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Can anyone recommend any pop-sci books? I haven't taken a science class since high school, and that is barely remembered. Mostly interested in getting philosoph

Can anyone recommend any pop-sci books? I haven't taken a science class since high school, and that is barely remembered. Mostly interested in getting philosophically up to date with the state of matter(?), it's different types, how these objects interact.

throw1234651234 6y ago
The only update that I got since was high school was that electrons aren't on concrete orbitals around the nucleus, but that there is a probability distribution saying that they are likely somewhere around the area where the concrete "orbital" concept is usually drawn. That and quantum shenanigans, but that comes down to "we can't transport information faster than light."
- keanebean86 6y ago
  Just mention pilot wave theory and someone on this site might reply with a very detailed explanation of quantum mechanics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_wave_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_wave_theory
sdedovic 6y ago
My personal favorite: - Thirty Years that Shook Physics: The Story of Quantum Theory Other great books: - The Theory Of Everything - The Quark and the Jaguar - Six Easy Pieces
Zanni 6y ago
Recommended up thread, but Feynman's QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter [0] is fantastic and very accessible. It's not particularly "up to date" (dating back to 1985), but it's not obsolete. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QED:_The_Strange_Theory_of_Light_and_Matter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QED:_The_Strange_Theory_of_Lig...