I'm currently very interested in science topics and due to the Corona Lockdown I have a lot of free time, but instead of lying in bed and watching Netflix series all the time or playing with friends, I want to do something meaningful and my brain with a little Pump up knowledge.
So I would be happy if you could recommend a few books on physics, chemistry, biology and etc. To me.
I'm particularly interested in physics and have enough basic knowledge there.
I'm not very familiar with the subject of biology and chemistry and would be happy if you would recommend books for my level.
Thank you in advance for everyone who took the trouble to answer me!
(Information about me: I'm in the tenth grade, I'm very interested in science subjects and, depending on my ability, I want to study physics in the future.)
Regarding physical fundamentals, I can recommend Springer, Fascinating Physics, which uses illustrations to deal concisely with fundamental topics of both classical and modern physics without even assuming elementary mathematical fundamentals. However, this also means that it hardly contains any formulas.
If you value material applicability and want to work with formulas, I recommend you Can we understand the world? Milestones in physics from Aristotle to string theory, which is no less understandable as a popular scientific work.
As a scientifically oriented work, I can recommend the book Feynman Lectures on Physics, Volume 1 with regard to classical physics, which is accordingly, as desired, more demanding.
Also recommendable, although not equally interesting for me personally, are Volume 2 of this trilogy on electrodynamics and Volume 3 on quantum mechanics.
Regarding chemistry, I recommend the Taschenbuch der Chemie by Lautenschläger and Weber, which deals with all the basics of chemistry gradually and on an understandable level. I recommend a newer edition here, where passages that may have led to misunderstandings in earlier editions have been revised.
With regard to biology, the following book is didactically excellent and also free of charge: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/biology-2e
However, disinformation is spread in chapters 18-20.
Many Thanks!
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For chemistry, I can recommend the three volumes of Chemie Macchiato. Chemistry is taught in cartoons.
Chemistry Macchiato
Inorganic Chemistry Macchiato
Organic chemistry macchiato
This is not about "kindergarten experiments", but about a lot of high school topics that are relevant to Abi.
LG
MCX (chemistry teacher)
On the subject of physics, I can recommend the following two books:
Can we understand the world (special tip for formula and math lovers; higher level)
Big Bang, Universe and Life (written in dialogue form between two well-known German physicists; easy to medium level)
Have fun, should you read one of them!
In the field of biology and physics, I particularly like these:
Lucky Man by Jonathan B. Losos
The Creation Lie by Richard Dawkins
Stories from the Origin of Life by Richard Dawkins
Isaac or The Discovery of Spacetime by Martin Bäker
Can we understand the world By Josef Gaßner and Jörn Müller
https://www.amazon.de/...446258426/ is a book about the question of whether evolution is repeatable and predictable. The author gives examples of convergent evolution and one also gets a good impression of how experimental evolution research works.
https://www.amazon.de/...550087659/ is a book about the evidence for evolution. In addition, the origin of new species is explained and hypotheses on the origin of life are given.
In https://www.amazon.de/...3550087489, Dawkins embarks on a thought journey backwards through time from our position in the family tree of life to the origin of life. Evidence for evolution is also addressed and methods used by evolutionary biologists to determine the relationships between living things.
https://www.amazon.de/...662572923/ is about the special and general relativity theory, but the author starts with Newtonian mechanics and concepts such as forces, vectors and coordinate systems. He also explains some of the mathematics of theories. There's also a chapter on quantum theory and attempts to find a theory of quantum gravity. Each chapter begins with a dialogue between a human and a robot who is supposed to explore the nature of space and time. This is always followed by a detailed explanation of the content of the dialogue. The dialogues together form a little story.
In https://www.amazon.de/...3103974817 gives an overview of the physical knowledge from antiquity to today, including classical mechanics, electromagnetism, special and general relativity, quantum mechanics and quantum field theories, string theory and dark matter and energy. The authors also go into the mathematics of many of the theories presented (with often simplified formulas). There are various QR codes for videos distributed throughout the book, in which you can learn more about the topics addressed. The foreword is by Harald Lesch.
The links lead to offers on Amazon, there are also reading samples. You can also take a look at https://www.lovelybooks.de/, because I've already discovered some good books.
