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If you are interested in what makes the universe tick, then you can do no better than to browse this selection of work presented by the best physics teachers from around the world.

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Richard P. Feynman

Richard P. Feynman is one of the most venerated American physicists of the late 20th century. While physics was his main claim to fame -and his list of accomplishments were many- he was also a gifted and adventurous writer, bringing the world of mathematics to everyday people in an accessible fashion.

Stephen Hawking

Stephen W. Hawking is the foremost theoretical physicist of his generation. In spite of being disabled by Motor Neurone Disease, he is highly active in physics, writing, and public life. His two major books available on audio, A Brief History of Time and The Universe in a Nutshell are now classic best-sellers.

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Brian Greene on String Theory
by Brian Greene

Try wrapping your mind around string theory with this TED talk delivered by physicist Brian Greene. He starts the talk with the story of the German mathematician and physicist Theodor Kaluza...

A Briefer History of Time
by Stephen Hawking

This is the origin of and the reason for A Briefer History of Time: its authorâ€™s wish to make its content more accessible to readers â€“as well as to bring it up-to-date with the latest scientific observations and findings.

Complexity and Chaos
by Roger White

Newtonian physics described a regular, clock-like world of forces and reaction; randomness was equated with incomplete knowledge.

Dr. Quantum Presents: A User's Guide to Your Universe
by Fred Alan Wolf

Matter can move backward and forward in time. Objects may be in two places at once. Simply looking at an event can alter it instantaneously." Quantum physics is an astounding (and mind-boggling) field of scienceâ€”but can you actually use it to change your life?

E=mc2
by David Bodanis

In this lucid and brilliant book, one of the best popularizers of science illuminates one of science's most complex concepts.

Einstein & the Mind of God
by Paul Davies

In this episode presented by American Public Media, various experts go in depth on Albert Einstein's religious views and how they informed his incredible achievements.

Einstein's Revolution
by John T. Sanders

Isaac Newton's world had operated in a fixed, rigid, "absolute" framework of space and time. Yet discoveries about electromagnetism in the late nineteenth century created new and troubling inconsistencies.

Einstein: His Life and Universe
by Walter Isaacson

From the bestselling author of "Benjamin Franklin" comes the first full biography of Albert Einstein since all of his papers have become available--a fully realized portrait of this extraordinary human being and great genius.

The First Three Minutes
by Steven Weinberg

Now updated with a major new afterword that incorporates the latest cosmological research, this classic of contemporary science writing by a Nobel Prize-winning physicist explains what happened when the universe beganâ€”and how we know.

Great Ideas of Classical Physics
by Steven Pollock

There is a hidden order in the ceaselessly changing world around us. It's called classical physics, and it's about how the world is put together.

The Hidden Reality
by Brian Greene

There was a time when â€œuniverseâ€ meant all there is. Everything. Yet, in recent years discoveries in physics and cosmology have led a number of scientists to conclude that our universe may be one among many.

Isaac Newton's New Physics
by Gordon Brittan

Newton was a natural philosopher (the word "scientist" had not yet been coined) who described a planetary system held together by gravitational forces.

Physics for Future Presidents
by Richard A. Muller

The most interesting and important topics in physics, stressing conceptual understanding rather than math, with applications to current events.

Physics I: Classical Mechanics
by Walter Lewin

8.01 is a first-semester freshman physics class in Newtonian Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, and Kinetic Gas Theory.

Physics in Your Life
by Richard Wolfson

Why does a curve ball curve? Why does ice float? Whatâ€™s the perfect way to cook egg custard? How do CDs and DVDs work? Why donâ€™t your legs break when you jump off a chair? What keeps a moving bicycle from falling over?

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
by Richard P. Feynman

"The more one reads of Feynman, the more one falls in love with his refreshingly enthusiastic view of the world."

Quantum Mechanics: The Physics of the Microscopic World
by Benjamin Schumacher

Quantum Mechanics is generously illustrated with diagrams, demonstrations, and experiments and is taught by a professor who is both a riveting lecturer and a pioneer in the field, for Professor Schumacher is an innovator in the exciting new discipline of quantum information.

Relativity: The Special and General Theory
by Albert Einstein

This is an introduction to Einstein's space-bending, time-stretching theory of Relativity, written by the master himself.

Richard Dawkins: The Universe is Queerer Than We Can Suppose
by Richard Dawkins

In this mind-bending lecture from TED.com, biologist Richard Dawkins examines the universe from the standpoint of contemporary science and finds that our universe is much stranger than we are capable of supposing.

Richard Feynman: The Character of Physical Law
by Richard P. Feynman

The great 20th century physicist and teacher Richard P. Feynman now has a free physics lecture series online courtesy of California Institute of Technology.

The Theory of Everything
by Stephen Hawking

The Theory of Everything is a unique opportunity to explore the cosmos with the greatest mind since Einstein...

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