The Greatest British Books of All Time on Physics

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
1018 Principia Mathematica Isaac Newton 1687 British Latin
1122 A Brief History of Time Stephen Hawking 1988 British English
1476 Flatland Edwin A. Abbott 1884 British English
2369 On Growth and Form D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson 1917 British English
4642 Micrographia Robert Hooke 1665 British English
6729 The Mysterious Universe James Jeans 1930 British English
7071 E=Mc2 David Bodanis 2000 British English
8851 The Emperor's New Mind Roger Penrose 1989 British English
10506 Shadows Of The Mind Roger Penrose 1994 British English
11505 How To Build A Time Machine Paul Davies 2002 British English
13180 Destroyer Of Worlds Frank Close 2025 British English
13212 Stuff Matters Mark Miodownik 2013 British English
14232 Copenhagen Michael Frayn 1998 British English
14787 The Chemical History Of A Candle Michael Faraday 1861 British English
14984 In Search Of Schrodinger's Cat John Gribbin 1984 British English
15609 The Outline Of Science J. Arthur Thomson 1922 British English
15903 The Expanding Universe Arthur Eddington 1933 British English
15903 The Radium Woman Eleanor Doorly 1939 British English
17130 The Universe In A Nutshell Stephen Hawking 2001 British English
17130 Electric Universe David Bodanis 2005 British English
17130 The Fabric Of Reality David Deutsch 1997 British English
17130 Big Bang Simon Singh 2004 British English
17130 Bathtub Science Shar Levine 2001 British English
17130 Charged Up Jacqui Bailey 2004 British English
17130 The Magic Furnace Marcus Chown 1999 British English
17130 Most Wanted Particle Jon Butterworth 2015 British English
17130 How To Dunk A Doughnut Len Fisher 2002 British English
17130 The Anthropic Cosmological Principle John D. Barrow, Frank J. Tipler 1986 British English