Physics

[FishFluff]

Feynman lectures - available for free now in pdf format:

http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/

Seconding this suggestion. Feynman was great at taking complicated ideas and explaining them. His lectures will give you a good base of knowledge for anything else you want to learn after (which will be lots).

 

[EGuitarStar]

http://the-big-bang-theory.com/ Very beginner stuff here...

 

[Glaucus]

Michio Kaku. Any of his books. Even his TV stuff is excellent although less serious.

Parallel universe is a good book to start with, plenty of string theory in it.

I also found why does e=mc2 by Brian Cox and others very good book, a bit simple in places, but I actually learnt quite a lot and they explain far more than I've heard/read in other places. Its one you have to stick with, even though the boring bits, but it is very useful.

 

[cheesyboy]

This is where I started with Quantum Physics etc;

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Time-Space-Uncle-Albert/dp/0571226159/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y
The Time and Space of Uncle Albert.

 

[Mr Badger]

It doesn't help when what concepts you thought everyone was behind, was actually last weeks theory, and now they have five more to choose from.

I'm pretty sure what I learnt about electrons is wrong these days.

Are you positive?

 

[exhashdotdot]

It doesn't help when what concepts you thought everyone was behind, was actually last weeks theory, and now they have five more to choose from.

I'm pretty sure what I learnt about electrons is wrong these days.

Take it from a guy who does a PhD in Physics - most people don't really know what an electron is - me included.

 

[Sliver]

Lawrence Krauss - A Universe From Nothing

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1471112683

 

[murah]

Go straight to quantum physics or go home.

 

[oli collett]

Marcus Chown - we need to talk about kelvin

Simon Singh - Big Bang

Jim Al-Khalili - Quantum: a guide..

All good to start with. I wouldn't dive into string theory before you have a good grounding in some of the basics!