Simple Machines Made Simple,’ which raised more than seven times its target on Kickstarter, wants to demystify mechanical ...

Symmetry writer Mike Perricone’s favorite physics books of 2020 cover an impressive span of time: from the very beginning of our universe until the very end. How do the questions Galileo faced in the ...

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These recently published popular science books will help you catch up on particle physics news, knowledge and history. Looking to stay current on your particle physics knowledge? Here are 10 recent ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about physics, science, academia, and pop culture. Black Hole Blues is a history of the search for gravitational waves ...

Landau and Lifshitz’ volumes are nothing short of the elegant Feynman lectures in physics. For those who don’t know about the series; these volumes are known as “Course of Theoretical Physics“, and ...

Is it time for end-of-the-year lists already? At Physics World HQ, the answer is a definite “yes”, and we’re kicking off the season with our annual list of the year’s best physics books. As in ...

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For more than 30 years, the pioneering X-ray astrophysicist Walter Lewin taught core curriculum physics courses to undergraduates at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For this alone, he ...

I am looking for recommendations on books and/or other sources of structured information that one can use to get a better grasp of physics (and why not other science as well). To give some context of ...

The year 2016 has not covered itself in glory. Divisive elections, various natural and human-made disasters and a depressingly long obituary roll of well-loved celebrities mean that for many residents ...

Dr. Bill Colson, a physics professor emeritus at the Naval Postgraduate School, has published significant research to considerable renown in his field. Yet, following his retirement in 2015, he turned ...