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A list of popular physics books for people who arent necessarily interested in technical physics. Our new number one entry, the 12th edition of conceptual physics, also aims to make its lessons easy for most students to understand, but it does so with realworld examples that are backed up by thorough mathematical explanation. A brief history of time by stephen hawking, the elegant universe. Ten of the best books about astronomy, physics and. Popular science books and textbooks to get you from high school to university. Ten of the best books about astronomy, physics and mathematics.

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