The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality (2004) is the second book on theoretical physics, cosmology, and string theory written by Brian Greene, professor and co-director of Columbia's Institute for Strings, Cosmology, and Astroparticle Physics (ISCAP).
Absolutely mind blowing. A very approachable book on cutting edge physics (no math). I loved all the analogies he used to explain concepts, and especially how he mixed in things like The Simpsons and X-files.
This is not a book, this is a hundred years of physics and science distilled into words. This book moved my brain from 1850s thinking to a 1950s understanding of the universe and a lot happened in that period. This simplified description of modern physics has incredible scope including the Higgs Ocean and the arrow of time. It hold the readers interest with (sometimes corny) metaphors. All the good stuff is in the first half. I stopped 2/3s in when string theory became too abstract.
