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Cosmology

Most Recommended Books

The Strangest Man by Graham Farmelo

“Graham Farmelo said that he’d never met anyone – even in Bristol where Paul Dirac grew up and lived – who’d ever heard of him: the greatest English physicist since Newton!”

Marcus Chown, Science Writer

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A Man on the Moon by Andrew Chaikin

“It’s a history of the Apollo missions, telling why we went to the moon, what happened when we got there, and why we stopped going after Apollo 17. I could not put it down.”

Marcus Chown, Science Writer

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    The best books on Cosmology, recommended by Marcus Chown

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    The best books on Cosmology - QED by Richard P Feynman

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    QED
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    The best books on Cosmology - Darkness at Night by Edward Harrison

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    Darkness at Night
    by Edward Harrison
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    The best books on Cosmology - The Strangest Man by Graham Farmelo

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    The Strangest Man
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    The best books on Cosmology - A Man on the Moon by Andrew Chaikin

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    A Man on the Moon
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    The best books on Cosmology - Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino

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    Cosmicomics
    by Italo Calvino

The best books on Cosmology, recommended by Marcus Chown

From Kepler’s astronomy to Richard Feynman’s quantum electrodynamics, Marcus Chown launches us into the world of cosmology.

    The best books on Cosmology, recommended by David Goldberg

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    The best books on Cosmology - A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

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    A Brief History of Time
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    The best books on Cosmology - The First 3 Minutes by Steven Weinberg

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    The First 3 Minutes
    by Steven Weinberg
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    The best books on Cosmology - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

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    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
    by Douglas Adams
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    The best books on Cosmology - A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

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    A Short History of Nearly Everything
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    The best books on Cosmology - Time Travel in Einstein's Universe by Richard Gott

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    Time Travel in Einstein's Universe
    by Richard Gott

The best books on Cosmology, recommended by David Goldberg

David Goldberg, professor of physics at Drexel University, recommends the best books to start learning about cosmology. He explains his choices to high school student, Eric Bolton.

    The best books on The Wonders of The Universe, recommended by Philip Plait

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    The best books on The Wonders of The Universe - Bang! by Brian May, Patrick Moore, and Chris Lintott

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    Bang!
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    The best books on The Wonders of The Universe - How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown

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    How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
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    The best books on The Wonders of The Universe - A Man on the Moon by Andrew Chaikin

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    A Man on the Moon
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    The best books on The Wonders of The Universe - Why Does E=mc2? by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw

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    Why Does E=mc2?
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    The best books on The Wonders of The Universe - The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan

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    The Demon-Haunted World
    by Carl Sagan

The best books on The Wonders of The Universe, recommended by Philip Plait

Philip Plait urges us to remember that “science isn’t an encyclopedia of facts to memorise. It’s alive.” The astronomer and author of the acclaimed Bad Astronomy blog discusses books that can’t help but light the fire of interest in all things astronomical. He looks at how we can date the age of the universe, the danger of solar flares, and why Pluto is no longer classed as a planet.

    The best books on Cosmology, recommended by Sean M Carroll

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    The best books on Cosmology - The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene

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    The Fabric of the Cosmos
    by Brian Greene
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    The best books on Cosmology - The Inflationary Universe by Alan Guth

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    The Inflationary Universe
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    The best books on Cosmology - Einstein’s Telescope by Evalyn Gates

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    Einstein’s Telescope
    by Evalyn Gates
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    The best books on Cosmology - Black Holes and Time Warps by Kip S Thorne

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    Black Holes and Time Warps
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    The best books on Cosmology - The Black Hole War by Leonard Susskind

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    The Black Hole War
    by Leonard Susskind

The best books on Cosmology, recommended by Sean M Carroll

Theoretical cosmologist Sean Carroll recommends five books about space, time and the universe that even the science-shy can understand and enjoy

    The best books on The Universe, recommended by Pedro G Ferreira

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    The best books on The Universe - Empire of the Stars by Arthur I Miller

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    Empire of the Stars
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    The best books on The Universe - Electric Universe by David Bodanis

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    Electric Universe
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    The best books on The Universe - The Strangest Man by Graham Farmelo

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    The Strangest Man
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    The best books on The Universe - Chaos by James Gleick

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    Chaos
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    The best books on The Universe - Complexity by M Mitchell Waldrop

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    Complexity
    by M Mitchell Waldrop

The best books on The Universe, recommended by Pedro G Ferreira

The Professor of Astro-Physics at Oxford University selects five seminal books on the workings of the universe. Explains that to appreciate the true beauty of science is to understand its simplicity and universality

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