50 Books like Quantum

Helgoland

by Carlo Rovelli • 2020

What if things have no standalone properties? Quantum physics and the relational nature of reality.

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Helgoland 98%

What if things have no standalone properties? Quantum physics and the relational nature of reality.

by Carlo Rovelli 2020

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Uncertainty

by David Lindley • 1996

You cannot measure everything. Einstein spent decades fighting that fact. What it cost him.

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Uncertainty 98%

You cannot measure everything. Einstein spent decades fighting that fact. What it cost him.

by David Lindley 1996

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In Search of Schrödinger's Cat

by John Gribbin • 1984

Reality vanishes when you stop looking: the century-long quantum fight over what that means.

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In Search of Schrödinger's Cat 97%

Reality vanishes when you stop looking: the century-long quantum fight over what that means.

by John Gribbin 1984

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Entanglement

by Amir D. Aczel • 2002

Einstein rejected instantaneous quantum links; he lost. The proof that reality is nonlocal is in.

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Entanglement 97%

Einstein rejected instantaneous quantum links; he lost. The proof that reality is nonlocal is in.

by Amir D. Aczel 2002

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Quantum Man

by Lawrence M. Krauss • 2011

Feynman drew pictures of particles, insisted experiment trumps elegance, and rebuilt modern physics.

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Quantum Man 96%

Feynman drew pictures of particles, insisted experiment trumps elegance, and rebuilt modern physics.

by Lawrence M. Krauss 2011

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Taking the Quantum Leap

by Fred Alan Wolf • 1981

Particles exist as possibilities until someone looks. What that means for reality, time, and mind.

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Taking the Quantum Leap 96%

Particles exist as possibilities until someone looks. What that means for reality, time, and mind.

by Fred Alan Wolf 1981

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🧬 Quantum Physics 📜 History Of Physics 🧠 Consciousness Studies 👁️ Observer Effect 🌌 Parallel Universes

How the Hippies Saved Physics

by David Kaiser • 2011

With mysticism and est funding, a Berkeley group revived entanglement, seeding quantum computing.

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How the Hippies Saved Physics 95%

With mysticism and est funding, a Berkeley group revived entanglement, seeding quantum computing.

by David Kaiser 2011

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Reality is Not What it Seems

by Carlo Rovelli • 2014

The universe has no bottom: particles dissolve into fields, space into grains, time into ignorance.

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📐 Theoretical Physics 📜 History Of Science ⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 🌌 General Relativity 🔭 Cosmology

Reality is Not What it Seems 95%

The universe has no bottom: particles dissolve into fields, space into grains, time into ignorance.

by Carlo Rovelli 2014

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📐 Theoretical Physics 📜 History Of Science ⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 🌌 General Relativity 🔭 Cosmology

Quantum Reality

by Jim Baggott • 2020

Quantum mechanics works. What it means is a philosophical war with no winner, only trade-offs.

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Quantum Reality 95%

Quantum mechanics works. What it means is a philosophical war with no winner, only trade-offs.

by Jim Baggott 2020

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The Grand Design

by Stephen W. Hawking • 2010

A landscape of 10^500 possible universes explains the fine-tuning of ours, no designer required.

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The Grand Design 95%

A landscape of 10^500 possible universes explains the fine-tuning of ours, no designer required.

by Stephen W. Hawking 2010

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Quantum Physics

by Jared Hendricks • 2015

Particles walk through walls and talk across galaxies. At quantum scales, impossible is the rule.

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Quantum Physics 95%

Particles walk through walls and talk across galaxies. At quantum scales, impossible is the rule.

by Jared Hendricks 2015

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Quantum Enigma

by Bruce Rosenblum • 2006

Quantum mechanics says reality is created by observation. What does that mean for our minds?

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⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🏛️ Quantum Foundations 👁️ Observer Effect 🔗 Entanglement

Quantum Enigma 95%

Quantum mechanics says reality is created by observation. What does that mean for our minds?

by Bruce Rosenblum 2006

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⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🏛️ Quantum Foundations 👁️ Observer Effect 🔗 Entanglement

How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog

by Chad Orzel • 2009

Quantum physics is baffling. The best way to understand it: talk it over with a dog.

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How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog Summary

How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog 95%

Quantum physics is baffling. The best way to understand it: talk it over with a dog.

by Chad Orzel 2009

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Something Deeply Hidden

by Sean Carroll • 2019

Every quantum event spawns new worlds. Spacetime is just a convenient fiction.

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Something Deeply Hidden 94%

Every quantum event spawns new worlds. Spacetime is just a convenient fiction.

by Sean Carroll 2019

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Antimatter

by Frank Close • 2009

Half the universe should be antimatter. That it vanished is physics' most persistent mystery.

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Antimatter 94%

Half the universe should be antimatter. That it vanished is physics' most persistent mystery.

by Frank Close 2009

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🧲 Particle Physics 📜 History Of Science 💥 Matter And Energy 🌌 Cosmic Mysteries 🧪 Science Myths

Children Are from Heaven

by John Gray • 2000

Reality is fields, not particles, and everyday physics is already completely mapped.

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Children Are from Heaven 94%

Reality is fields, not particles, and everyday physics is already completely mapped.

by John Gray 2000

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The Quantum Universe

by Brian Cox • 2011

A theory that defies common sense underlies transistors, lasers, and every atom in your body.

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The Quantum Universe 94%

A theory that defies common sense underlies transistors, lasers, and every atom in your body.

by Brian Cox 2011

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The Theory of Almost Everything

by Robert Oerter • 2005

The Standard Model explains everything we see except gravity, but 85% of the universe is missing.

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The Theory of Almost Everything 94%

The Standard Model explains everything we see except gravity, but 85% of the universe is missing.

by Robert Oerter 2005

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Q is for Quantum

by Terry Rudolph • 2017

Forget the math: colored balls explain superposition, entanglement, and why quantum computers work.

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Q is for Quantum 94%

Forget the math: colored balls explain superposition, entanglement, and why quantum computers work.

by Terry Rudolph 2017

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The God Particle

by Leon M. Lederman • 1993

All the universe's fundamental pieces are known but one: the particle responsible for mass.

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The God Particle 93%

All the universe's fundamental pieces are known but one: the particle responsible for mass.

by Leon M. Lederman 1993

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Dancing Wu Li Masters

by Gary Zukav • 1979

Modern physics dismantled the objective universe. What remains looks a lot like Buddhism.

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Dancing Wu Li Masters 93%

Modern physics dismantled the objective universe. What remains looks a lot like Buddhism.

by Gary Zukav 1979

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The Quantum Rules

by Kunal K. Das • 2013

Quantum laws don't just govern particles: they explain why relationships fail and time speeds up.

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The Quantum Rules 93%

Quantum laws don't just govern particles: they explain why relationships fail and time speeds up.

by Kunal K. Das 2013

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Dreams of a Final Theory

by Steven Weinberg • 1987

Fundamental physics stalled in the 1970s. The only clues left are beauty and symmetry.

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Dreams of a Final Theory 93%

Fundamental physics stalled in the 1970s. The only clues left are beauty and symmetry.

by Steven Weinberg 1987

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Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam

by Kenneth W. Ford • 1998

He rushed to build the bomb. Decades later, he named black holes and chased quantum foam.

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Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam Summary

Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam 93%

He rushed to build the bomb. Decades later, he named black holes and chased quantum foam.

by Kenneth W. Ford 1998

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Other Worlds

by Paul C.W. Davies • 1980

Observation brings reality into being; our habitable universe may be a fluke among dead worlds.

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Other Worlds 93%

Observation brings reality into being; our habitable universe may be a fluke among dead worlds.

by Paul C.W. Davies 1980

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⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 🌌 Cosmology 🌐 Multiverse Theory 🧬 Anthropic Principle ⏳ Spacetime

The God Equation

by Michio Kaku • 2021

Three forces unified. Gravity alone resists. The ten-dimensional theory that might finally crack it.

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The God Equation 93%

Three forces unified. Gravity alone resists. The ten-dimensional theory that might finally crack it.

by Michio Kaku 2021

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Quantum Computing

by Brian Clegg • 2021

Online encryption relies on math no classical computer can crack. Quantum ones do it instantly.

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🧪 Quantum Physics 💾 Computing History ⚛️ Quantum Computing 🧮 Quantum Algorithms 🔐 Cryptography

Quantum Computing 93%

Online encryption relies on math no classical computer can crack. Quantum ones do it instantly.

by Brian Clegg 2021

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The Common Sense of Science

by Jacob Bronowski • 1951

The Scientific Revolution was cultural. Science is personal, never the cold machine you fear.

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The Common Sense of Science 93%

The Scientific Revolution was cultural. Science is personal, never the cold machine you fear.

by Jacob Bronowski 1951

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A Beautiful Question

by Frank Wilczek • 2015

From Pythagoras to quantum theory, a Nobel laureate shows beauty was always the compass of physics.

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A Beautiful Question 93%

From Pythagoras to quantum theory, a Nobel laureate shows beauty was always the compass of physics.

by Frank Wilczek 2015

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Six Easy Pieces

by Richard P. Feynman • 1994

Six core physics lessons on atoms, energy, gravity, and the quantum world's strangest behavior.

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Six Easy Pieces 93%

Six core physics lessons on atoms, energy, gravity, and the quantum world's strangest behavior.

by Richard P. Feynman 1994

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The Elephant in the Universe

by Govert Schilling • 2022

Eighty-four percent of matter is invisible. A century-long hunt has yet to catch it.

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🌌 Cosmology ⚛️ Particle Physics 📜 History Of Science ❓ Scientific Mysteries 🔬 Experimental Physics

The Elephant in the Universe 93%

Eighty-four percent of matter is invisible. A century-long hunt has yet to catch it.

by Govert Schilling 2022

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🌌 Cosmology ⚛️ Particle Physics 📜 History Of Science ❓ Scientific Mysteries 🔬 Experimental Physics

The Making of the Atomic Bomb

by Richard Rhodes • 1986

Physics made the bomb inevitable long before any general asked for it.

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The Making of the Atomic Bomb 93%

Physics made the bomb inevitable long before any general asked for it.

by Richard Rhodes 1986

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🔬 History Of Science ⚛️ Nuclear Physics ☢️ Atomic Age ⚔️ Science And War 🎲 Deterrence Theory

What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches

by Erwin Schrödinger • 1944

Genes should fall apart. Quantum mechanics explained their permanence and launched the hunt for DNA.

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What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches Summary

What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches 92%

Genes should fall apart. Quantum mechanics explained their permanence and launched the hunt for DNA.

by Erwin Schrödinger 1944

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The Elegant Universe

by Brian Greene • 1999

Physics' sixty-year civil war. String theory says both sides win, if reality has ten dimensions.

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🧵 String Theory ⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 🌐 General Relativity 🌌 Quantum Gravity 🔗 Theory Of Everything

The Elegant Universe 92%

Physics' sixty-year civil war. String theory says both sides win, if reality has ten dimensions.

by Brian Greene 1999

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🧵 String Theory ⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 🌐 General Relativity 🌌 Quantum Gravity 🔗 Theory Of Everything

The Theory of Everything

by Stephen W. Hawking • 2002

If a universe can arise from nothing, what role remains for a creator?

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🌌 Cosmology 🕳️ Black Holes ⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 🕰️ Space Time 🧩 Unified Theory

The Theory of Everything 92%

If a universe can arise from nothing, what role remains for a creator?

by Stephen W. Hawking 2002

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🌌 Cosmology 🕳️ Black Holes ⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 🕰️ Space Time 🧩 Unified Theory

The Black Hole War

by Leonard Susskind • 2008

Hawking said black holes destroy information. Susskind spent thirty years proving he was wrong.

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🪐 Theoretical Physics 🕳️ Black Holes ⚛️ Quantum Gravity 🧵 String Theory 🧠 Holographic Principle

The Black Hole War 92%

Hawking said black holes destroy information. Susskind spent thirty years proving he was wrong.

by Leonard Susskind 2008

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🪐 Theoretical Physics 🕳️ Black Holes ⚛️ Quantum Gravity 🧵 String Theory 🧠 Holographic Principle

Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field

by Nancy Forbes • 2014

How an uneducated bookbinder and a Scottish genius proved light, electricity, and magnetism are one.

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⚡ Electromagnetism 📜 History Of Physics 👨‍🔬 Scientific Biography 🌐 Field Theory 🧪 Experimental Physics

Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field Summary

Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field 92%

How an uneducated bookbinder and a Scottish genius proved light, electricity, and magnetism are one.

by Nancy Forbes 2014

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⚡ Electromagnetism 📜 History Of Physics 👨‍🔬 Scientific Biography 🌐 Field Theory 🧪 Experimental Physics

The Universe in Your Hand

by Christophe Galfard • 2015

Why time slows at high speed, space is never empty, 95% of the universe is missing.

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🧪 Theoretical Physics 🌌 Cosmology ⏳ Relativity ⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 🕳️ Black Holes

The Universe in Your Hand 92%

Why time slows at high speed, space is never empty, 95% of the universe is missing.

by Christophe Galfard 2015

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🧪 Theoretical Physics 🌌 Cosmology ⏳ Relativity ⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 🕳️ Black Holes

The Grand Biocentric Design

by Robert Lanza • 2020

Awareness is the foundation; matter is its reflection. Death follows different rules than you think.

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The Grand Biocentric Design 92%

Awareness is the foundation; matter is its reflection. Death follows different rules than you think.

by Robert Lanza 2020

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🔬 Quantum Physics 🧠 Consciousness Studies 💡 Idealism ⚛️ Quantum Consciousness 👁️ Perception And Reality

A Theory of Everything (That Matters)

by Alister E. McGrath • 2019

Einstein rewrote space, time, and gravity. The mystery at the edges, he called God.

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📜 History Of Physics 🧠 Philosophy Of Science ⛪ Theology And Science 🔬 Limits Of Science 👤 Scientific Biography

A Theory of Everything (That Matters) Summary

A Theory of Everything (That Matters) 92%

Einstein rewrote space, time, and gravity. The mystery at the edges, he called God.

by Alister E. McGrath 2019

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📜 History Of Physics 🧠 Philosophy Of Science ⛪ Theology And Science 🔬 Limits Of Science 👤 Scientific Biography

How to Build a Time Machine

by Paul C.W. Davies • 2001

Forward time travel is real. Going back needs wormholes, exotic matter, and a loophole in causality.

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How to Build a Time Machine 92%

Forward time travel is real. Going back needs wormholes, exotic matter, and a loophole in causality.

by Paul C.W. Davies 2001

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Existential Physics

by Sabine Hossenfelder • 2022

What physics says about time, free will, and the cosmos versus the stories sold as science.

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⚛️ Philosophy Of Physics 🛑 Limits Of Science 🧠 Consciousness Debate 🕊️ Free Will Debate ⏳ Time And Relativity

Existential Physics 92%

What physics says about time, free will, and the cosmos versus the stories sold as science.

by Sabine Hossenfelder 2022

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In Search of Time

by Dan Falk • 2008

Ancient calendars and modern physics agree: time is not the steady river we imagine.

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In Search of Time 92%

Ancient calendars and modern physics agree: time is not the steady river we imagine.

by Dan Falk 2008

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The Hunt for Vulcan

by Thomas Levenson • 2015

The planet Vulcan was astronomy's biggest mistake. Correcting it required rewriting gravity.

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🔭 History Of Science 🌠 Astronomy History 🍎 Newtonian Mechanics 🌌 General Relativity ⏳ Space-Time

The Hunt for Vulcan 92%

The planet Vulcan was astronomy's biggest mistake. Correcting it required rewriting gravity.

by Thomas Levenson 2015

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🔭 History Of Science 🌠 Astronomy History 🍎 Newtonian Mechanics 🌌 General Relativity ⏳ Space-Time

To Explain the World

by Steven Weinberg • 2015

What took two millennia: how humanity learned to test nature instead of just arguing about it.

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🔬 History Of Science 🔍 Scientific Method 🧪 Experimental Science 🌌 Cosmology 🤔 Philosophy Of Science

To Explain the World 92%

What took two millennia: how humanity learned to test nature instead of just arguing about it.

by Steven Weinberg 2015

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🔬 History Of Science 🔍 Scientific Method 🧪 Experimental Science 🌌 Cosmology 🤔 Philosophy Of Science

Quantum Computing for Everyone

by Chris Bernhardt • 2019

A guide that starts with a single qubit and ends with breaking RSA encryption.

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Quantum Computing for Everyone 92%

A guide that starts with a single qubit and ends with breaking RSA encryption.

by Chris Bernhardt 2019

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🧑‍💻 Quantum Computing ⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 🤖 Quantum Algorithms 🔐 Cryptography 🕸️ Entanglement

Hyperspace

by Michio Kaku • 1994

One idea unifies physics: add dimensions and the laws simplify. Why the cosmos may need ten.

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🌀 Higher Dimensions 🧵 String Theory 🌌 Multiverse Theories 🔭 Speculative Cosmology 📜 History Of Physics

Hyperspace 92%

One idea unifies physics: add dimensions and the laws simplify. Why the cosmos may need ten.

by Michio Kaku 1994

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🌀 Higher Dimensions 🧵 String Theory 🌌 Multiverse Theories 🔭 Speculative Cosmology 📜 History Of Physics

Physics of the Impossible

by Michio Kaku • 2008

Sci-fi's wildest tech, sorted by a physicist: what's coming this century, and what breaks reality.

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Physics of the Impossible 92%

Sci-fi's wildest tech, sorted by a physicist: what's coming this century, and what breaks reality.

by Michio Kaku 2008

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Buddhism

by Damien Keown • 1996

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

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📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

Buddhism 92%

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

by Damien Keown 1996

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In Search of the Multiverse

by John Gribbin • 2009

Our universe seems fine-tuned for life. The real explanation: it is just one of countless tries.

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🔬 Quantum Physics 🌌 Cosmology 🌐 Multiverse Theory 🧐 Anthropic Principle 🧵 String Theory

In Search of the Multiverse 92%

Our universe seems fine-tuned for life. The real explanation: it is just one of countless tries.

by John Gribbin 2009

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🔬 Quantum Physics 🌌 Cosmology 🌐 Multiverse Theory 🧐 Anthropic Principle 🧵 String Theory

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