Physics

When Stephen Hawking died, he was widely recognized as the world's best physicist, and even its smartest person. He was neither. He was a master of self-promotion, hosting parties for time travelers, declaring victory over problems he had not solved, and wooing billionaires.

A contrarian physicist argues that her field's modern obsession with beauty has given us wonderful math but bad science. Physicists believe the best theories are beautiful, natural, and elegant, and this standard separates popular theories from disposable ones.
This is why, Sabine Hossenfelder argues, we have not seen a major breakthrough in the foundations of physics for more than four decades.

This concise and accessible book provides a detailed introduction to the fundamental principles of atomic physics at an undergraduate level.

How is a subway map different from other maps? What makes a knot knotted? What makes the Mobius strip one-sided? These are questions of topology, the mathematical study of properties preserved by twisting or stretching objects.

Brian Greene takes readers on a breathtaking journey from the big bang to the end of time and invites us to ponder meaning in the face of this unimaginable expanse.