Recent Physics Books Worth Reading

[DavidQ]

I am interested in recent books related to physics those of you out there have read and recommend.

 

[chroot]

We already have quite a number of threads here about choosing a book for a particular topic, like quantum mechanics.

What sort of book are you looking for? What topic, and what level?

- Warren

 

[DavidQ]

Thanks. I will check out the threads you mentioned. I'm interested in a variety of diverse topics. That's why the question was vague. The level of difficulty can range from lay to graduate student. I am interested in what those of you recently found to be worthwhile in your own areas of study.

 

[chroot]

Well, there are probably several thousand books that fit that request. Maybe you should consider narrowing it down a bit.

- Warren

 

[DavidQ]

Thanks again. Tell me this... What is the last book you read?

 

[Janitor]

In my twenties I came across a couple of neat books by Emilio Segre, called From Falling Bodies to Radio Waves and From X-Rays to Quarks. Also back then I came across some books by Abraham Pais, a colleague of Einstein: Inward Bound and Subtle Is the Lord, the latter being a biography of Einstein, but also including a fair bit of his theory.

 

[DavidQ]

Janitor,
Thanks...I appreciate the input. I am not familiar with the books you cited. I'll take a look at them.