While condensed matter physics is the largest subfield of physics, there still exist few popular science books on the topic. Condensed matter physicist Dr. Felix Flicker set out to change that.

An award-winning Oxford physicist draws on classic sci-fi, fantasy fiction, and everyday phenomena to explain and celebrate the magical properties of the world around us. If you were to present the ...

“The modern name for magic is ‘physics,’ ” according to this whimsical study. Theoretical physicist Flicker (The Magick of Matter) elucidates the behavior of atoms, the laws of thermodynamics, and ...