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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 300 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.08 — 208,150 ratings — published 2017
A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 182 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.21 — 481,034 ratings — published 1988
Cosmos (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 92 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.40 — 159,476 ratings — published 1980
Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries (Paperback)
by (shelved 88 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.10 — 32,330 ratings — published 2006
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.10 — 102,473 ratings — published 1999
The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)
by (shelved 58 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.26 — 12,962 ratings — published 2020
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.34 — 39,628 ratings — published 1994
Brief Answers to the Big Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.26 — 88,006 ratings — published 2018
Parallel Worlds: A Journey through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.21 — 22,734 ratings — published 2004
The Universe in a Nutshell (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.19 — 45,438 ratings — published 2001
Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.14 — 10,890 ratings — published 2004
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.13 — 40,666 ratings — published 2004
The Grand Design (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.06 — 77,542 ratings — published 2010
The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 33 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.18 — 28,372 ratings — published 2002
An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.28 — 501 ratings — published 2003
A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 3.94 — 30,826 ratings — published 2012
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 3.98 — 67,176 ratings — published 2014
A Briefer History of Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.26 — 43,136 ratings — published 2005
Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.18 — 18,498 ratings — published 1993
Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.15 — 24,255 ratings — published 1994
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 3.95 — 60,492 ratings — published 2010
A Brief History of Black Holes: And Why Nearly Everything You Know About Them is Wrong (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,532 ratings — published 2022
Letters From An Astrophysicist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.06 — 8,855 ratings — published 2019
Welcome to the Universe: An Astrophysical Tour (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.25 — 3,325 ratings — published 2016
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.22 — 424,133 ratings — published 2003
Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.23 — 13,594 ratings — published 1994
Physics of the Impossible (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.09 — 41,561 ratings — published 2008
Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 3.65 — 5,094 ratings — published 2018
Reality is Not What it Seems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.33 — 16,720 ratings — published 2014
The Science of Interstellar (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.29 — 6,902 ratings — published 2015
The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.13 — 11,517 ratings — published 2008
The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.11 — 20,945 ratings — published 2011
Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.11 — 15,589 ratings — published 2022
Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.04 — 6,220 ratings — published 2020
The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality and Our Destiny Beyond Earth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.18 — 12,154 ratings — published 2018
White Holes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.09 — 6,547 ratings — published 2023
The Order of Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.13 — 38,764 ratings — published 2017
The 4% Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 3.93 — 8,189 ratings — published 2010
Cosmic Queries: StarTalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,739 ratings — published 2021
The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.18 — 10,267 ratings — published 2016
Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 3.99 — 6,965 ratings — published 2012
The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.10 — 13,308 ratings — published 1977
Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.30 — 17,844 ratings — published 1997
Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.21 — 18,859 ratings — published 2004
Black Holes: The Key to Understanding the Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.03 — 2,173 ratings — published 2022
The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 14 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,257 ratings — published 2012
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,162 ratings — published 2021
Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 3.96 — 5,358 ratings — published 1999
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.29 — 80,686 ratings — published 1995
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as astrophysics)
avg rating 4.20 — 23,074 ratings — published 1916
“In 2002, having spent more than three years in one residence for the first time in my life, I got called for jury duty. I show up on time, ready to serve. When we get to the voir dire, the lawyer says to me, “I see you’re an astrophysicist. What’s that?” I answer, “Astrophysics is the laws of physics, applied to the universe—the Big Bang, black holes, that sort of thing.” Then he asks, “What do you teach at Princeton?” and I say, “I teach a class on the evaluation of evidence and the relative unreliability of eyewitness testimony.” Five minutes later, I’m on the street.
A few years later, jury duty again. The judge states that the defendant is charged with possession of 1,700 milligrams of cocaine. It was found on his body, he was arrested, and he is now on trial. This time, after the Q&A is over, the judge asks us whether there are any questions we’d like to ask the court, and I say, “Yes, Your Honor. Why did you say he was in possession of 1,700 milligrams of cocaine? That equals 1.7 grams. The ‘thousand’ cancels with the ‘milli-’ and you get 1.7 grams, which is less than the weight of a dime.” Again I’m out on the street.”
― Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier
A few years later, jury duty again. The judge states that the defendant is charged with possession of 1,700 milligrams of cocaine. It was found on his body, he was arrested, and he is now on trial. This time, after the Q&A is over, the judge asks us whether there are any questions we’d like to ask the court, and I say, “Yes, Your Honor. Why did you say he was in possession of 1,700 milligrams of cocaine? That equals 1.7 grams. The ‘thousand’ cancels with the ‘milli-’ and you get 1.7 grams, which is less than the weight of a dime.” Again I’m out on the street.”
― Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier
“From stars to soil to synapses,
arrangement of atoms dictates reality.
From inanimate to animate to sapient,
humanity is an affair of cosmic serendipity.”
― The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology
arrangement of atoms dictates reality.
From inanimate to animate to sapient,
humanity is an affair of cosmic serendipity.”
― The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology
