• Jim Baggott on Writing about Physics - Asimov's New Guide to Science by Isaac Asimov
  • Jim Baggott on Writing about Physics - Subtle is the Lord by Abraham Pais
  • Jim Baggott on Writing about Physics - Quantum Physics by Alastair Rae
  • Jim Baggott on Writing about Physics - The Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics by Max Jammer
  • Jim Baggott on Writing about Physics - Heisenberg's War: The Secret History Of The German Bomb by Thomas Powers

Jim Baggott on Writing about Physics

Contemporary physics is so complex that no single physicist can be said to have a decent grasp of the full picture. This makes communicating physics a formidable challenge.  Acclaimed popular science writer, Jim Baggott, talks us through this challenge by discussing his favourite physics books.

  • The best books on Isaac Newton - Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton by Richard S. Westfall
  • The best books on Isaac Newton - A Portrait of Isaac Newton by Frank E. Manuel
  • The best books on Isaac Newton - Newton and the Origins of Civilization by Jed Z. Buchwald & Mordechai Feingold
  • The best books on Isaac Newton - Priest of Nature: The Religious Worlds of Isaac Newton by Rob Iliffe
  • The best books on Isaac Newton - Isaac Newton and Natural Philosophy by Niccolò Guicciardini

The best books on Isaac Newton, recommended by William Newman

John Maynard Keynes famously cast Isaac Newton not as the first scientist of the age of reason, but the last of the magicians. How should we interpret the million words he wrote, in secret, on alchemy? What should we make of Newton’s heretical religious views? William Newman talks us through the best books for a better understanding of the complex man who was one of the greatest physicists of all time.

  • Books on the Wonders of The Universe - Bang! by Brian May, Patrick Moore, and Chris Lintott
  • Books on the Wonders of The Universe - How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown
  • Books on the Wonders of The Universe - A Man on the Moon by Andrew Chaikin
  • Books on the Wonders of The Universe - Why Does E=mc2? by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw
  • Books on the Wonders of The Universe - The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan

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.