Looking for a Comprehensive Physics Encyclopedia?

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A user is seeking a comprehensive physics encyclopedia that spans both classical and modern physics for reference and deeper understanding of unfamiliar phenomena. They recommend "The Physics Book" by Clifford A. Pickover, which covers a wide range of breakthroughs and is noted for being accessible and engaging. The user provides a link to purchase the book on Amazon, highlighting its competitive pricing compared to physical bookstores. They emphasize the benefits of buying books online to avoid inflated prices associated with traditional retailers. The discussion centers around finding quality resources for physics education.
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Since I couldn't start a thread in the learning materials section , I thought this would be a suitable place. I am searching for some sort of Encyclopedia , as the title suggests , I need a Physics-Encyclopedia which covers quite a lot of ground(Classical Physics to Modern Physics). The main reason as to why I am looking for an encyclopedia is to check out phenomena that are alien to me and go into further details and learn about them from external sources.. so basically as a reference. I'd really appreciate amazon links or simply a title with authors name :) Thanks !
 
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I recently picked up a book called "the physics book" by Clifford a. Pickover, it's a book that goes over lots of different physics break throughs and phenomena. It has everything from black diamonds at 3 billion bc to quantum resurrection predicted to happen at 100 trillion ad. The book is pretty large and very easy to read and follow. I would definitely recommend it.
 
Groothouse said:
I recently picked up a book called "the physics book" by Clifford a. Pickover, it's a book that goes over lots of different physics break throughs and phenomena. It has everything from black diamonds at 3 billion bc to quantum resurrection predicted to happen at 100 trillion ad. The book is pretty large and very easy to read and follow. I would definitely recommend it.

Much Appreciated.
 
Sorry i forgot to post a link. Here is one https://www.amazon.com/dp/1402778619/?tag=pfamazon01-20.
By the way that is probably the best price you will find seeing as i paid 30 dollars for mine from Barnes and noble. When it comes to buying books stay online cause when you buy from most book stores you're paying for the name or the ambiance.
 
Groothouse said:
Sorry i forgot to post a link. Here is one https://www.amazon.com/dp/1402778619/?tag=pfamazon01-20.
By the way that is probably the best price you will find seeing as i paid 30 dollars for mine from Barnes and noble. When it comes to buying books stay online cause when you buy from most book stores you're paying for the name or the ambiance.

Not to worry I found an ebook version (:
 

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