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Newton: The Making of Genius
A unique and accessible account of Newton's popular and scientific reputation. Isaac Newton is now universally celebrated as a genius of science, renowned for his innovatory work on gravity and...
Einstein: The Life of a Genius
Albert Einstein is synonymous with genius. From his remarkable theory of relativity and the famous equation E=mc2 to his concept of a unified field theory, no one has contributed as...
Into the Unknown: The Quest to Understand the Mysteries of the Cosmos
A leading astronomer and gifted teacher takes readers on a wondrous tour of how science confronts the big questions-about the universe's origins, destiny, and fundamental nature-and how it contends with...
It's Not Rocket Science
THE EXPLOSIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Black holes. Dinosaurs. Exploding particles. Ever had the feeling that you are missing out on some truly mind-blowing science but never had the time to...
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
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**Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award** The definitive history of nuclear weapons-- from the turn-of-the-century discovery of nuclear energy to...
The Demon in the Machine
How does life create order from chaos? And just what is life, anyway? Leading physicist Paul Davies argues that to find the answers, we must first answer a deeper question-...
Clamor: How Noise Took Over the World - and How We Can Take It Back
Early-morning jackhammering from construction down the block. The dull roar of jets flying overhead. Your office mates' phone conversations. We are surrounded by noise, but it is a problem many...
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions...
The Growth Of Physical Science
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the monumental advancements in physics and astronomy. Sir James Jeans, a distinguished...
A Book of Noises: Notes on the Auraculous
Sound shapes our world in invisible but profound ways, and here Caspar Henderson brings his characteristic curiosity, knowledge and sense of wonder to the subject to take us on an...
The Quantum Brain: The Search for Freedom and the Next Generation of
An enthralling look at the convergence of brain science, biological computation and quantum physics, and what it implies about our minds, our selves, our future, even God Do we really...
The Deadly Element: The Story Of Uranium
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the fascinating and often perilous journey of uranium, from its initial discovery to its profound impact...
Marie Curie: A Life
Written with the co-operation of the Marie Curie estate and drawing on thousands of previously unpublished letters, this biography of the Nobel Prize-winning scientist not only describes her research with...
A New Kind Of Science
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis groundbreaking scientific treatise, A New Kind Of Science, presents a radical re-evaluation of how complex systems arise from fundamental...
Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Cosmic Quest from Zero to
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A fun, dazzling exploration of the strange numbers that illuminate the ultimate nature of reality. For particularly brilliant theoretical physicists like James Clerk Maxwell, Paul Dirac, or Albert Einstein, the...
The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose and the Cost of Genius
A Guardian Best Science Book of the Year The first biography - 'a stunning achievement' (Kai Bird, American Prometheus) - of the dazzling and painful life of Nobel Prize-winning physicist...
Your Spaceflight Manual: How You Could Be A Tourist In Space Within Twenty Years
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis non-fiction work presents a compelling vision of humanity's future in space, detailing the imminent reality of space tourism. It...
A Periodic Tale: the bestselling life-long story of Australia's
How did a shy Polish immigrant kid - Karl Sven Woytek Sas Konkovitch Matthew Kruszelnicki - evolve into the fabulously eccentric Dr Karl? Shortlist ABIA Biography of the Year 2025...
The Elephant in the Universe: Our Hundred-Year Search for Dark Matter
A Seminary Co-op Notable Book A BBC Sky at Night Best Book "An impressively comprehensive bird's-eye view of a research topic that is both many decades established and yet still...
Atom Land: A Guided Tour Through the Strange (and Impossibly Small)
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Welcome to Atom Land, the impossibly small world of quantum physics. With award-winning physicist Jon Butterworth as your guide, you'll set sail from Port Electron in search of strange new...
Light Years: The Extraordinary Story of Mankind's Fascination with
This is the story of light and the people who were determined to unlock the secrets of one of the greatest puzzles of the Universe. The book recounts spiritual interpretations,...
Cosmic Numbers: The Numbers That Define Our Universe
In Cosmic Numbers , mathematics professor James Stein traces the discovery, evolution, and interrelationships of the great numbers that define our world. Some numbers, like the speed of light and...
Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World
Bill Gates' favourite scientist is on a mission to make facts matter Is flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? And what makes people happy? From earth's nations...
Einstein In His Own Words
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling collection presents the profound insights and personal reflections of one of history's most brilliant minds, Albert Einstein. It chronicles...
Relativity: The Special And The General Theory
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis seminal work in theoretical physics presents Albert Einstein's revolutionary concepts of space, time,...
The Abc Of Relativity
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Plastic cover over dust jacket, pencil underlinings, mild foxing and tanning on front/back pages of booksA...
Feynman's Lost Lecture: The Motions of Planets Around the Sun
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsThis book captures the essence of Richard Feynman's lost lecture, exploring the motions of planets and the physics behind them....
Inventions, Researches And Writings Of Nikola Tesla
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Tanning and foxing to page edges, minor chipping to DJ.This seminal work...
Experiments With Alternate Currents Of High Potential And High Frequency.
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Tanned edges and minor foxing.This seminal work, Experiments With Alternate Currents Of High Potential And High Frequency, presents...
Astronomy Demystified
Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. THE FAST AND...
Into the Unknown: The Quest to Understand the Mysteries of the Cosmos
A leading astronomer and gifted teacher takes readers on a wondrous tour of how science confronts the big questions-about the universe's origins, destiny, and fundamental nature-and how it contends with...
When the Uncertainty Principle Goes to 11: Or How to Explain Quantum
There are deep and fascinating links between heavy metal and quantum physics. No, really! While teaching at the University of Nottingham, physicist Philip Moriarty noticed something odd, a surprising number...
A History Of Electrical Power Engineering
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Author: Percy DunsheathBinding: PaperbackPublisher: THE M.I.T. PRESS, 1962Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, A seminal work in the history...
Photoelasticity For Designers. Vol 2
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Author: R. B. HeywoodBinding: HardbackPublisher: PERGAMON PRESS, 1969Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsThis authoritative text, Photoelasticity For Designers, presents...
The Universe Around Us
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Author: Sir James JeansBinding: HardbackPublisher: Cambridge University Press, 1945Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsThe classic work The Universe Around Us by Sir James Jeans presents...
Einstein in Time and Space: A Life in 99 Particles
DROPOUT. PACIFIST. PHYSICIST. CASANOVA. REFUGEE. REBEL. GENIUS. THINK YOU KNOW EINSTEIN? THINK AGAIN His face is instantly recognisable. His name is shorthand for genius. Today, he's a figurehead as much...
Complex Networks: Principles, Methods and Applications
Networks constitute the backbone of complex systems, from the human brain to computer communications, transport infrastructures to online social systems and metabolic reactions to financial markets. Characterising their structure improves...
Performance And Reliability Of Semiconductor Devices
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Author: Michael Mastro, Jeffrey Laroche, Jun Bae, Jin-Woo Kim, Myung-Soo KimBinding: HardbackPublisher: MRS MATERIALS RESEARCH SOCIETY, 2009Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsThis academic text addresses the critical...
Materials For Nanophotonics – Plasmonics, Metamaterials And Light Localization
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Author: L. Dal Negro, Mark Brongersma, Joseph B. Pendry, Lukas NovotnyBinding: HardbackPublisher: MRS Materials Research Society, 2009Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsThis academic volume, Materials For Nanophotonics...
Materials Problem Solving With The Transmission Electron Microscope
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Author: L. W. Hobbs, K. H. Westmacott, D. B. WilliamsBinding: HardbackPublisher: Materials Research Society, 1986Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsThis academic text presents a comprehensive guide to...
Essential Pre-University Physics
Isaac is a Department for Education project at the University of Cambridge that develops understanding and confidence through problem solving in the physical sciences, by combining accessible and concise print...
The Atom: The building block of everything
This bold new title places its subject centre stage, shining the spotlight directly onto the structure and properties of this tiniest amount of anything it is possible to identify. The...
Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, and
It was Feynman's outrageous and scintillating method of teaching that earned him legendary status among students and professors of physics. From 1961 to 1963, Feynman delivered a series of lectures...
War of the Worldviews: Science vs. Spirituality
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Two bestselling authors first met in a televised Caltech debate on "the future of God," one an articulate advocate for spirituality, the other a prominent physicist. This remarkable book is...
Lysaught Venture
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Author: Stewart Howard And Associates.Binding: HardbackPublished: Stewart Howard And Associates., 1955Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight tear to back of...
Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space
The full inside story of the detection of gravitational waves at LIGO, one of the most ambitious feats in scientific history. Travel around the world 100 billion times. A strong...
Too Big for a Single Mind: How the Greatest Generation of Physicists
There may never be another era of science like the first half of the twentieth century, when a peerless cast of physicists-Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Max Planck, Wolfgang Pauli, Niels...
The Isaac Newton School of Driving: Physics and Your Car
For some people, driving is an art; for others, it's a science. At the Isaac Newton School of Driving, though, every car is a laboratory on wheels and every drive...