Physics

Physics is the natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through space and time, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.

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Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century
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My Brief History
Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
Chernobyl 01:23:40: The Incredible True Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster
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The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect
The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos
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A Brief History of Time
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
The Grand Design
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics By Its Most Brilliant Teacher
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory
Physics of the Impossible
The Universe in a Nutshell
Cosmos
The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
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History and Philosophy of Science
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Science Writing
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Alternative Universes
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History of the Nuclear Age
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