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Which of the books reviewed in Physics World this year stands head and shoulders above the rest? In this podcast, James Dacey reveals the magazine's list of the year's top 10 popular-physics books, with help from Matin Durrani and Margaret Harris – plus a special guest appearance by the author of our 2011 Book of the Year

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2011 Books of the Year - alphabetical by author

Amazon.com
Engineering Animals Mark Denny and Alan McFadzean
Measure of Earth: the Enlightenment Expedition that Reshaped the World Laurie Ferreiro
The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos Brian Greene
Lab Coats in Hollywood: Science, Scientists, and Cinema David Kirby
Quantum ManLawrence Krauss
Rising Force: The Magic of Magnetic Levitation James Livingston
Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking Nathan Myhrvold, Chris Young and Maxime Bilet
The 4 Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality Richard Panek
Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout Lauren Redniss
Hindsight and Popular Astronomy Alan Whiting

Amazon.co.uk
Engineering Animals: How Life Works Mark Denny and Alan McFadzean
Measure of the Earth Laurie G. Ferreiro
The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos Brian Greene
Lab Coats in Hollywood: Science, Scientists, and Cinema David Kirby
Quantum Man Lawrence Krauss
Rising Force: The Magic of Magnetic Levitation James Livingston
Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking Nathan Myhrvold, Chris Young and Maxime Bilet
The 4-Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality Richard Panek
Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout Lauren Redniss
Hindsight and Popular Astronomy Alan Whiting

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