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Best New Popular Science Books
Regular updates of the most interesting and best reviewed popular science books that have recently been published
Design in Nature: How the Constructal Law Governs Evolution in Biology, Physics, Technology, and Social Organization Adrian Bejan | Hardcover Everything, from biological life to inanimate systems, generates structure and shape and this book shows that the so called “Constructal Law” accounts for the evolution of virtually all patterns and designs in our world.
A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing Lawrence M. Krauss | Hardcover The latest beautiful experimental observations and mind-bending new theories are all described accessibly in this book, and they suggest that not only can something arise from nothing, something will always arise from nothing.
Based on 12 “science book lists” from different sources ranging from the Economist and the New York Times to the Washington Post and the New Scientist, we have created a list of popular science books that were most mentioned on any of these lists. Below is the outcome of that analysis, providing the best popular science books [...]
Quantum Man: Richard Feynman’s Life in Science Lawrence M. Krauss | Hardcover One of the greatest physicists of the second half of the 20th century, Richard Feynman changed the way we think about quantum mechanics, the most perplexing theory of physics.
Fields of Color: The theory that escaped Einstein Rodney A. Brooks | Paperback This book describes Quantum Field Theory (QFT) for a lay audience (without equations), including the history of physics and the physicists involved.
Newton and the Counterfeiter: The Unknown Detective Career of the World’s Greatest Scientist Thomas Levenson | Paperback
The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom Graham Farmelo | Paperback
The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics: A Math-Free Exploration of the Science That Made Our World James Kakalios | Paperback
Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning About a Highly Connected World David Easley | Hardcover
Absolutely Small: How Quantum Theory Explains Our Everyday World Michael D. Fayer | Hardcover