Physics World Book of the Year

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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 mehr anzeigen 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.
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Etappen:
Alle, Winner (12), Special Mention (1), Shortlist (102)
Jahre:
Alle, 2019 (10), 2018 (10), 2017 (11), 2016 (10), 2015 (10), 2014 (11), 2013 (10), 2012 (3), 2011 (10), 2010 (10), 2009 (10)

Winner 12

Special Mention 1

Shortlist 102

WerkJahr
The Demon in the Machine von Paul Davies2019
The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Math Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets von Graham Farmelo2019
The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes von Donald Hoffman2019
Underland: A Deep Time Journey von Robert Macfarlane2019
The Moon: A History for the Future (Economist Books) von Oliver Morton2019
Superior: The Return of Race Science von Angela Saini2019
Einstein's Unfinished Revolution: The Search for What Lies Beyond the Quantum von Lee Smolin2019
Catching Stardust: Comets, Asteroids and the Birth of the Solar System von Natalie Starkey2019
The Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest for a New Form of Matter von Paul J. Steinhardt2019
Fire, Ice, and Physics: The Science of Game of Thrones (The MIT Press) von Rebecca C. Thompson2019
Beyond Weird: Why Everything You Thought You Knew about Quantum Physics Is Different von Philip Ball2018
What Is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics von Adam Becker2018
Ad Astra von Jack Campbell2018
Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms von Hannah Fry2018
Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray von Sabine Hossenfelder2018
The Dialogues: Conversations about the Nature of the Universe (The MIT Press) von Clifford V. Johnson2018
When the Uncertainty Principle Goes to 11: Or How to Explain Quantum Physics with Heavy Metal von Philip Moriarty2018
The Order of Time von Carlo Rovelli2018
Treknology: The Science of Star Trek from Tricorders to Warp Drive von Ethan Siegel2018
Exact Thinking in Demented Times: The Vienna Circle and the Epic Quest for the Foundations of Science von Karl Sigmund2018
Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong – and the New Research That’s Rewriting The Story von Angela Saini2017
We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe von Jorge Cham2017
Not a Scientist: How Politicians Mistake, Misrepresent, and Utterly Mangle Science von Dave Levitan2017
The Secret Science of Superheroes von Mark Lorch2017
Mapping the Heavens: The Radical Scientific Ideas That Reveal the Cosmos von Priyamvada Natarajan2017
The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters von Thomas M. Nichols2017
Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World von Marc Raboy2017
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race von Margot Lee Shetterly2017
The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars von Dava Sobel2017
Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies von Geoffrey West2017
Why String Theory? von Joseph Conlon2016
The Jazz of Physics: The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe von Stephon Alexander2016
Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life von Helen Czerski2016
Big Science: Ernest Lawrence and the Invention that Launched the Military-Industrial Complex von Michael Hiltzik2016
Strange Glow: The Story of Radiation von Timothy J. Jorgensen2016
Cosmos: The Infographic Book of Space von 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 von George Musser2016
Goldilocks and the Water Bears: The Search for Life in the Universe (Bloomsbury Sigma) von Louisa Preston2016
Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity von Carlo Rovelli2016
The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age von Gino Segré2016
Trespassing on Einstein's Lawn: A Father, a Daughter, the Meaning of Nothing, and the Beginning of Everything von Amanda Gefter2015
Physics on your feet : Berkeley graduate exam questions, or, Ninety minutes of shame but a PhD for the rest of your life! von Dmitry Budker2015
Half-Life: The Divided Life of Bruno Pontecorvo, Physicist or Spy von Frank Close2015
Beyond: Our Future in Space von Chris Impey2015
The Water Book von Alok Jha2015
Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology von Johnjoe McFadden2015
Monsters: The Hindenburg Disaster and the Birth of Pathological Technology von Ed Regis2015
Tunnel Visions: The Rise and Fall of the Superconducting Super Collider von Michael Riordan2015
The Copernicus Complex: Our Cosmic Significance in a Universe of Planets and Probabilities von Caleb Scharf2015
Atoms Under the Floorboards: The Surprising Science Hidden in Your Home von Chris Woodford2015
Wizards, Aliens, and Starships: Physics and Math in Fantasy and Science Fiction von Charles L. Adler2014
Serving the Reich: the struggle for the soul of physics under Hitler von Philip Ball2014
Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars von Lee Billings2014
Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters von Kate Brown2014
Smashing Physics: Inside the World’s Biggest Experiment von Jon Butterworth2014
Das Buch der Klänge: Eine Reise zu den akustischen Wundern der Welt (German Edition) von Trevor Cox2014
Die perfekte Theorie: Das Jahrhundert der Genies und der Kampf um die Relativitätstheorie von Pedro G. Ferreira2014
Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World von Mark Miodownik2014
Einstein and the Quantum: The Quest of the Valiant Swabian von A. Douglas Stone2014
Island on Fire: the Extraordinary Story of Laki, the Forgotten Volcano that Turned Eighteenth-Century Europe Dark von Alexandra Witze2014
Physics in Mind: A Quantum View of the Brain von Werner Loewenstein2013
The Spark of Life: Electricity in the Human Body von Frances Ashcroft2013
The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World von Sean M. Carroll2013
Hans Christian Orsted: Reading Nature's Mind von Dan Ch. Christensen2013
Churchill's Bomb: How the United States Overtook Britain in the First Nuclear Arms Race von Graham Farmelo2013
Inside the centre von Ray Monk2013
Homers letzter Satz: Die Simpsons und die Mathematik von Simon Singh2013
Im Universum der Zeit. Auf dem Weg zu einem neuen Verständnis des Kosmos von Lee Smolin2013
The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics by Hrabovsky, George (2013) von Leonard Susskind2013
Weird Life: The Search for Life That Is Very, Very Different from Our Own von David Toomey2013
A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea: The Race to Kill the BP Oil Gusher von Joel Achenbach2012
Life's Ratchet: How Molecular Machines Extract Order from Chaos von Peter M. Hoffmann2012
Engineering Animals: How Life Works von Mark Denny2011
Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science von Lawrence M. Krauss2011
Measure of the Earth: The Enlightenment Expedition That Reshaped Our World von Larrie D. Ferreiro2011
Die verborgene Wirklichkeit: Paralleluniversen und die Gesetze des Kosmos von Brian Greene2011
Lab Coats in Hollywood: Science, Scientists, and Cinema von David A. Kirby2011
Rising Force: The Magic of Magnetic Levitation von James D. Livingston2011
Modernist Cuisine: Die Revolution der Kochkunst: 6 volumes von Nathan Myhrvold2011
The 4 Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality von Richard Panek2011
Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout von Lauren Redniss2011
Hindsight and Popular Astronomy von Alan B. Whiting2011
The Edge of Physics: A Journey to Earth's Extremes to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe von Anil Ananthaswamy2010
How It Ends: From You to the Universe von Chris Impey2010
Newton and the Counterfeiter: The Unknown Detective Career of the World's Greatest Scientist von Thomas Levenson2010
How to Teach Physics to Your Dog von Chad Orzel2010
Coming Climate Crisis? Consider the Past, Beware the Big Fix von Claire L. Parkinson2010
The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It von Scott Patterson2010
Packing for Mars The Curious Science of Life in Space by Roach, Mary ( AUTHOR ) Sep-01-2011 Paperback von Mary Roach2010
The Tunguska Mystery von Vladimir Rubtsov2010
Massive: The Missing Particle That Sparked the Greatest Hunt in Science von Ian Sample2010
Lake Views: This World and the Universe von Steven Weinberg2010
Der seltsamste Mensch. Das verborgene Leben des Quatengenies Paul Dirac von Graham Farmelo2009
The First War of Physics: The Secret History of the Atom Bomb, 1939-1949 von Jim Baggott2009
13 unerklärliche Dinge: Die faszinierendsten wissenschaftlichen Rätsel unserer Zeit von Michael Brooks2009
First Principles: The Crazy Business of Doing Serious Science von Howard Burton2009
Der Beweis des Jahrhunderts: Die faszinierende Geschichte des Mathematikers Grigori Perelman von Masha Gessen2009
Lives in Science: How Institutions Affect Academic Careers von Joseph C. Hermanowicz2009
The Physics of Rugby von Trevor Lipscombe2009
Oliver Heaviside: Maverick Mastermind of Electricity (History of Technology Series) von Basil Mahon2009
137. C.G. Jung, Wolfgang Pauli und die Suche nach der kosmischen Zahl von Arthur I. Miller2009
PLASTIC FANTASTIC: HOW THE BIGGEST FRAUD IN PHYSICS SHOOK THE SCIENTIFIC WORLD von Eugenie Samuel Reich2009

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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, Von Mitgliedern verfasst)
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, Von Mitgliedern verfasst)

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