first of all, i want to say that iβm no master in space lol. iβm not studying it in college or uni, iβm not planning to have job in this field in the future, nothing like that. but i really REALLY love space and different paradoxes/theories which are connected to our universe and spacetime and i love studying and searching about this by myself so i want to share resources (books and tv-series) which helped me to understand our universe better
as many people, i started with popular tv-series. these are extremely helpful. little note: you can watch them in no particular order:
the universe (2007-)
through the wormhole (2010-)
cosmos: a spacetime odyssey (2014)
how the universe works (2010-2015)
if you want to expend your knowledge or just prefer reading books, these some of the my suggestions. i havenβt read them all but some of them were read by my friend who i trust with this theme. little note: this order is an order in which i read books/plan to read them, but you can change it however you want:
stephen hawking,Β βthe brief history of timeβ
stephen hawking,Β βthe briefer history of timeβ (itβs basically the updated version of the previous book where some newer theories were added)
stephen hawking,Β βthe universe in a nutshellβ
stephen hawking,Β βthe grand designβ
neil tyson,Β βspace chronicles: facing the ultimate frontierβ
neil tyson,Β βdeath by black hole: and other cosmic quandariesβ
marcia bartusiak,Β βblack hole: how an idea abandoned by newtonians, Β hated by einstein, and gambled on by hawking became lovedβ
brian greene, βthe hidden realityβ
brian greene,Β βthe elegant universeβ
steven gubser,Β βthe little book of string theoryβ
michio kaku,Β βbeyond einstein: the cosmic quest for the theory of the universeβ
john gribbin,Β βin search of multiverseβ
jim al-khalili,Β βparadoxβ
iβm not gonna lie, you have to have at least basics knowledge of physics to fully understand what these authors are writing about. it was difficult for me so i decided to refresh my memory in physics (at least school level) before continue reading. but some of the books are written in really simple language so itβs easy to understand the basic concepts. if you have any other suggestions on this theme, send them to me! i hope this was useful, now enjoy! :)
ps: if your first language is not english and youβre not sure you can understand physics concepts in english, you better read these books in your first language if you have this opportunity.
