It might be that I have a Phd in Physics and a long term interest in foundations, but I feel like these books are not very good. Often they emphasize the superf

It might be that I have a Phd in Physics and a long term interest in foundations, but I feel like these books are not very good. Often they emphasize the superficial analogies which physicists use rather than the substantial qualities of the theories. For example, emphasizing spacetime curvature is, in my opinion, kind of a weird way to talk about the actual substance of general relativity (universal coupling of gravity, futility of trying to describe the world with any fixed four dimensional coordinate system). His quantum mechanics book has similar problems. When I try to explain physics to my young child I always try to get at the essence of the ideas, not the superficial pictures.