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QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
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4.27 avg rating — 19,272 ratings
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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
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4.10 avg rating — 101,360 ratings
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A Brief History of Time
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4.21 avg rating — 470,040 ratings
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
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4.29 avg rating — 51,875 ratings
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
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4.27 avg rating — 214,478 ratings
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The Universe in a Nutshell
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4.19 avg rating — 44,832 ratings
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The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next
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What Is Life?: With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches
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4.13 avg rating — 7,555 ratings
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The Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics
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3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Best Bits of Physics
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Alasdair C. Shaw (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings
score: 100,
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Foundations of Space-Time Theories: Relativistic Physics and Philosophy of Science
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3.79 avg rating — 19 ratings
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A PhD Is Not Enough!: A Guide to Survival in Scien
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3.88 avg rating — 1,836 ratings
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The Great Physicists from Galileo to Einstein
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4.12 avg rating — 243 ratings
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Professor Maxwell's Duplicitous Demon: The Life and Science of James Clerk Maxwell
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3.80 avg rating — 234 ratings
score: 92,
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Uncertainty
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4.02 avg rating — 2,312 ratings
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The Philosophy of Physics
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4.15 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Essays in Science
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3.96 avg rating — 144 ratings
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The Origin and Development of the Quantum Theory
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3.73 avg rating — 79 ratings
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Quantum Theory: A Very Short Introduction
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3.73 avg rating — 1,357 ratings
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The 2nd Law: Energy, Chaos, and Form
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4.19 avg rating — 106 ratings
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