wolfgang Sm...
Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Mi...
Leonard SusskindFirst he taught you classical mechanics. Now, physicist Leonard Susskind has teamed up with data engineer Art Friedman to present the theory and associated mathematics of the strange world of quantum mechanics.In this follow-up to the...
Through Two Doors at Once: The Elegan...
Anil AnanthaswamyOne of Smithsonian's Favorite Books of 2018One of Forbes's 2018 Best Books About Astronomy, Physics and MathematicsOne of Kirkus's Best Books of 2018 The intellectual adventure story of the "double-slit" experiment, showing ...
Farewell to Reality: How Modern Physi...
Jim BaggottFrom acclaimed science author Jim Baggott, a pointed critique of modern theoretical physics. In this stunning new volume, Jim Baggott argues that there is no observational or experimental evidence for many of the ideas of modern theor...
Beyond Weird: Why Everything You Thou...
Philip Ball“Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it.” Since Niels Bohr said this many years ago, quantum mechanics has only been getting more shocking. We now realize that it’s not really telling us th...
Quantum Entanglement (MIT Press Essen...
Jed BrodyAn exploration of quantum entanglement and the ways in which it contradicts our everyday assumptions about the ultimate nature of reality. Quantum physics is notable for its brazen defiance of common sense. (Think of Schr dinger's Ca...
Quantum Bullsh*t: How to Ruin Your Li...
Chris FerrieScience is so f*cking rad. We don't deserve it. What actually is quantum physics? If you can answer that questions without bullsh*tting the person standing next to you in the bookstore, you can stop reading right now. But although mo...
The Universe in the Rearview Mirror: ...
Dave Goldberg"A great read…Goldberg is an excellent guide."—Mario Livio, bestselling author of The Golden Ratio Physicist Dave Goldberg speeds across space, time and everything in between showing that our elegant universe—from t...
The Quantum Labyrinth: How Richard Fe...
Paul HalpernThe story of the unlikely friendship between the two physicists who fundamentally recast the notion of time and historyIn 1939, Richard Feynman, a brilliant graduate of MIT, arrived in John Wheeler's Princeton office to report for dut...
The Nature of Space and Time (Princet...
Stephen HawkingEinstein said that the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible. But was he right? Can the quantum theory of fields and Einstein's general theory of relativity, the two most accurate and successful t...
The God Equation: The Quest for a The...
Michio Kaku#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The epic story of the greatest quest in all of science—the holy grail of physics that would explain the creation of the universe—from renowned theoretical physicist and author of Th...
Quantum physics is the most fundamental -- but also the most baffling -- branch of science. Allowing for dead-and-alive cats, teleportation, antimatter, and parallel universes, as well as underpinning all of our digital technology, it...
The Many-Body Problem in Quantum Mech...
N. H. MarchSingle-volume account of methods used in dealing with the many-body problem and the resulting physics. Single-particle approximations, second quantization, many-body perturbation theory, Fermi fluids, superconductivity, many-boson sys...
Quantum Physics: an overview of a wei...
Marco MasiA comprehensive introduction to the scientific principles of a complex topic in which meaning and interpretation never cease to puzzle and surprise. An A-Z guide which is neither too advanced nor oversimplified and which is complete w...
Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age o...
Johnjoe McFaddenNew York Times Bestseller and an Amazon Best Science Book of 2015Life is the most extraordinary phenomenon in the known universe; but how did it come to be? Even in an age of cloning and artificial biology, the remarkable truth remain...
Spooky Action at a Distance: The Phen...
George MusserLong-listed for the 2016 PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award“An important book that provides insight into key new developments in our understanding of the nature of space, time and the universe. It will repay careful stu...
Breakfast with Einstein: The Exotic P...
Chad OrzelYour alarm goes off, and you head to the kitchen to make yourself some toast and a cup of coffee. Little do you know, as you savor the aroma of the steam rising from your cup, that your ordinary morning routine depends on some of the ...
How to Teach Physics to Your Dog
Chad OrzelWhen physics professor Chad Orzel went to the pound to adopt a dog, he never imagined Emmy. She wasn't just a friendly mutt who needed a home. Soon she was trying to use the strange ideas of quantum mechanics for the really important ...
Quantum Physics: What Everyone Needs ...
Michael G. RaymerAround 1900, physicists started to discover particles like electrons, protons, and neutrons, and with these discoveries believed they could predict the internal behavior of the atom. However, once their predictions were compared to th...
Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantu...
Carlo RovelliNamed a Best Book of 2021 by the Financial Timesand a Best Science Book of 2021 by The Guardian “Rovelli is a genius and an amazing communicator… This is the place where science comes to life.” ―Neil Gaiman...
Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Jou...
Carlo Rovelli“The man who makes physics sexy . . . the scientist they’re calling the next Stephen Hawking.” —The Times MagazineFrom the New York Times–bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and the forthcoming The Order o...
The Reality Revolution: The Mind-Blow...
Brian ScottOur world is undergoing a reality revolution. More and more people are discovering the power of their minds to shape the world around them faster than ever before. The question is: how do you create the reality of your design? Brian ...
Einstein's Unfinished Revolution: The...
Lee SmolinA daring new vision of quantum theory from one of the leading minds of contemporary physics Quantum physics is the golden child of modern science. It is the basis of our understanding of atoms, radiation, and so much else, from ele...
Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality
Frank Wilczek“Fundamentals might be the perfect book for the winter of this plague year. . . . Wilczek writes with breathtaking economy and clarity, and his pleasure in his subject is palpable.” —The New York Times...
Quantum Theory: A Complete Introducti...
Alexandre ZagoskinWritten by Dr. Alexandre Zagoskin, who is a Reader at the University of Loughborough, Quantum Theory: A Complete Introduction is designed to give you everything you need to succeed, all in one place. It covers the key areas that stude...