The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Quantum Mechanics

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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
1122 A Brief History of Time Stephen Hawking 1988 British English
1276 The Feynman Lectures on Physics Richard P. Feynman 1963 American English
2364 One Two Three . . . Infinity George Gamow 1947 American English
3283 What Is Life? Erwin Schrödinger 1944 Austrian English
3451 The Elegant Universe Brian Greene 1999 American English
6728 The Mysterious Universe James Jeans 1930 British English
7025 The Fabric Of The Cosmos Brian Greene 2004 American English
8191 The Order Of Time Carlo Rovelli 2017 Italian Italian
8848 The Emperor's New Mind Roger Penrose 1989 British English
9892 The Whole Shebang Timothy Ferris 1997 American English
10503 Shadows Of The Mind Roger Penrose 1994 British English
10541 The Character Of Physical Law Richard P. Feynman 1965 American English
11504 How To Build A Time Machine Paul Davies 2002 British English
12224 The Tao of Physics Fritjof Capra 1975 Austrian English
13359 The Feynman Lectures On Physics, Vol. Ii Richard P. Feynman 1964 American English
13359 The Feynman Lectures On Physics, Vol. Iii Richard P. Feynman 1965 American English
14434 Einstein Walter Isaacson 2007 American English
14983 Seven Brief Lessons on Physics Carlo Rovelli 2015 Italian Italian
14983 In Search Of Schrodinger's Cat John Gribbin 1984 British English
15897 Atomic Theory and the Description of Nature Niels Bohr 1932 Danish English
15897 Uncertainty Principle Werner Heisenberg 1927 German Unknown
15897 The Nature Of The Chemical Bond Linus Pauling 1939 American English
17117 Discussion with Einstein on Epistemology Niels Bohr 1949 Danish Unknown
17117 The Universe In A Nutshell Stephen Hawking 2001 British English
17117 The Fabric Of Reality David Deutsch 1997 British English
17117 The Edge Of Physics Anil Ananthaswamy 2010 Indian English
17117 Big Bang Simon Singh 2004 British English
17117 Black Holes And Time Warps Kip S. Thorne 1994 American English
17117 The Black Hole War Leonard Susskind 2008 American English
17117 Life On The Edge Johnjoe McFadden, Jim Al-Khalili 2015 British English
17117 Hyperspace Michio Kaku 1994 American English
17117 The Age Of Entanglement Louisa Gilder 2009 American English
17117 Basic Physics Karl F. Kuhn 1996 American English
17117 101 Quantum Questions Kenneth W. Ford 2011 American English
17117 Six Easy Pieces Richard P. Feynman 1994 American English
17117 The Cosmic Landscape Leonard Susskind 2005 American English
17117 Edge Of The Universe Paul Halpern 2012 American English
17117 The Inflationary Universe Alan Guth 1997 American English
17117 Warped Passages Lisa Randall 2005 American English
17117 The Cosmic Code Heinz R. Pagels 1982 American English
17117 The Warped Side Of Our Universe Kip S. Thorne, Lia Halloran 2023 American English