Many books about science are meant to be pleasure reading. Such books attempt to convey the wonder and fascination and excitement of science, and ideally some of the substance as well. After all, good ...

Symmetry writer Mike Perricone’s favorite physics books of 2020 cover an impressive span of time: from the very beginning of our universe until the very end. How do the questions Galileo faced in the ...

Symmetry writer Mike Perricone presents his annual compilation of new popular science books related to particle physics and astrophysics. The array of particle physics and astrophysics books Symmetry ...

Is it time for end-of-the-year lists already? At Physics World HQ, the answer is a definite “yes”, and we’re kicking off the season with our annual list of the year’s best physics books. As in ...

One of the evergreen topics in my social-media circles has to do with the relationship between physics and philosophy, which generally comes up in the form of accusations that physicists are too ...

Best Reference Books for Physics Class 12: When we talk about an ideal book to cover the syllabus of a subject, there cannot be a single choice. Thus, students need to study different books to gain ...

A generation from now, 2012 may be remembered as the year when research on quantum fundamentals came of age. The awarding of the year’s Nobel Prize for Physics to two quantum-control pioneers, Serge ...