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Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher by Matthew Sands, Robert B. Leighton, Richard P. Feynman

Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher

Matthew Sands, Robert B. Leighton, Richard P. Feynman

176 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced
Probable Impossibilities: Musings on Beginnings and Endings by Alan Lightman

Probable Impossibilities: Musings on Beginnings and Endings

Alan Lightman

208 pages • missing pub info (editions)

3.0gomfa's review
nonfiction essays history science challenging reflective medium-paced
Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space by Janna Levin

Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space

Janna Levin

256 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

3.5gomfa's review
nonfiction science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

Richard P. Feynman

400 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

4.0gomfa's review
nonfiction biography science informative lighthearted medium-paced
Surreal Numbers by Donald Knuth

Surreal Numbers

Donald Knuth

128 pages • missing pub info (editions)

3.0gomfa's review
nonfiction computer science mathematics science technology informative medium-paced
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

A Brief History of Time

Stephen Hawking

224 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

3.5gomfa's review
nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick

The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

James Gleick

527 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

4.0gomfa's review
nonfiction art history science technology challenging informative slow-paced
Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order by Steven Strogatz

Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order

Steven Strogatz

352 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0gomfa's review
nonfiction mathematics science informative slow-paced
Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe by Steven Strogatz

Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe

Steven Strogatz

384 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0gomfa's review
nonfiction history mathematics science informative slow-paced
Chaos: Making a New Science by James Gleick

Chaos: Making a New Science

James Gleick

352 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

4.5gomfa's review
nonfiction mathematics science challenging informative reflective slow-paced