On the occasion of the opening of spring, the Science Popularization Committee of the Physical Society invited some publishing houses to recommend selected popular science books and works as a special New Year gift to everyone. I wish you all a good way to open the book and a good idea!
"Future" scientists
Author: Future Science Prize Committee
Publisher: Science Press
This book records the life stories of 15 famous scientists who won the 2016-2019 Future Science Award, which is worth reading slowly, repeatedly reading, and thinking while reading, which can inspire young students to pursue their ideals in life more courageously.
"Mathematics Talk"
Author: Yuan Yaxiang
This book describes what mathematics is in simple and easy-to-read text, introduces the origin of mathematics sections, describes the characteristics of mathematics from different perspectives, analyzes the beautiful structure and interest of mathematics, and highlights the important role of mathematics in production and life.
Minimalist Astronomy Lesson
Author: Zhang Shuangnan
The book is the latest masterpiece by Zhang Shuangnan, the image ambassador of "Science Popularization China". With the keen insight of cutting-edge astrophysicists, the wisdom of the history of science and the philosophy of science, and the feelings of scientific communication and scientific culture, he tells the most fascinating and exciting phenomena and theories in the universe.
"Study Physics with a Physicist"
Author: [Japanese] Left Volume Keno
Translator: Li Ruizhi
Publisher: China Youth Publishing House
The book covers 50 important laws and principles of physics and explains the application of these laws and principles in many aspects of modern life. Nearly 40 physicists such as Newton, Hooke, Galileo, Ohm, etc., "personally" tell you the laws they found in observations and experiments in a dialogue way, so that the learning process is full of immersion and easier to absorb physical knowledge.
How to Talk to Your Dog About Quantum Physics
Author: Chad Oizer
Translator: Zhu Kai
Publisher: Beijing Science and Technology Press
A postdoctoral fellow at Yale University and a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Union College in New York, he gave an interesting lecture on cutting-edge science. It is a rigorous and unserious general knowledge of quantum physics that uses the daily life of a puppy to explain the basic principles of superhard physics, from the Heisenberg uncertainty principle to the Copenhagen explanation, from wave-particle duality to quantum entanglement. Everything is quantum, let's start here and understand the nature of the world.
Starry Sky At Night: A Practical Guide to Astronomical Observation
Author: Terence Dickinson
Translator: Xie Yi
This book is an international classic guide to astronomical observation, selling more than 900,000 copies worldwide. This book details the famous stars, planets, star clusters, galaxies and comets, meteors and auroras in the night sky, provides a variety of observation methods including visual, binoculars and astronomical telescope observations, and explains the various equipment required for stargazing and astrophotography, intuitively and intimately integrates complex astronomical observation problems, so that stellar observations are no longer untouchable, so that readers can enjoy the fun of astronomical observation.
Introduction to Astronomy: Taking You Step by Step to Successfully Explore the Starry Sky
Author:Weiner E. Zelnick, Hermann-Michel Hahn
Translator: Zhuang Zhonghua
This book is the ingenuity of the German Century-old Astronomical Publishing House and the foundation work of German astronomical science popularization. Science deconstructs the starry universe, explores the mysterious world of stars, and the astronomical knowledge you must have is all in this book. This is a scientific encyclopedia that takes you to systematically learn the knowledge of astronomy, and the depth of knowledge makes exploring the starry sky more interesting.
Lattice Matter: A Breakthrough in Physics That Changed the World
By Robert Snedden
Translators: He Wanqing, He Jiaming
Publisher: Publishing House of Electronics Industry
This book tells the physical knowledge in a historical way, introduces the physical research methods and ideas in the form of a story, adopts the narrative structure of pulling out the cocoon and sherlock Holmes detective, and tells the process of human beings understanding the world from phenomena and curiosity, constantly breaking through the limitations of their own understanding, and with a large number of precious high-definition photos in the history of science, it is fascinating to read and worthy of repeated consideration. The author's formation and expression of scientific concepts is rigorous and accurate.
Majestic for One: The Style of a Generalist Scholar
Author: Cao Zexian
Publisher: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press
The book is an introduction to 12 generalist scholars, including biographies of people, major academic achievements, and their influences in the history of science, including Galileo, Pascal, Euler, Young, Clifford, Grassman, Hamilton, Le Pen, Poincaré, Schrödinger, Penrose, and Weil. The book introduces their educational process, growth trajectory and innovative discoveries, and presents their contributions to the history of science and the origin of their ideological development from a unique perspective, aiming to provide a reference for the selection and cultivation of top talents and the improvement of young people's scientific quality.
Alice in Quantum Wonderland
Author: Robert Gilmour
Translator: Cheng Xinru
The author Gilmour uses a very ingenious way to introduce quantum theory into the familiar "Alice in Wonderland" story, through interesting characters, wonderful scenes, wonderful dialogues, vivid pictures to turn the difficult theory into an easy-to-read physical fairy tale. It is hoped that this edutainment will allow more people interested in quantum to understand the general situation of the quantum world without fear, and then stimulate interest in further exploring its mysteries.
Einstein Made Mistakes Too: A Life of Genius
Author: David Bodanis
Translators: Li Jungang, Li Li, Cheng Shuming
"All the elements that make Einstein an Einstein jump off the paper"; a biography of a great man, telling how a great genius made great mistakes; a popular science book, a simple interpretation of Kasson's hands-on drawings, so that everyone can read the theory of relativity; a group portrait of scientists, reproducing the "love and killing" between the big names in science and Einstein; a small history of physics, collecting rich historical materials, focusing on the highlight moments in the history of science.
At the Foot of the Clouds: From Univariate Quadratic Equations to Gauge Field Theory
Publisher: World Book Publishing Company
This is a book with a vertical horizon, which tells the story of the fifth equation from the unary quadratic equation, the cubic equation, the quadratic equation to the unsolvable algebraic equation, leading to complex and super-complex numbers, linear algebra and group theory, and finally achieving the great process of quantum mechanics, relativity and gauge field theory, reproducing the wisdom crystallization of human beings in the field of mathematics and physics for more than 3,000 years. This is a path of exploration from ax+ bx + c = 0 to F= [ D, D ] paved with flowers and thorns, and every new age teenager may wish to take a joyful pilgrimage that challenges personal endurance and intelligence.
A New Experience in Mathematics
By James Tanton and Harold Wright
Translator: Zou Yunzhi
From the simplest addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to elementary mathematics research, this book leads beginner mathematics learners, especially young readers, to experience real mathematics that is not test-oriented education. The authors of this book, Dr. James Tanton and Dr. Harold Wright, senior experts in mathematics education, give readers a taste of the interesting and intelligent nature of mathematics by asking questions, solving problems, and discovering new problems. From the three dimensions of understanding the basic concepts of mathematics, mathematical research essays, and problem solving, we present the beauty of mathematics to readers and enrich the mathematical vision.
Stars Shining: A Tale of Quantum Physics
Author: Zhang Tianrong
Publisher: Tsinghua University Press
The author describes how scientists subversively create quantum physics from scratch in a very vivid language, and this scientific development process has been written by the author with a suspenseful and climactic martial arts style, which makes people addicted to read, and is a work of scientific history with excellent reading experience.
From this book, readers can not only understand the ins and outs of the birth and development of quantum mechanics, but also learn the basic concepts and knowledge of quantum mechanics. More importantly, from the thinking process of many scientists creating and developing quantum mechanics, experience the spirit of science, understand the scientific method, and understand the hardships of scientific research, learn to think like physicists, and enjoy the fun of success with physicists.
The Nature of Space-Time: The Story of Relativity
Starting from the history of the development of theoretical physics, this book tells us about Einstein and his theory of relativity. From the difficulties encountered by classical theories such as Newtonian mechanics, Einstein's thinking and historical process of establishing the theory of relativity is introduced, and it focuses on the pursuit of the essential problems of nature and the universe, including the problems that scientists on the front line of scientific research are thinking about and solving. In addition, you can also read about the application of relativity, the latest frontiers in astronomy and cosmology related to relativity.
Cosmic Odyssey: A Journey through the Solar System
Author: Wang Shuang
This is a brief history of the solar system, composed of 40 articles and presented in the form of a "chronicle". What is presented is not some fragmented knowledge of the solar system, but a complete body of knowledge about the solar system. Hopefully, readers will understand the coordinates of these major celestial bodies of the solar system in the history of human civilization: What important roles have they played in the history of human civilization? What are the particularly significant scientific events associated with? How to change the way humans think about the entire universe? And how does it relate to our real lives?
"The Adventure of Physics: "Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences" Interesting Science Special Edition
Author: Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Publisher: Beijing United Publishing Company
"Physics Jun" finished his experiment late at night, when passing by the M building, he suddenly heard the sound of a kitten at the manhole cover, but was pulled into the well by a mysterious force... After waking up, physicist Jun finds himself crossing to an island in the air, and he must pass through 8 locations and 8 levels on the island to reach the Gori Academy to find a way back to the real world. What problems will he encounter...
Following "1 Minute of Physics", the Interesting Science Popularization Book of the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has made a big move, and the cartoon image of "Physics Jun" has made its debut, and contains more than 100 interesting illustrations and schematic diagrams. Fun to cross the plot, while breaking through the level while getting knowledge points. Answer 226 "teachers do not teach, parents will not, do not ask to panic" interesting questions, including home, transportation, diet, digital, weather and other knowledge points closely related to life.
Welcome to the Universe
By Neil deGrasse Tyson, J. Richard Gort Richard Gott), Michael A. Strauss
Translators: Sun Zhengfan, Liang Yan, Li Min
Publisher: People's Post and Telecommunications Publishing House
How are stars born and die? Why did Pluto lose its planetary status? What wonderful experiences will people have in the process of falling into a black hole? What are the prospects for intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? How did the universe originate? Why is it expanding, and why is its expansion accelerating? Is our universe a separate existence or part of an infinite multiverse? In this book, three renowned astrophysicists from Princeton University will take you on a fascinating journey through the universe with a wonderful and humorous general astronomy class.
"1 Hour Of Quantum World"
Author: Alien Lao Wu
In the macroscopic world, matter determines consciousness, but in the incredible microscopic world, does our consciousness in turn affect objective facts? How to explain the "parallel universe" in brain-burning science fiction films with quantum mechanics? With 400,000 subscribers and 30 million views of video content, Alien Lao Wu, a creator of the knowledge field whose video content has been viewed 30 million times, will take you to understand the many wonderful phenomena in quantum mechanics and the current interpretation of these wonderful phenomena in the scientific community.
"1 Hour to Understand Relativity (Comic Edition)"
Author: Takeko
This is a book that uses comic forms to explain the knowledge of relativity and historical facts, and through one knowledge point after another, the achievements of relativity 100 years ago and the theories that have been used to this day are expressed in a simple and simple way. Funny and humorous words, exaggerated comic expressions, let the reader suddenly realize when laughing - the universe is what it is!
"Experiment like a big scientist"
Author: Mike Barfield
Translator: Chen Fangfang
Publisher: CITIC Publishing Group
The book's author, Mike, was named cartoonist at the 2013 Cartoon Art Trust. This book tells the stories of 40 great scientists and inspires children to dare to explore. 71 interesting experiments to test great scientific theories that can be done at home, including electromagnetics, mechanics, acoustics, optics and many other categories. Humorous cartoons, easy to learn, exercise children's hands-on, eye-moving and thinking skills, so that children stand on the shoulders of scientific giants to see the world.
Uncle Einstein's Detective Agency
Author: [Han] Kim Dae-chao
Translator: Qin Xiaojing
Won the Korea Daily Excellent Children's Book Award, both literary and intellectual. Read this book to learn about Einstein's scientific achievements: time, the speed of light, black holes, gravity, gravity, relativity. Fantasy stories are full of imagination, and great scientists travel through time and space to appear around children as ordinary people to help children solve practical problems in school and life: learn how to resolve distrust between friends and solve friendship crises.
Genius Is Crazy (Comic Story Version) Hawking and the Mystery of the Black Hole
Author: [Italian] Luca Novili
Translator: Zhang Yunshu
The Italian Prize writer has been working hard for 20 years to create, the language is relaxed and funny, the comic book laughs are full of points, the content is rich and literary, so that children are immersed in the story and fall in love with the fun of reading. 10 "crazy" geniuses who changed the world bring the power of excellent role models to children, and children will grow up with them in the story, absorb the power of their dreams, and become better themselves. The book won the Hans Christian Andersen Prize in Italy and has been translated into 27 languages.
"Games on the Ice Continent: Notes from Duan Xu's Antarctic Museum"
Author: Duan Xu
Publisher: Chemical Industry Press
Based on the author's scientific research records in Antarctica in the eastern and western hemispheres for many years, this book provides a scientific description and humanistic interpretation of a number of biological habitats, geological survey points, historical and cultural relics, and natural scenery resource concentration areas in Antarctica from the perspective of natural scholars and polar explorers, and comprehensively introduces the landscape, species, relics, and natural phenomena of Antarctica through detailed and vivid texts, real and exquisite photos, hand-drawn illustrations, and documentary films from the same perspective as the author. This book is not only an original popular science work for disseminating scientific and cultural knowledge, but also a natural literary work full of life feelings and the spirit of exploration.
"A book to understand graphene"
Author: Youwei
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to graphene, including its discovery process, basic properties, application fields, preparation methods, detection methods, development prospects, etc., and combines the properties of graphene to introduce its cutting-edge applications in electronics, communications, medical, aerospace, machinery, robotics and other professions. This book is a popular science book for the public, and the content is both scientific and interesting.
"Space Station Panorama Stereoscopic Book: Stars As a Companion to Return Home"
Author: Tang Bo, Shi Xiaoning, Gu Luyan / Editor, Pie Sugar Children's Book / Compilation
Publisher; Chemical Industry Press
Jointly recommended by the China Aerospace Foundation and the Space Flight Science and Technology Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Original by a team of continental aerospace scientists. A pop-up book can be transformed into a 2.3-meter-long panoramic "space station", with nearly 100 knowledge points across disciplines and a variety of gameplay to bring an immersive reading experience. The ceiling of the three-dimensional book class, pure hardcore science knowledge, bring home the space classroom.
Origins and Destinations: From the Big Bang to the End of the Universe
Author: Editor, Global Science Magazine
Publisher: China Machine Press
This book won the 2020 National Excellent Science Popularization Works selected by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China. It's an exciting time, and we have more opportunities to understand where the universe we live in comes from and where it's going. How did the universe begin? Is it the Big Bang? What if the Big Bang hadn't happened? Does the universe have boundaries? Where is the end? What will be the end of life? This book goes from the Big Bang to the end of the universe, follow astronomers and physicists, study our universe from a scientific perspective, and you will have a deeper understanding of the universe and life!
Exploring the Multiverse: An Additional Dimension of Space-Time
Won the 2020 National Excellent Science Popularization Works selected by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China. The multiverse sounds like a science fiction concept, but thinking deeply about this issue will bring us a whole new pattern and vision. For cosmologists, studying the multiverse is not just about guessing whether a historical event in a parallel world has a second outcome, but to expand a broader imagination to paint a mysterious picture of the changing foundations of physics, and hoping that one day humanity can answer the question that has haunted us for thousands of years: What is outside the universe?
"I'm a Scientist, I'm Not So Great: The Atypical Past of The Bully"
Author: Pea peel
When you hear the names of Pavlov, Qian Xuesen, Qian Weichang, Ramanujan, Feynman, Hardy and others, do you feel very far away from us? However, when you really open all kinds of materials and personally remove the fog and aura surrounding these "scholars", you may find with hindsight that these scholars who once lived on this blue planet are not born this way, not perfect. In humorous language, this book describes the true stories of famous scientists in the history of science from six aspects, such as study, life, and work.
The Principle of All Things
Author: Frank Wilczek
Translators: Bai Jiangzhu, Gao Ping
What's in the world? How did the world come to be the way it was? Around these two questions, Nobel Laureate in Physics Wilczek revealed ten profound insights for us, sorted out human scientific achievements from eight aspects such as space, time, the composition of matter, and the expansion of perception, and also gave his own predictions for the development of artificial intelligence, neurobiology and other fields. Through this book, Wilczek hopes to tell readers that we should re-understand the material world as "born again" attitudes.
"The Hunt for Zhu Rongxing"
Author: Thomas Levenson
Translator: Gao Shuang
Publisher: Democracy and Construction Press
It recounts two famous total solar eclipse events in history, returning to the historical scene, so that readers can personally feel the spirit of mankind on the road of science that never fears and never stops.
From Uranus to Zhu Rongxing, from Newton to Einstein, from the law of gravitation to the theory of relativity, from the subtleties to see how science has progressed; step into Einstein's world, follow Einstein's perspective, understand relativity from scratch, and open up a new understanding of the universe.
Ten Questions: Hawking's Meditations
Author: Stephen Hawking
Translator: Wu Zhongchao
Publisher: Hunan Science and Technology Press
The book is physicist Stephen Hawking's last book, and it touches on his reflections on the big questions facing science and society, including "Will humanity survive on Earth forever?" "Is time travel possible?" And so on; there are final predictions about the serious threats facing Earth, "superhuman" populations, and the existence of intelligent life in outer space, and whether humans should open up space colonies, which are full of Hawking's deep concerns about the future of mankind.
"Don't Be Funny, Mr. Feynman"
Written by R.P. Feynman, R. Layton
Translator: Wang Zuzhe
This is Richard Feynman's most famous autobiography, and the stories in the book are scattered and randomly accumulated between the seven years of Frankenstein Richard Feynman and Ralph Layton happily playing drums. The book includes many wonderful stories of Feynman, which express Feynman's frank and honest character, free spirit, and creative thinking. The study of physics, which is the axis of his life, is actually a toy that this big player plays with all his curiosity and enthusiasm.
The Nature of the Laws of Physics
Author: Richard Feynman
Translator: Guan Hong
Do physicists find the laws of nature directly from experiments? Did they really boldly use these results to explore the unknown and make predictions? Or are they just inventing these laws and imposing them on reality? To answer these questions, Feynman outlines the common themes of the laws of gravitation and the great discoveries of Newton, Maxwell, and Einstein, examines the relationship between mathematics and physics as the language of nature, explores conservation laws, symmetry, past and future, and the probabilities and uncertainties posed by quantum mechanics, and finally looks ahead to new laws.
Quantum Computing For Everyone
By Chris Bernhardt
Translators: Qiu Daowen, Zhou Xu, etc
This is a book of quantum computing that can be read. Quantum computing is the perfect blend of quantum physics and computer science, incorporating those amazing ideas from 20th-century physics into a whole new way of thinking about computing. However, quantum computing is not a new type of computing, but a discovery of the nature of computation. Written by mathematician Bernhardt, the book describes the quantum world in concise mathematical language, requiring only high school math knowledge.
Cosmology: A Journey through The Secrets of the Universe Across Time and Space
By Nicholas Mee
Translator: Qu Yan, Zuo Wenwen
It covers the hot topics of the Nobel Prize in Physics on the universe in the past decade, the scientific exploration of the universe by scientists such as Newton, and the public's cosmic myths about aliens. This book will take you to a quick overview of the most mysterious and puzzling mysteries of the universe, leading you all the way to the forefront of scientific exploration. In addition to curiosity and exploration, it will also be interspersed with interesting stories about some scientists, and you can feel the distinctive personality and charm of these founders of modern science up close.
Source: Chinese Physical Society
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