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Books like The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
The best books like The Pleasure of Finding Things Out are A Brief History of Time, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, and A Short History of Nearly Everything. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out by Richard P. Feynman is about scientific curiosity, physics, education. 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 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.
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.
Both dig into physics.
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.
A kindred science read.
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- Cosmos
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Carl Sagan · Science
Cosmos is Carl Sagan's attempt to tell the full story of the universe and humanity's place in it — from the Big Bang to the origins of life to the rise of science as a way of knowing.
A kindred science read.
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 wonder with The Pleasure of Finding Things Out.
Read the summary → - Make It Stick
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Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger and Mark A. McDaniel · Science
Make It Stick is a book about how memory actually works, and why the study techniques most people rely on — re-reading, highlighting, massed practice — are among the least effective ways to learn.
Both dig into education.
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 → - 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.
Both dig into physics.
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.
Both dig into physics.
Read the summary → - The Diamond Age
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Neal Stephenson · Science
The Diamond Age, or A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer is a 1995 science fiction novel set in a near-future world where nanotechnology has solved most material scarcity but failed to eliminate inequality.
Both dig into education.
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.
Both dig into physics.
Read the summary → - The Order of Time
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Carlo Rovelli · Science
Carlo Rovelli's meditation on time begins with a simple observation: the time we experience — flowing forward, carrying us from past toward future — is not quite what physics describes.
Both dig into physics.
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Books like The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: quick answers
What are the best books like The Pleasure of Finding Things Out?
The best books like The Pleasure of Finding Things Out by Richard P. Feynman are A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman, A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, Cosmos by Carl Sagan, Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Pleasure of Finding Things Out, such as scientific curiosity, physics, education.
What should I read after The Pleasure of Finding Things Out?
A natural next read after The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. A kindred science read. Other strong choices are Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman, A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, Cosmos by Carl Sagan.
What books are similar to The Pleasure of Finding Things Out by Richard P. Feynman?
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out centers on scientific curiosity, physics, education. Books with a similar feel include A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman, A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, Cosmos by Carl Sagan, Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli, Make It Stick by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger and Mark A. McDaniel — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
