Well written, novel and scientifically interesting for physicists: these are the criteria we use to select the Physics World Book of the Year. In this podcast, you will hear us talk about four of the books on our 10-strong shortlist and announce our pick for the year’s best popular-physics book.

Book of the Year 2016

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