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Books like Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You
The best books like Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You are Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, In Search of Schrödinger's Cat, and A Short History of Nearly Everything. Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You by Marcus Chown is about quantum mechanics, relativity, physics. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Carlo Rovelli · Science
Carlo Rovelli, a theoretical physicist best known for his work on loop quantum gravity, wrote this book originally as a series of essays for an Italian Sunday newspaper.
Shares quantum mechanics and physics with Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You.
Read the summary → - In Search of Schrödinger's Cat
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In Search of Schrödinger's Cat
John Gribbin · Science
John Gribbin's 1984 book remains one of the most thorough popular introductions to quantum mechanics ever written.
Both dig into quantum mechanics.
Read the summary → - A Short History of Nearly Everything
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson · Science
A Short History of Nearly Everything is Bill Bryson's attempt to understand the scientific story of everything — from the Big Bang to the emergence of modern humans — by spending three years talking to scientists and reading science history.
Both dig into cosmology.
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- The Elegant Universe
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Brian Greene · Science
The Elegant Universe is Brian Greene's attempt to bring string theory — one of the most mathematically demanding ideas in modern physics — within reach of general readers.
Shares quantum mechanics and relativity with Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You.
Read the summary → - The Fabric of the Cosmos
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Brian Greene · Science
The Fabric of the Cosmos is Brian Greene's attempt to explain what physicists actually mean when they talk about space and time — not the intuitive everyday notions, but the deeply strange picture that emerges from general relativity and quantum mechanics.
Shares quantum mechanics and physics with Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You.
Read the summary → - A Brief History of Time
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Stephen Hawking · Science
A Brief History of Time is Stephen Hawking's attempt to explain the biggest questions in physics — where the universe came from, how it behaves, and where it might be going — to readers with no scientific training.
Shares quantum mechanics and cosmology with Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You.
Read the summary → - Our Mathematical Universe
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Max Tegmark · Science
Our Mathematical Universe is Max Tegmark's argument for what he calls the Mathematical Universe Hypothesis: the bold claim that the universe is not merely described by mathematics but is a mathematical structure.
Shares physics and cosmology with Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You.
Read the summary → - Reality Is Not What It Seems
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Carlo Rovelli · Science
Reality Is Not What It Seems is Rovelli's most ambitious popular book: a history of human understanding of physical reality from the pre-Socratics to loop quantum gravity, the theory of quantum spacetime that Rovelli himself has spent his career developing.
Shares quantum mechanics and cosmology with Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You.
Read the summary → - Six Easy Pieces
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Richard P. Feynman · Science
Six Easy Pieces is a selection of six lectures from Richard Feynman's legendary Caltech introductory physics course, delivered in 1961–62 and published in full as The Feynman Lectures on Physics.
Shares quantum mechanics and physics with Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You.
Read the summary → - The Grand Design
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Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow · Science
The Grand Design is Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow's short, provocative book about the deepest questions in physics: Why is there something rather than nothing?
Shares quantum mechanics and cosmology with Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You.
Read the summary → - The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
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The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
Brian Greene · Science
Brian Greene, a string theorist at Columbia University and the author of The Elegant Universe, devoted this book to a single sprawling question: does our universe have company?
Shares quantum mechanics and cosmology with Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You.
Read the summary → - The Physics of Everyday Things
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The Physics of Everyday Things
James Kakalios · Science
James Kakalios, a physics professor at the University of Minnesota, takes a simple premise and executes it with unusual discipline: follow a single ordinary person through a single ordinary day, and explain the physics underlying every device and process they encounter.
Shares quantum mechanics and physics with Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You.
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Books like Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You: quick answers
What are the best books like Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You?
The best books like Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You by Marcus Chown are Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli, In Search of Schrödinger's Cat by John Gribbin, A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene, The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You, such as quantum mechanics, relativity, physics.
What should I read after Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You?
A natural next read after Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You is Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli. Shares quantum mechanics and physics with Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You. Other strong choices are In Search of Schrödinger's Cat by John Gribbin, A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene.
What books are similar to Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You by Marcus Chown?
Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You centers on quantum mechanics, relativity, physics. Books with a similar feel include Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli, In Search of Schrödinger's Cat by John Gribbin, A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene, The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene, A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
