Tahsin’s Reading List: Physics #BookRecommendation

Roger Penrose

• [1] The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe by Roger Penrose [2007]

• [2] The Nature of Space and Time (Princeton Science Library) by Stephen Hawking & Roger Penrose

• [3] Cycles of Time: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe by Roger Penrose

• [4] The Emperor’s New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics by Roger Penrose

• [5] Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness by Roger Penrose

Richard Feynman

• [6] The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Volume I, II, III by Richard Feynman

• [7] QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter by Richard Feynman

• [30] Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, Matthew Sands

• [8] Feynman’s Tips on Physics: Reflections, Advice, Insights, Practice – A Problem-Solving Supplement to the Feynman Lectures on Physics

• [9] Feynman Lectures On Computation

• [10] The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman

• [11] Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character)

• [12] “What Do You Care What Other People Think?”: Further Adventures of a Curious Character

 

Relativity: Albert Einstein

• [13] Relativity: The Special and General Theory

• [14] The Evolution of Physics

 

Stephen Hawkin

• [15] The Dreams That Stuff Is Made Of: The Most Astounding Papers of Quantum Physics–and How They Shook the Scientific World 

• [16] God Created The Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs that Changed History

• [17] On The Shoulders Of Giants

• [18] A Brief History of Time

• [19] The Grand Design

• [20] Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays

 

Steven Weinberg

• [21] Lectures on Quantum Mechanics

• [22] The First Three Minutes: A Modern View Of The Origin Of The Universe

• [23] Dreams of a Final Theory: The Scientist’s Search for the Ultimate Laws of Nature

Michio Kaku

• [24] Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100

• [25] Quantum Field Theory: A Modern Introduction

• [26] Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel

• [27] The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind

• [28] Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century

 

 

Quantum Mechanics: Paul Dirac

• [29] The Principles of Quantum Mechanics

• [30] Lectures on Quantum Mechanics 

General Physics, Physics Problem Books

• [31] Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, Matthew Sands

• [32] Fundamentals of Physics by David Halliday, Robert Resnick, Jearl Walker

• [33] Concepts of Modern Physics by Arthur Beiser

• [34] A Guide to Physics Problems, Part 1: Mechanics, Relativity, and Electrodynamics by Sidney B. Cahn, Boris E. Nadgorny, C.N. Yang

• [35] A Guide to Physics Problems: Part 2: Thermodynamics, Statistical Physics, and Quantum Mechanics

• [36] Princeton Problems in Physics with Solutions

String Theory: Brian Greene

• [37] The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

• [38] The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality

Particle Physics

• [39] Quarks, Leptons and The Big Bang, Second Edition 2nd (second) Edition by Jonathan Allday

 

Quantum Information: Seth Lloyd

• [40] Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos

 

Computation & Physics – Bits & Atoms: Neil Gershenfeld

• [41] The Physics of Information Technology

• [42] The Nature of Mathematical Modeling

 

Astrophysics

• [43] The Scientific American Book of Astronomy

 

Leonard Susskind

• [44] The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics [2014]

• [45] Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum

Neil deGrasse Tyson

• [46] Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries

 

Brian Cox

• [47] The Quantum Universe

 

Others

• [48] Universe: The Definitive Visual Guide [DK Smithsonian]

• [49] The Physics Book: From the Big Bang to Quantum Resurrection, 250 Milestones in the History of Physics

• [50] The Space Book: From the Beginning to the End of Time, 250 Milestones in the History of Space & Astronomy