some inspirational books
Please e-mail webstu@www-physics.ucsd.eduwith
suggestions for more books to go on this list.
Department List:
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Richard P. Feynman, The Character of Physical Law, Modern Library,
1994; MIT Press, 1965.
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Sir Isaac Newton, Opticks, or a Treatise on the Reflactions, Refractions,
Inflections & Colours of Light, fourth edition, corrected, London,
1730, reprinted Dover, 1979 with preface by I. Bernard Cohen, introduction
by Sir Edmund Whittaker, and forward by Albert Einstein.
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George Gamow, Mr. Tompkins in paperback, Cambridge, 1993.
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Freeman Dyson, Infinite in All Directions, Harper, 1988.
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Freeman Dyson, Disturbing the Universe, Harper, 1979.
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Richard P. Feynman, Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!": adventures
of a curious character, Norton, 1985.
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Margaret d'Espinasse, Robert Hooke, London, Heinemann, 1956.
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Victor Weisskopf, The Privilege of Being a Physicist, New York,
Freeman, 1988.
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Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb, New York, Simon and
Schuster, 1986.
Student Suggestions:
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Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time,New York, Bantam Books,
1998
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Kip Thorne, Black Holes and Time Warps,New York, W.W. Norton, c1994