Carl Talks Books

We here at Carl Talks Physics love books! We love the picture kind, the pop-up kind and every other kind you can think of. But what we really love are books about physics and the universe. We have compiled a list of some of the books we think are a must read for everyone interested in physics and that want to acquire a deeper understanding of both the basics and the edge of our current knowledge!

Don’t forget to check your nearest library to see if they have them – we love books that are free!

The Grand Design

by Stephen Hawking & Leonard Mlodinow

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Read our review!

“Hawking and Mlodinow present M-theory as the long sought-after ‘theory of everything’ and the journey of our scientific progress that, they suggest, will eventually lead to it being crowned so.”

What we liked

  • Interesting summary of our scientific journey
  • Nice introduction to M-theory
  • Gives us okay understanding of basics

What we didn’t like so much

  • Quite short
  • Unsatisfyingly abrupt end
  • Assumed various levels of prior knowledge

The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

by Brian Greene

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“Not since the extraordinary success of A Brief History of Time has a scientific book caused such a stir. An eloquent sweep through the history of modern physics and cosmology.” – Sunday Times

What we liked

  • Easy to understand and absorb
  • Guides us from the ground up
  • It’s ability to teach rather than just tell

What we didn’t like so much

  • Pretty much nothing!
  • Could be updated with new findings, images

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