The Greatest Books of All Time on Relativity

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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
315 Relativity Albert Einstein 1916 German German
1122 A Brief History of Time Stephen Hawking 1988 British English
1276 The Feynman Lectures on Physics Richard P. Feynman 1963 American English
2366 One Two Three . . . Infinity George Gamow 1947 American English
7025 The Fabric Of The Cosmos Brian Greene 2004 American English
7071 E=Mc2 David Bodanis 2000 British English
8193 The Order Of Time Carlo Rovelli 2017 Italian Italian
11506 How To Build A Time Machine Paul Davies 2002 British English
12225 The Tao of Physics Fritjof Capra 1975 Austrian English
14202 Tau Zero Poul Anderson 1970 American English
14435 Einstein Walter Isaacson 2007 American English
14985 Seven Brief Lessons on Physics Carlo Rovelli 2015 Italian Italian
15913 The Expanding Universe Arthur Eddington 1933 British English
17158 Discussion with Einstein on Epistemology Niels Bohr 1949 Danish Unknown
17158 The Universe In A Nutshell Stephen Hawking 2001 British English
17158 Basic Physics Karl F. Kuhn 1996 American English
17158 The Warped Side Of Our Universe Kip S. Thorne, Lia Halloran 2023 American English