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A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
by Stephen W. Hawking (shelved 78 times as physics)
avg rating 4.01 — 9,787 ratings — published 1988

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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory (Paperback)
by Brian Greene (shelved 68 times as physics)
avg rating 4.05 — 5,466 ratings — published 1999

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The Fabric of the Cosmos (Space, time, and the texture of reality)
by Brian Greene (shelved 36 times as physics)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,315 ratings — published 2004

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The Universe in a Nutshell (Hardcover)
by Stephen W. Hawking (shelved 34 times as physics)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,555 ratings — published 2001

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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by Richard P. Feynman (shelved 28 times as physics)
avg rating 4.25 — 4,927 ratings — published 1985

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QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter (Paperback)
by Richard P. Feynman (shelved 28 times as physics)
avg rating 4.13 — 734 ratings — published 1986

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In Search of Schrodinger's Cat: Quantum Physics And Reality (Paperback)
by John R. Gribbin (shelved 25 times as physics)
avg rating 3.96 — 737 ratings — published 1984

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The Feynman Lectures on Physics: The Definitive and Extended Edition (Hardcover)
by Richard P. Feynman (shelved 23 times as physics)
avg rating 4.51 — 494 ratings — published 1963

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Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher (Paperback)
by Richard P. Feynman (shelved 22 times as physics)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,074 ratings — published 1962

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Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension (Hardcover)
by Michio Kaku (shelved 22 times as physics)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,077 ratings — published 1994

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The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next (Hardcover)
by Lee Smolin (shelved 18 times as physics)
avg rating 3.88 — 536 ratings — published 2006

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Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics (Paperback)
by Gary Zukav (shelved 18 times as physics)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,281 ratings — published 1979

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Relativity: The Special and the General Theory (Penguin Classics)
by Albert Einstein (shelved 18 times as physics)
avg rating 4.12 — 721 ratings — published 1916

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Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration of the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel (Hardcover)
by Michio Kaku (shelved 17 times as physics)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,360 ratings — published 2008

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A Briefer History of Time (Hardcover)
by Stephen W. Hawking (shelved 15 times as physics)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,144 ratings — published 2008

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Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (2nd Edition)
by David J. Griffiths (shelved 15 times as physics)
avg rating 4.03 — 141 ratings — published 1994

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The Tao of Physics (Paperback)
by Fritjof Capra (shelved 14 times as physics)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,451 ratings — published 1975

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Introduction to Electrodynamics (3rd Edition)
by David J. Griffiths (shelved 14 times as physics)
avg rating 4.30 — 138 ratings — published 1000

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Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry And Space-Time (Paperback)
by Richard P. Feynman (shelved 14 times as physics)
avg rating 4.00 — 378 ratings — published 1963

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Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy (Commonwealth Fund Book Program)
by Kip S. Thorne (shelved 13 times as physics)
avg rating 4.13 — 287 ratings — published 1994

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What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character (paper)
by Richard P. Feynman (shelved 13 times as physics)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,550 ratings — published 1988

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The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe (Paperback)
by Steven Weinberg (shelved 12 times as physics)
avg rating 3.72 — 242 ratings — published 1977

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Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos (Paperback)
by Michio Kaku (shelved 12 times as physics)
avg rating 4.16 — 655 ratings — published 2005

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The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe (Hardcover)
by Stephen W. Hawking (shelved 11 times as physics)
avg rating 3.97 — 410 ratings — published 2002

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Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays (Paperback)
by Stephen W. Hawking (shelved 11 times as physics)
avg rating 3.85 — 670 ratings — published 1993

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Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions (Paperback)
by Lisa Randall (shelved 11 times as physics)
avg rating 3.78 — 455 ratings — published 2005

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Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman (Paperback)
by James Gleick (shelved 11 times as physics)
avg rating 4.07 — 777 ratings — published 1992

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The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe (Paperback)
by Roger Penrose (shelved 11 times as physics)
avg rating 4.05 — 428 ratings — published 2004

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Schrodinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality: Solving the Quantum Mysteries Tag: Author of In Search of Schrod. Cat (Paperback)
by John R. Gribbin (shelved 10 times as physics)
avg rating 3.82 — 234 ratings — published 1995

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The Character of Physical Law (Hardcover)
by Richard P. Feynman (shelved 10 times as physics)
avg rating 4.13 — 206 ratings — published 1964

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Three Roads to Quantum Gravity (Paperback)
by Lee Smolin (shelved 10 times as physics)
avg rating 3.74 — 133 ratings — published 2000

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Cosmos (Hardcover)
by Carl Sagan (shelved 9 times as physics)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,699 ratings — published 1980

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Fundamentals of Physics (Hardcover)
by David Halliday (shelved 9 times as physics)
avg rating 3.86 — 96 ratings — published 1970

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The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics (Popular Science)
by Roger Penrose (shelved 9 times as physics)
avg rating 3.69 — 424 ratings — published 1989

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Understanding Physics (Science)
by Isaac Asimov (shelved 8 times as physics)
avg rating 3.94 — 227 ratings — published 1966

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Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries (Hardcover)
by Neil deGrasse Tyson (shelved 8 times as physics)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,056 ratings — published 2007

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A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by Bill Bryson (shelved 8 times as physics)
avg rating 4.10 — 20,017 ratings — published 2003

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Chaos: Making a New Science (Paperback)
by James Gleick (shelved 8 times as physics)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,705 ratings — published 1987

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The Feynman Lectures on Physics: Commemorative Issue Vol 1: Mainly Mechanics, Radiation, and Heat (World Student)
by Richard P. Feynman (shelved 7 times as physics)
avg rating 4.00 — 30 ratings — published 2005

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Einstein's Dreams (Paperback)
by Alan Lightman (shelved 7 times as physics)
avg rating 4.02 — 5,794 ratings — published 1993

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The Pleasure Of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman (Helix Books)
by Richard P. Feynman (shelved 7 times as physics)
avg rating 4.13 — 670 ratings — published 1999

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The Feynman Lectures on Physics, The Definitive Edition Volume 3 (2nd Edition) (Feynman Lectures on Physics)
by Richard P. Feynman (shelved 6 times as physics)
avg rating 4.66 — 44 ratings — published 2005

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Lectures on Physics: Mainly Electromagnetism and Matter v. 2 (World Student)
by Richard P. Feynman (shelved 6 times as physics)
avg rating 4.14 — 22 ratings — published 2005

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How the Universe Got Its Spots: Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite Space (Paperback)
by Janna Levin (shelved 6 times as physics)
avg rating 4.03 — 214 ratings — published 2002

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The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics (Hardcover)
by Leonard Susskind (shelved 6 times as physics)
avg rating 3.84 — 273 ratings — published 2008

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On the Shoulders of Giants (Illustrated): The Great Works of Physics And Astronomy
by Stephen W. Hawking (shelved 6 times as physics)
avg rating 4.24 — 174 ratings — published 2002

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Physics and Philosophy (Penguin Modern Classics)
by Werner Heisenberg (shelved 6 times as physics)
avg rating 3.67 — 101 ratings — published 1958

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An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory (Frontiers in Physics)
by Michael E. Peskin (shelved 6 times as physics)
avg rating 4.00 — 24 ratings — published 1995

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