first of all, i want to say that i’m no master in space lol. i’m not studying it in college or uni, i’m 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 haven’t 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, “the brief history of time”
stephen hawking, “the briefer history of time” (it’s basically the updated version of the previous book where some newer theories were added)
stephen hawking, “the universe in a nutshell”
stephen hawking, “the grand design”
neil tyson, “space chronicles: facing the ultimate frontier”
neil tyson, “death by black hole: and other cosmic quandaries”
marcia bartusiak, “black hole: how an idea abandoned by newtonians, hated by einstein, and gambled on by hawking became loved”
brian greene, “the hidden reality”
brian greene, “the elegant universe”
steven gubser, “the little book of string theory”
michio kaku, “beyond einstein: the cosmic quest for the theory of the universe”
john gribbin, “in search of multiverse”
jim al-khalili, “paradox”
i’m 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 it’s 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 you’re not sure you can understand physics concepts in english, you better read these books in your first language if you have this opportunity.
