The nostalgic popular physics book that I can't remember its name

[MerryM]

Hi there

I am looking for this very interesting book that I once (about 14 years ago) borrowed from some library, but I can't remember the title or author.

It was about relativity, the big bang, and the history of modern physics (I guess). But the catch is, it had a tone of interesting comic-strip style pictures.

I vaguely remember the whole thing, but there are some parts that I clearly remember. for example, there was a panel in which a physicist, holding one ( or two) cup of coffee, was telling his coworker:" we know the heat goes from hot coffee to the cold one.", and in the next panel, there was a black-hole in front of these two physicists, and the one with coffee(s) was dumping the coffee(s) into the black-hole while asking: "what happens in there?"

Or, as I remember, there was this other part about big-bang with the picture of a dancer jumping out of a cake somewhere in the chapter.

I appreciate it if someone could name the book.

 

[mcastillo356]

I've been on the internet for a while, and didn't find anything. What about going again to that library and seek?

 

[MerryM]

Thanks.

Actually, going back to the library is one of the things on my "to do" list, but after all these years, the book might be lost, or someone might have borrowed it or ... so I thought someone here might be able to help me.

 

[atyy]

This is probably not it, as it is quite recent, but just in case:
https://thedialoguesbook.com/

 

[MerryM]

This is probably not it, as it is quite recent, but just in case:
https://thedialoguesbook.com/

Thanks, but this is not the book.
It was something like "Mysteries of the Quantum Universe" by Burniat and Thibault Damour in style. But it also had some text detailing the physics of relativity and ...

 

[Ibix]

"Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy" by Kip Thorne? I've misplaced my copy, but it has hand-sketched illustrations. I seem to recall @PeterDonis has the book - if my memory's not at fault, maybe he can confirm the particular cartoon you mention.

 

[MerryM]

"Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy" by Kip Thorne? I've misplaced my copy, but it has hand-sketched illustrations. I seem to recall @PeterDonis has the book - if my memory's not at fault, maybe he can confirm the particular cartoon you mention.

Great book, thanks for bringing it up, but that's not the one I am looking for.
I think mine can be described as a dumber version of what you have suggested. also, I clearly remember mine didn't shy away from writing down some formulas. ( At this point, I think maybe I have idolized some book to such a degree that I might have projected some of my ideas and preferences into it? sorry if that's the case (but I highly doubt it))

 

[sysprog]

Could it be George Gamow's "One, Two, Three . . . Infinity"?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Two_Three..._Infinity

 

[sysprog]

From Introducing Stephen Hawking: Hoyle and big bang

©2005 by J.P. McEvoy. Illustrations by Oscar Zarate.
Icon Books UK and Totem Books USA.

 

[MerryM]

From Introducing Stephen Hawking: Hoyle and big bang

©2005 by J.P. McEvoy. Illustrations by Oscar Zarate.
Icon Books UK and Totem Books USA.

That's the one! Thank you very much! :)