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
316 Relativity Albert Einstein 1916 German German
1123 A Brief History of Time Stephen Hawking 1988 British English
1277 The Feynman Lectures on Physics Richard P. Feynman 1963 American English
2364 One Two Three . . . Infinity George Gamow 1947 American English
7026 The Fabric Of The Cosmos Brian Greene 2004 American English
7072 E=Mc2 David Bodanis 2000 British English
8194 The Order Of Time Carlo Rovelli 2017 Italian Italian
11520 How To Build A Time Machine Paul Davies 2002 British English
12243 The Tao of Physics Fritjof Capra 1975 Austrian English
14246 Tau Zero Poul Anderson 1970 American English
14473 Einstein Walter Isaacson 2007 American English
15010 Seven Brief Lessons on Physics Carlo Rovelli 2015 Italian Italian
15897 The Expanding Universe Arthur Eddington 1933 British English
17113 Discussion with Einstein on Epistemology Niels Bohr 1949 Danish Unknown
17113 The Universe In A Nutshell Stephen Hawking 2001 British English
17113 Basic Physics Karl F. Kuhn 1996 American English
17113 The Warped Side Of Our Universe Kip S. Thorne, Lia Halloran 2023 American English