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Popular science also called popscience or popsci is an interpretation of science intended for a general audience. Few have brought physics into popular culture like michio kaku. The unexpectedand unprecedentedsuccess of theoretical physicist stephen hawkings a brief history of time. Ten of the best books about astronomy, physics and.
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