I am currently reading Cosmos by Carl Sagan, I am nearly finished and on the outlook for a new book. I want to keep it in the realm of physics and Ive made a few posts on different subreddits asking about book recommendations in the physics world. I’ve made a list on Goodreads for books that were recommended and I was wondering out of those options (you can recommend new ones if you will), which one do you recommend I chose next?
I am looking for classics, I am new to physics literature and I’m hoping to read “THE” physics books that everyone who loves physics should read. I am between either a biography of a physicist such as Einstein, Newton, Oppenheimer, Feynman, etc. Or a more general teachings of physics and certain concepts (similar to the book I am reading now).
Please let me know!
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory — Albert Einstein
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher — Richard P. Feynman
A Brief History of Time — Stephen W. Hawking
Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! — Richard P. Feynman
Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein’s Outrageous Legacy — Kip S. Thorne
Einstein: His Life and Universe — Walter Isaacson
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer — Kai Bird
The Making of the Atomic Bomb — Richard Rhodes
Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton — Richard S. Westfall
The Feynman Lectures on Physics — Richard P. Feynmanz
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