Physics Books


The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our LivesThe Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
Best Price: $14.05
First, if you are bad at math,like me, most of this book is beyond reach or can at best be half...
The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum MechanicsThe Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics
Best Price: $15.55
This is absolutely the greatest example of what popular science book about theoretical...
Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time TravelPhysics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel
Best Price: $15.10
Somewhat interesting for the average reader. However, truly educated guesswork, and not typical...
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human ObsessionThis Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
Best Price: $2.93
I, too, found the endless name-dropping endlessly irritating. As to the rest - I leave it to the...
Dark Mission: The Secret History of NASADark Mission: The Secret History of NASA
Best Price: $14.86
I heartily recommend this book. Good reading, although it bogs a little in the front part with...


The Field Updated Ed: The Quest for the Secret Force of the UniverseThe Field Updated Ed: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe
Best Price: $7.86
Lynn McTaggart has managed to take a difficult subject and make it extremely interesting, as...
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate TheoryThe Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
Best Price: $5.33
just read lee smolin's book. The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of...
Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters ConsciousnessQuantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness
Best Price: $10.74
Quantum Enigma goes where few science books dare to go: right up to the border that separates...
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of RealityThe Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
Best Price: $7.85
As an amateur interested in astronomy and astrophysics I enjoyed listening to Brian Green's the...
Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters ConsciousnessQuantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness
Best Price: $10.74
Quantum Enigma goes where few science books dare to go: right up to the border that separates...


A Briefer History of TimeA Briefer History of Time
Best Price: $10.20
Briefer isn't always better. While this treatment is much more accessible than the merely Brief...
Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of OilEnergy Victory: Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oil
Best Price: $15.98
A serious book calls for a serious review and I will try to provide that. Zubrin covers a lot of...
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Dover Thrift Editions)Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Dover Thrift Editions)
Best Price: $0.17
This book is often recommend by theoretical physicists and mathematicians (most often...
The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science, and What Comes NextThe Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next
Best Price: $7.59
I jumped at this title when I saw it among my Amazon recommendations (Sometimes they do get...
PhysicsPhysics
Best Price: $62.63
It's just physics questions in a book without any information on the topic being asked. Thought...

Physics For Dummies (For Dummies (Math & Science))Physics For Dummies (For Dummies (Math & Science))
Best Price: $8.99
Well, I'm not a dummy but this book will make you check your past algebra skills.
Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the HeadlinesPhysics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines
Best Price: $17.79
I wish my high school or college had used this book instead of the boring math-based physics...
Flying Saucers and Science: A Scientist Investigates the Mysteries of UFOs: Interstellar Travel, Crashes, and Government Cover-UpsFlying Saucers and Science: A Scientist Investigates the Mysteries of UFOs: Interstellar Travel, Crashes, and Government Cover-Ups
Best Price: $11.55
I can tell you this book is a major publication. The author explained the subject with...
The Art of ElectronicsThe Art of Electronics
Best Price: $69.29
Buy this book, complement it with Tietze & Schenke's book and you got a very respectable...
A Student's Guide to Maxwell's EquationsA Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations
Best Price: $25.19
Students studying electromagnetism for the first time usually find Maxwell's equations (and the...

The Cosmic War: Interplanetary Warfare, Modern Physics and Ancient TextsThe Cosmic War: Interplanetary Warfare, Modern Physics and Ancient Texts
Best Price: $12.40
In this book, Farrell turns his considerable investigative talents to the problem of the Cosmic...
Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's PeakBeyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak
Best Price: $8.29
Deffeyes has written an excellent book on M K Hubbert's 1969 published predictions for future...
Physics: Principles with ApplicationsPhysics: Principles with Applications
Best Price: $107.00
A good textbook. It has different types of examples and pictures for different types of learners.
The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the UniverseThe Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe
Best Price: $14.48
A book with this breath and sublty comes along a couple of times in a generation. There have...
Solar Energy Projects for the Evil GeniusSolar Energy Projects for the Evil Genius
Best Price: $13.74
According to another reviewer here: "Instructions were incomplete." He is being...

The Mayan Code: Time Acceleration and Awakening the World MindThe Mayan Code: Time Acceleration and Awakening the World Mind
Best Price: $10.94
This book is a key in understanding not only of our history as humans, but also earth and our...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to String Theory (Complete Idiot's Guide to)The Complete Idiot's Guide to String Theory (Complete Idiot's Guide to)
Best Price: $10.63
Everything is connected? We?re living in the midst of a scientific revolution that?s captured...
Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimens ionHyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimens ion
Best Price: $6.99
good book. explains details in a way that laymen can comprehend. i never took any physics- but i...
Science and the Akashic Field: An Integral Theory of EverythingScience and the Akashic Field: An Integral Theory of Everything
Best Price: $8.93
This book is another illustrative example of how complex, philosophic and unrealizable to direct...
Quantum Physics: A Beginner's GuideQuantum Physics: A Beginner's Guide
Best Price: $8.84
I really appreciate how the book is written in simplistic terms that most will be able to...

The Feynman Lectures on Physics including Feynman's Tips on Physics: The Definitive and Extended EditionThe Feynman Lectures on Physics including Feynman's Tips on Physics: The Definitive and Extended Edition
Best Price: $117.00
My background: An engineer with an aspiration to learn more physics. It has been over 3 years...
College Physics (with PhysicsNow)College Physics (with PhysicsNow)
Best Price: $74.70
This book is a terrible, terrible waste of a textbook. The authors spend quite a bit of time...
The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism (25th Anniversary Edition)The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism (25th Anniversary Edition)
Best Price: $7.50
Nutshell review - Another book in the meta-physics / quantum physics for the lay-person genre....
3,000 Solved Problems in Physics (Schaum's Solved Problems) (Schaum's Solved Problems Series)3,000 Solved Problems in Physics (Schaum's Solved Problems) (Schaum's Solved Problems Series)
Best Price: $15.25
I'm a retired physicist and bought this book so I could pick out good problems for my daughter...
Schaum's Outline of College Physics, 10th edition (Schaum's Outlines)Schaum's Outline of College Physics, 10th edition (Schaum's Outlines)
Best Price: $7.35
I didn't buy the textbook b/c it sucks and it's too expensive. So, I use this book as a...

507 Mechanical Movements: Mechanisms and Devices (Dover Science Books)507 Mechanical Movements: Mechanisms and Devices (Dover Science Books)
Best Price: $4.19
Keep in mind that this book 1) is paperback, 2) measures 6 1/4 inches wide by 7 1/8 inches tall,...
The Quantum World: Quantum Physics for EveryoneThe Quantum World: Quantum Physics for Everyone
Best Price: $11.36
I have found this book very easy to read and understand. It is great for people who want to know...
The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism (25th Anniversary Edition)The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism (25th Anniversary Edition)
Best Price: $7.50
Nutshell review - Another book in the meta-physics / quantum physics for the lay-person genre....
3,000 Solved Problems in Physics (Schaum's Solved Problems) (Schaum's Solved Problems Series)3,000 Solved Problems in Physics (Schaum's Solved Problems) (Schaum's Solved Problems Series)
Best Price: $15.25
I'm a retired physicist and bought this book so I could pick out good problems for my daughter...
Schaum's Outline of College Physics, 10th edition (Schaum's Outlines)Schaum's Outline of College Physics, 10th edition (Schaum's Outlines)
Best Price: $7.35
I didn't buy the textbook b/c it sucks and it's too expensive. So, I use this book as a...

507 Mechanical Movements: Mechanisms and Devices (Dover Science Books)507 Mechanical Movements: Mechanisms and Devices (Dover Science Books)
Best Price: $4.19
Keep in mind that this book 1) is paperback, 2) measures 6 1/4 inches wide by 7 1/8 inches tall,...
The Quantum World: Quantum Physics for EveryoneThe Quantum World: Quantum Physics for Everyone
Best Price: $11.36
I have found this book very easy to read and understand. It is great for people who want to know...
Uncertainty: Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of ScienceUncertainty: Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science
Best Price: $7.77
More entertaining than scientific, maybe that's the way it must be to garner a wide readership,...
What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious CharacterWhat Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character
Best Price: $8.00
Not quite as funny as "Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman", but just as touching. A...
Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden DimensionsWarped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions
Best Price: $6.71
PROS: Deep analysis of high energy physics. Good job at explaining bizzare ideas/theories. ...

Basic Physics: A Self-Teaching Guide (Wiley Self-Teaching Guides)Basic Physics: A Self-Teaching Guide (Wiley Self-Teaching Guides)
Best Price: $12.27
Seriously, nobody is a good physics teacher. I bought this book to improve my vanity and it has...
Cracking the AP Physics B Exam, 2008 Edition (College Test Prep)Cracking the AP Physics B Exam, 2008 Edition (College Test Prep)
Best Price: $10.56
Really helped prepare for the AP exam. The practice tests are key. They really get you a good...
The Physics of NASCAR: How to Make Steel + Gas + Rubber = SpeedThe Physics of NASCAR: How to Make Steel + Gas + Rubber = Speed
Best Price: $14.00
In her book, "The Physics of NASCAR", author Diandra Leslie-Pelecky takes the reader...
Physics: Principles with Applications (5th Edition)Physics: Principles with Applications (5th Edition)
Best Price: $48.99
6th Edition: For number 24, pg. 40, it is incorrect to ask about the "average...
America In Space: NASA's First Fifty Years (Nasa)America In Space: NASA's First Fifty Years (Nasa)
Best Price: $19.50
I bought this book for my husband who is a space nut. It was actually part of his 40th birthday...

Chaos: Making a New ScienceChaos: Making a New Science
Best Price: $3.85
Nutshell review - a good book, written well and very entertaining. A good introduction to chaos...
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert OppenheimerAmerican Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Best Price: $8.46
I cannot find this book. It came with one other book that I am now reading. I can't remember if...
Complex Adaptive Systems: An Introduction to Computational Models of Social Life (Princeton Studies in Complexity)Complex Adaptive Systems: An Introduction to Computational Models of Social Life (Princeton Studies in Complexity)
Best Price: $22.58
The authors do an excellent job of introducing the field to an educated audience. Any one who...
The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of LifeThe Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life
Best Price: $7.93
The information was not what I expected in regard to a misleading title. Anyone in the...
A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion: The Essential Scientific Works of Albert EinsteinA Stubbornly Persistent Illusion: The Essential Scientific Works of Albert Einstein
Best Price: $11.54
A Brief History of TimeGeorge's Secret Key to the UniverseArchimedes to Hawking: Laws of Science...

QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter (Princeton Science Library)QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter (Princeton Science Library)
Best Price: $10.18
This book covers four lectures that explains QED in terms of the path integral method, which was...
Conceptual PhysicsConceptual Physics
Best Price: $50.00
This book is highly unorganized, important concepts are all over the chapters. The illustrations...
   
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