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Books like The Physics of Everyday Things
The best books like The Physics of Everyday Things are A Short History of Nearly Everything, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, and Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!. The Physics of Everyday Things by James Kakalios is about physics, everyday technology, quantum mechanics. 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.
- 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.
A kindred science read.
Read the summary → - Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Neil deGrasse Tyson · Science
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry is Neil deGrasse Tyson's deliberately compact introduction to the biggest ideas in modern astrophysics.
A kindred science read.
Read the summary → - Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
Richard P. Feynman · Memoir
Surely You're Joking, Mr.
Shares physics and curiosity with The Physics of Everyday Things.
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- 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 physics and quantum mechanics with The Physics of Everyday Things.
Read the summary → - Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You
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Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You
Marcus Chown · Science
Marcus Chown, a former radio astronomer and longtime science writer, takes two of the most counterintuitive theories in physics — quantum mechanics and special relativity — and presents them in a single short book aimed squarely at readers who find both intimidating.
Shares physics and quantum mechanics with The Physics of Everyday Things.
Read the summary → - 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 physics and quantum mechanics with The Physics of Everyday Things.
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 physics and quantum mechanics with The Physics of Everyday Things.
Read the summary → - Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
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Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
James Gleick · Biography
Genius is James Gleick's biography of Richard Feynman, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist who developed quantum electrodynamics, cracked safes at Los Alamos, played bongo drums in bars, and became the twentieth century's most celebrated scientific personality.
Shares physics and curiosity with The Physics of Everyday Things.
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.
Both dig into quantum mechanics.
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 → - 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.
Both dig into physics.
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.
Both dig into quantum mechanics.
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Books like The Physics of Everyday Things: quick answers
What are the best books like The Physics of Everyday Things?
The best books like The Physics of Everyday Things by James Kakalios are A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman, Six Easy Pieces by Richard P. Feynman, Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You by Marcus Chown, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Physics of Everyday Things, such as physics, everyday technology, quantum mechanics.
What should I read after The Physics of Everyday Things?
A natural next read after The Physics of Everyday Things is A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. A kindred science read. Other strong choices are Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman, Six Easy Pieces by Richard P. Feynman.
What books are similar to The Physics of Everyday Things by James Kakalios?
The Physics of Everyday Things centers on physics, everyday technology, quantum mechanics. Books with a similar feel include A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman, Six Easy Pieces by Richard P. Feynman, Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You by Marcus Chown, Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
