Physics World Book of the Year

Given by Physics World

104 Obras / 105 Items 37,595 Libros 1,408 Reseñas ½ 3.9
Physics World was launched in 1988 as the membership magazine of the Institute of Physics (est. 1874), one of the largest physical societies in the world. It is an international monthly magazine mostrar más covering all areas of physics, pure and applied, and is aimed at physicists in research, industry, physics outreach, and education worldwide. The Physics World Book of the Year has been awarded annually since 2009.

Each year's Top 10 books and Book of the Year are listed on the Physics World Wikipedia article. See also the LT Physics World Book of the Year shortlist page. mostrar menos
Stages:
Todos, Winner (12), Special Mention (1), Shortlist (102)
Years:
Todos, 2019 (10), 2018 (10), 2017 (11), 2016 (10), 2015 (10), 2014 (11), 2013 (10), 2012 (3), 2011 (10), 2010 (10), 2009 (10)

Winner 12

ObraAño
The Demon in the Machine por Paul Davies2019
Beyond Weird: Why Everything You Thought You Knew about Quantum Physics Is Different por Philip Ball2018
Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong – and the New Research That’s Rewriting The Story por Angela Saini2017
Why String Theory? por Joseph Conlon2016
Trespassing on Einstein's Lawn: A Father, a Daughter, the Meaning of Nothing, and the Beginning of Everything por Amanda Gefter2015
Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World por Mark Miodownik2014
Physics in Mind: A Quantum View of the Brain por Werner Loewenstein2013
How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival por David Kaiser2012
Engineering Animals: How Life Works por Mark Denny2011
Descubrir a Richard Feynman por Lawrence M. Krauss2011
The Edge of Physics: A Journey to Earth's Extremes to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe por Anil Ananthaswamy2010
The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom por Graham Farmelo2009

Special Mention 1

ObraAño
Everything You Know About Science Is Wrong por Matt Brown2017

Shortlist 102

ObraAño
The Demon in the Machine por Paul Davies2019
The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Math Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets por Graham Farmelo2019
The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes por Donald Hoffman2019
Underland: A Deep Time Journey por Robert Macfarlane2019
The Moon: A History for the Future (Economist Books) por Oliver Morton2019
Superior: The Return of Race Science por Angela Saini2019
Einstein's Unfinished Revolution: The Search for What Lies Beyond the Quantum por Lee Smolin2019
Catching Stardust: Comets, Asteroids and the Birth of the Solar System por Natalie Starkey2019
The Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest for a New Form of Matter por Paul J. Steinhardt2019
Fire, Ice, and Physics: The Science of Game of Thrones (The MIT Press) por Rebecca C. Thompson2019
Beyond Weird: Why Everything You Thought You Knew about Quantum Physics Is Different por Philip Ball2018
What Is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics por Adam Becker2018
Ad Astra por Jack Campbell2018
Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms por Hannah Fry2018
Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray por Sabine Hossenfelder2018
The Dialogues: Conversations about the Nature of the Universe (The MIT Press) por Clifford V. Johnson2018
When the Uncertainty Principle Goes to 11: Or How to Explain Quantum Physics with Heavy Metal por Philip Moriarty2018
The Order of Time por Carlo Rovelli2018
Treknology: The Science of Star Trek from Tricorders to Warp Drive por Ethan Siegel2018
Exact Thinking in Demented Times: The Vienna Circle and the Epic Quest for the Foundations of Science por Karl Sigmund2018
Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong – and the New Research That’s Rewriting The Story por Angela Saini2017
We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe por Jorge Cham2017
Not a Scientist: How Politicians Mistake, Misrepresent, and Utterly Mangle Science por Dave Levitan2017
The Secret Science of Superheroes por Mark Lorch2017
Mapping the Heavens: The Radical Scientific Ideas That Reveal the Cosmos por Priyamvada Natarajan2017
The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters por Thomas M. Nichols2017
Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World por Marc Raboy2017
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race por Margot Lee Shetterly2017
The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars por Dava Sobel2017
Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies por Geoffrey West2017
Why String Theory? por Joseph Conlon2016
The Jazz of Physics: The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe por Stephon Alexander2016
Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life por Helen Czerski2016
Big Science: Ernest Lawrence and the Invention that Launched the Military-Industrial Complex por Michael Hiltzik2016
Strange Glow: The Story of Radiation por Timothy J. Jorgensen2016
Cosmos: The Infographic Book of Space por Stuart Lowe2016
Spooky Action at a Distance: The Phenomenon That Reimagines Space and Time--and What It Means for Black Holes, the Big Bang, and Theories of Everything por George Musser2016
Goldilocks and the Water Bears: The Search for Life in the Universe (Bloomsbury Sigma) por Louisa Preston2016
Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity por Carlo Rovelli2016
The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age por Gino Segré2016
Trespassing on Einstein's Lawn: A Father, a Daughter, the Meaning of Nothing, and the Beginning of Everything por Amanda Gefter2015
Physics on your feet : Berkeley graduate exam questions, or, Ninety minutes of shame but a PhD for the rest of your life! por Dmitry Budker2015
Half-Life: The Divided Life of Bruno Pontecorvo, Physicist or Spy por Frank Close2015
Beyond: Our Future in Space por Chris Impey2015
The Water Book por Alok Jha2015
Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology por Johnjoe McFadden2015
Monsters: The Hindenburg Disaster and the Birth of Pathological Technology por Ed Regis2015
Tunnel Visions: The Rise and Fall of the Superconducting Super Collider por Michael Riordan2015
The Copernicus Complex: Our Cosmic Significance in a Universe of Planets and Probabilities por Caleb Scharf2015
Atoms Under the Floorboards: The Surprising Science Hidden in Your Home por Chris Woodford2015
Wizards, Aliens, and Starships: Physics and Math in Fantasy and Science Fiction por Charles L. Adler2014
Al servicio del Reich: la física en tiempos de Hitler por Philip Ball2014
Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars por Lee Billings2014
Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters por Kate Brown2014
Smashing Physics: Inside the World’s Biggest Experiment por Jon Butterworth2014
The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World por Trevor Cox2014
The Perfect Theory: A Century of Geniuses and the Battle over General Relativity por Pedro G. Ferreira2014
Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World por Mark Miodownik2014
Einstein and the Quantum: The Quest of the Valiant Swabian por A. Douglas Stone2014
Island on Fire: the Extraordinary Story of Laki, the Forgotten Volcano that Turned Eighteenth-Century Europe Dark por Alexandra Witze2014
Physics in Mind: A Quantum View of the Brain por Werner Loewenstein2013
The Spark of Life: Electricity in the Human Body por Frances Ashcroft2013
La Partícula al final del universo : del bosón de Higgs al umbral de un nuevo mundo por Sean M. Carroll2013
Hans Christian Orsted: Reading Nature's Mind por Dan Ch. Christensen2013
Churchill's Bomb: How the United States Overtook Britain in the First Nuclear Arms Race por Graham Farmelo2013
Robert Oppenheimer: Inside the Centre por Ray Monk2013
The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets por Simon Singh2013
Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe por Lee Smolin2013
The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics por Leonard Susskind2013
Weird Life: The Search for Life That Is Very, Very Different from Our Own por David Toomey2013
A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea: The Race to Kill the BP Oil Gusher por Joel Achenbach2012
Life's Ratchet: How Molecular Machines Extract Order from Chaos por Peter M. Hoffmann2012
Engineering Animals: How Life Works por Mark Denny2011
Descubrir a Richard Feynman por Lawrence M. Krauss2011
Measure of the Earth: The Enlightenment Expedition That Reshaped Our World por Larrie D. Ferreiro2011
The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos por Brian Greene2011
Lab Coats in Hollywood: Science, Scientists, and Cinema por David A. Kirby2011
Rising Force: The Magic of Magnetic Levitation por James D. Livingston2011
Modernist Cuisine (six volume set) por Nathan Myhrvold2011
The 4 Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality por Richard Panek2011
Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout por Lauren Redniss2011
Hindsight and Popular Astronomy por Alan B. Whiting2011
The Edge of Physics: A Journey to Earth's Extremes to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe por Anil Ananthaswamy2010
How It Ends: From You to the Universe por Chris Impey2010
NEWTON Y EL FALSIFICADOR por Thomas Levenson2010
How to Teach Physics to Your Dog por Chad Orzel2010
Coming Climate Crisis? Consider the Past, Beware the Big Fix por Claire L. Parkinson2010
The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It por Scott Patterson2010
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void por Mary Roach2010
The Tunguska Mystery por Vladimir Rubtsov2010
Massive: The Missing Particle That Sparked the Greatest Hunt in Science por Ian Sample2010
Lake Views: This World and the Universe por Steven Weinberg2010
The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom por Graham Farmelo2009
The First War of Physics: The Secret History of the Atom Bomb, 1939-1949 por Jim Baggott2009
13 Things That Don't Make Sense: The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time por Michael Brooks2009
First Principles: The Crazy Business of Doing Serious Science por Howard Burton2009
Perfect Rigor: A Genius and the Mathematical Breakthrough of the Century por Masha Gessen2009
Lives in Science: How Institutions Affect Academic Careers por Joseph C. Hermanowicz2009
The Physics of Rugby por Trevor Lipscombe2009
Oliver Heaviside: Maverick Mastermind of Electricity (History of Technology Series) por Basil Mahon2009
Deciphering the Cosmic Number: The Strange Friendship of Wolfgang Pauli and Carl Jung por Arthur I. Miller2009
Plastic Fantastic: How the Biggest Fraud in Physics Shook the Scientific World (Macmillan Science) por Eugenie Samuel Reich2009

Descripciones

Physics World was launched in 1988 as the membership magazine of the Institute of Physics (est. 1874), one of the largest physical societies in the world. It is an international monthly magazine covering all areas of physics, pure and applied, and is aimed at physicists in research, industry, physics outreach, and education worldwide. The Physics World Book of the Year has been awarded annually since 2009.

Each year's Top 10 books and Book of the Year are listed on the Physics World Wikipedia article. See also the LT Physics World Book of the Year shortlist page. (English, Escritos por miembros)
See:
The LT Physics World Book of the Year page.
The Wikipedia list of the Physics World Top 10 books and Book of the Year. (English, Escritos por miembros)

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