Physics Motivation and Inspiration
These are some great resources that can help motivate and inspire learning physics
Entertaining Talks and Videos
- David Tong - Quantum Fields: The Real Building Blocks of the Universe, Q&A
- David Tong - Einstein, Relativity and Gravity Waves
- Lawrence Krauss - Hidden Realities: The Greatest Story Ever Told.. So Far
- Sean Carroll - The Particle at the End of the Universe, Q&A
- The Royal Institution
- fun talks given by leading physicists in the same lecture hall used by Faraday back in the 19th century
Web
Books
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QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter, Richard Feynman, 2014
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The Character of Physical Law, Richard Feynman, 1994
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Black Holes and Time Warps: Einsteins Outrageous Legacy, Kip Thorne, 1995
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The Inflationary Universe, Alan Guth, 2008
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From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time, Sean Carroll, 2010
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The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World, Sean Carroll, 2013
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The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself, Sean Carroll, 2016
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The Elegant Universe, Brian Greene, 1999.
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Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions, Lisa Randall, 2006
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Why String Theory?, Joseph Conlon, 2015