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A math and physics reading list
1.
How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics
by:
Eugenia Cheng
3.63 avg rating — 1,954 ratings
2.
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman
by:
Richard P. Feynman
4.23 avg rating — 13,315 ratings
3.
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
by:
Richard P. Feynman
4.21 avg rating — 30,072 ratings
4.
Math and the Mona Lisa
by:
Bülent Atalay
3.78 avg rating — 542 ratings
5.
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
by:
Carlo Rovelli
3.99 avg rating — 64,374 ratings
6.
Math Girls
by:
Hiroshi Yuki
4.15 avg rating — 369 ratings
7.
The Nothing that Is: A Natural History of Zero
by:
Robert M. Kaplan
3.73 avg rating — 1,256 ratings
8.
For the Love of Physics: From the End of the Rainbow to the Edge of Time - A Journey Through the Wonders of Physics
by:
Walter Lewin
4.25 avg rating — 4,033 ratings
9.
Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life
by:
Helen Czerski
4.03 avg rating — 4,895 ratings
10.
A Different Kettle of Fish: A Day in the Life of a Physics Student with Autism
by:
Michael Barton
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 35 ratings
11.
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
by:
Brian Greene
4.10 avg rating — 101,037 ratings
12.
Here's Looking at Euclid: A Surprising Excursion Through the Astonishing World of Math
by:
Alex Bellos
4.11 avg rating — 5,583 ratings
13.
Mind and Matter: A Life in Math and Football
by:
John Urschel
4.09 avg rating — 1,078 ratings
14.
Hexaflexagons and Other Mathematical Diversions
by:
Martin Gardner
4.24 avg rating — 373 ratings
15.
Beyond Einstein: The Cosmic Quest for the Theory of the Universe
by:
Michio Kaku
4.21 avg rating — 3,248 ratings
16.
The Joy of X: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity
by:
Steven H. Strogatz
4.06 avg rating — 8,570 ratings
17.
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdős and the Search for Mathematical Truth
by:
Paul Hoffman
4.05 avg rating — 9,905 ratings
18.
The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets
by:
Simon Singh
3.89 avg rating — 6,354 ratings
19.
Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
by:
Charles Seife
3.97 avg rating — 11,607 ratings
20.
The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind
by:
Michio Kaku
4.08 avg rating — 15,338 ratings
21.
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
by:
Richard P. Feynman
4.27 avg rating — 213,218 ratings
22.
Beyond Infinity: An Expedition to the Outer Limits of Mathematics
by:
Eugenia Cheng
3.81 avg rating — 923 ratings
23.
The Art of Logic in an Illogical World
by:
Eugenia Cheng
3.48 avg rating — 1,967 ratings
24.
Fermat's Enigma
by:
Simon Singh
4.30 avg rating — 32,758 ratings
25.
Physics of the Impossible
by:
Michio Kaku
4.10 avg rating — 40,954 ratings
26.
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
by:
Douglas R. Hofstadter
4.29 avg rating — 51,680 ratings
27.
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
by:
Simon Singh
4.30 avg rating — 28,489 ratings
28.
A Beautiful Mind
by:
Sylvia Nasar
4.13 avg rating — 134,374 ratings
29.
The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
by:
Robert Kanigel
4.03 avg rating — 8,789 ratings
30.
A Brief History of Time
by:
Stephen Hawking
4.21 avg rating — 467,029 ratings
31.
Einstein's Cosmos: How Albert Einstein's Vision Transformed Our Understanding of Space and Time
by:
Michio Kaku
4.25 avg rating — 3,996 ratings
32.
A Briefer History of Time
by:
Stephen Hawking
4.26 avg rating — 42,072 ratings
33.
Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
by:
Apostolos Doxiadis
4.05 avg rating — 20,348 ratings
34.
Birth of a Theorem: A Mathematical Adventure
by:
Cédric Villani
3.82 avg rating — 1,637 ratings
35.
Letters to a Young Mathematician
by:
Ian Stewart
3.87 avg rating — 1,814 ratings
36.
The Music of the Primes
by:
Marcus du Sautoy
4.12 avg rating — 5,205 ratings
37.
A Mathematician's Apology
by:
G.H. Hardy
3.92 avg rating — 7,546 ratings
38.
Einstein’s Dreams
by:
Alan Lightman
4.06 avg rating — 42,079 ratings
39.
Cosmos
by:
Carl Sagan
4.40 avg rating — 155,627 ratings
40.
Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military
by:
Neil deGrasse Tyson
3.65 avg rating — 4,947 ratings
41.
Einstein: His Life and Universe
by:
Walter Isaacson
4.17 avg rating — 197,573 ratings
42.
The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number
by:
Mario Livio
3.80 avg rating — 6,219 ratings
43.
A History of π
by:
Petr Beckmann
3.94 avg rating — 2,827 ratings
44.
Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe
by:
Lisa Randall
3.68 avg rating — 3,477 ratings
45.
The Magic of Math: Solving for X and Figuring Out Why
by:
Arthur T. Benjamin
3.88 avg rating — 622 ratings
46.
From Here to Infinity
by:
Ian Stewart
3.89 avg rating — 297 ratings
47.
Unknown Quantity: A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra
by:
John Derbyshire
3.90 avg rating — 765 ratings