📑 ✦ Read list
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The Old Man and The Sea
Ernest Hemingway • 1995
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen • 1813
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Six Easy Pieces Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
Richard P. Feynman • 2011
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott • 1983
There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job
Kikuko Tsumura • 2021
In Search of Schrodinger's Cat Updated Edition
John Gribbin • 2025
Quantum theory is so shocking that Einstein could not bring himself to accept it. It is so important that it underpins all modern sciences. Without it, we'd have no molecular biology, no understanding of DNA, no genetic engineering, no computers.<br> <br> A century after the development of quantum mechanics, <i>In Search of Schr dinger's Cat</i> tells the full story of how scientists reckoned with a truth stranger than any fiction. John Gribbin leads us into the ever more bizarre and fascinating world of the smallest particles we have discovered, requiring only that we approach it with an open mind. He introduces the scientists who developed quantum theory. He investigates the atom, radiation, time travel, the birth of the universe, super conductors and life itself. And in a world full of its own delights, mysteries and surprises, he searches for Schr dinger's Cat - a search for quantum reality - as he brings every reader to a clear understanding of the most important area of scientific study today - quantum physics.<br> <br> Featuring a new preface to mark the centenary of the field, this bestselling classic remains a fascinating and delightful introduction to the strange world of the quantum - an essential element in understanding the modern world.
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Carlo Rovelli • 2016
Beneath the Night
Stuart Clark • 2020
From Stone Age to space age, people have looked up at the stars and been inspired by their beauty, their patterns, and their majesty. Beneath the Night is a history of humanity, told through our relationship with the night sky. From prehistoric cave art and Ancient Egyptian zodiacs to the modern era of satellites and space exploration, Stuart Clark explores a fascination shared across the world and throughout millennia. It is one that has shaped our scientific understanding; helped us navigate the terrestrial world; provided inspiration for our poets, artists and philosophers; and it has given us a place to project our hopes and fears. In the stars, we can see our past - and ultimately, our fate. This is the awe-inspiring story of the universe, and our place within it.
A Brief History of Time
Stephen Hawking • 1998
The Order of Time
Carlo Rovelli • 2018
<b>One of TIME’s Ten Best Nonfiction Books of the Decade<br></b> <br><b>"Meet the new Stephen Hawking . . . <i>The Order of Time</i> is a dazzling book." --<i>The Sunday Times</i> <br></b> <br><b>From the bestselling author of <i>Seven Brief Lessons on Physics</i>, <i>Reality Is Not What It Seems</i>, <i>Helgoland</i>, and <i>Anaximander </i>comes a concise, elegant exploration of time.</b><br><br>Why do we remember the past and not the future? What does it mean for time to "flow"? Do we exist in time or does time exist in us? In lyric, accessible prose, Carlo Rovelli invites us to consider questions about the nature of time that continue to puzzle physicists and philosophers alike. <br><br>For most readers this is unfamiliar terrain. We all experience time, but the more scientists learn about it, the more mysterious it remains. We think of it as uniform and universal, moving steadily from past to future, measured by clocks. Rovelli tears down these assumptions one by one, revealing a strange universe where at the most fundamental level time disappears. He explains how the theory of quantum gravity attempts to understand and give meaning to the resulting extreme landscape of this timeless world. Weaving together ideas from philosophy, science and literature, he suggests that our perception of the flow of time depends on our perspective, better understood starting from the structure of our brain and emotions than from the physical universe. <br><br>Already a bestseller in Italy, and written with the poetic vitality that made <i>Seven Brief Lessons on Physics</i> so appealing, <i>The Order of Time</i> offers a profoundly intelligent, culturally rich, novel appreciation of the mysteries of time.
Emma
Jane Austen • 1995
In this sparkling comedy of self-deceit and self-discovery, Emma's forays into the matchmaking arena bring her up sharply against the follies of her egotism and selfishness. 4 cassettes.
Criminology
Tim Newburn • 2017
Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science
Werner Heisenberg • 2007
The Midnight Library
Matt Haig • 2020
