If you're looking for physics books that specifically deal with the cosmos, then you can check out our guide to the best astronomy books. (Image credit: Brian Greene) 1.

Physics textbooks like to treat a block as a point object—but it is not a point object. It's a complicated object made of countless atoms. In the case of friction, ...

Used textbooks typically cost about 75% less than retail, according to NACS. They made up about 30% of all textbook sales in college stores in the 2011-12 school year, totaling about $1.51 billion ...

Symmetry writer Mike Perricone’s favorite physics books of 2020 cover an impressive span of time: from the very beginning of our universe until the very end. How do the questions Galileo faced in the ...

With just an iPad, students in any classroom across the world could soon reimagine the ordinary diagrams in any physics textbook—transforming these static images into 3D simulations that run, leap or ...

Ghose decided to write a book about some of the women scientists missing from her physics textbook. It's called Her Space, Her Time: How Trailblazing Women Scientists Decoded the Hidden Universe.

A new book on quantum physics is pleasingly full of cutting-edge topics. Yet it isn't the accessible work it promised to be. By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan. 4 June 2025 ...

World's first physics textbook sells for $790,000. The story behind this particular dedication copy of one of the 50 Most Valuable Scientific Documents of all-time makes for compelling reading.

Ian Glynn believes that inadequate textbooks are partly to blame for the steady decline in the number of pupils taking physics at school About a year ago my 15-year-old granddaughter asked me to ...

Physics books of 2022. This year’s list includes a book about an eminent physicist striving to avoid fame, two unique books for children, and a book with equations you'll actually be able to read.