Lowry Kirkby reviews The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics by Leonard Susskind and George Hrabovsky Thirst for physics: Leonard Susskind's popular series of lectures ...

Physicists’ main goal is to be able to predict what will happen in the future based on patterns they’ve already observed, whether in massive systems of stars or tiny groups of atoms. Predicting ...

A confident attempt to dismiss gravity as a hoax quickly turns into an unexpected lesson in physics. As equations, calculations, and basic scientific principles are put to the test, the argument ...