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Cosmic Discovery: The Search, Scope And Heritage Of Astronomy
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Author: Martin HarwitBinding: SoftbackPublished: The Harvester Press, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Faded cover. This book presents a comprehensive overview of astronomical phenomena. It covers a...
Night Thoughts of a Classical Physicist
It is the end of an historical epoch, but to an old professor of physics, Victor Jakob, sitting in his unlighted study, eating dubious bread with jam made from turnips,...
Quantum Physics: Illusion or Reality?
Quantum physics is believed to be the fundamental theory underlying our understanding of the physical universe. However, it is based on concepts and principles that have always been difficult to...
Time: A Traveler's Guide
"Bucky Fuller thought big," Wired magazine recently noted, "Arthur C. Clarke thinks big, but Cliff Pickover outdoes them both." In his newest book, Cliff Pickover outdoes even himself, probing a...
The Planiverse: Computer Contact with a Two-Dimensional World
When The Planiverse ?rst appeared 16 years ago, it caught more than a few readers off guard. The line between willing suspension of dis- lief and innocent acceptance, if it...
Elementary Particle Physics: An Intuitive Introduction
This modern introduction to particle physics equips students with the skills needed to develop a deep and intuitive understanding of the physical theory underpinning contemporary experimental results. The fundamental tools...
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...
The Solid Earth: An Introduction to Global Geophysics
The Solid Earth is a general introduction to the study of the physics of the solid Earth, including the workings of both the Earth's surface and its deep interior. The...
Quantum Leap: How John Polkinghorne found God in science and religion
Quantum Leap uses key events in the life of Polkinghorne to introduce the central ideas that make science and religion such a fascinating field of investigation. Sir John Polkinghorne is...
Too Hot to Handle: Story of the Race for Cold Fusion
The extraordinary story of the Pons and Fleischmann "discovery" of cold fusion in Salt Lake City in 1988, the enormous world-wide media excitement their announcement generated, and the military, political...
A Treasury Of Science
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Author: Samuel Rapport, Helen Wright, And Harlow ShapleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus and Robertson, 1954Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis volume compiles a wide array of scientific writings. It...
Life And Matter: A Criticism Of Professor Haeckel's "Riddle Of The Universe"
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Author: Sir Oliver LodgeBinding: HardbackPublished: Williams & Norgate, 1905Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThe book presents a critical analysis of Professor Haeckel's "Riddle of the...
The Art of Electronics
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Author: Paul Horowitz, Winfield HillBinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 2015Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book presents a comprehensive guide to the principles and applications of...
The World Treasury Of Physics, Astronomy, And Mathematics
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Author: Timothy FerrisBinding: SoftbackPublished: Little, Brown and Company, 1991Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive volume compiles significant works across the disciplines of physics, astronomy, and...
Einstein's Greatest Mistake: The Life of a Flawed Genius
Widely considered the greatest genius of all time, Albert Einstein revolutionised our understanding of the cosmos with his general theory of relativity and helped to lead us into the atomic...
What Makes Nature Tick?
For many of us, the physical sciences are as obscure as the phenomena they explain. We see the wonders of nature but miss the symmetry beneath, framed as it is...
Beamtimes and Lifetimes: World of High Energy Physicists
The unique breed of particle physicists constitutes a community of sophisticated mythmakers--explicators of the nature of matter who forever alter our views of space and time. But who are these...
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory
The Special and the General Theory Redesigned inside and out to have a fresh, appealing look, this new edition of a classic Crown Trade Paperback is a collection of Einstein's...
Time And Space
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Author: Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1990Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book examines the enigmatic concepts of time and space. It navigates through the...
The Origins Of Modern Science 1300-1800
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Author: Herbert ButterfieldBinding: HardbackPublished: G. Bell and Sons, London, 1962Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis revised and enlarged edition provides insights into the historical context of scientific...
EPJ: Web Of Conferences: Proceedings
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Author: -Binding: HardbackPublished: The European Physical Journal, 2016Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book details the proceedings from the Nobel Symposium, focusing on the chemistry and...
Qed: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
Quantum electrodynamics - or QED for short - is the 'strange theory' that explains how light and electrons interact. Thanks to Richard Feynman, it is also one of the rare...
Photoelasticity. Volume II
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Author: Max Mark Frocht, Ph. D.Binding: HardbackPublished: JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC., 1948Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis volume on photoelasticity provides a detailed examination of experimental...
An Introduction To Applied Anisotropic Elasticity
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Author: R. F. S. HearmonBinding: HardbackPublished: OXFORD at the CLARENDON PRESS, 1961Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis book serves as an introductory guide to the principles and...
Rama II
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Author: Arthur C. Clarke And Gentry LeeBinding: HardbackPublished: Bantam, 1989Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsRama II continues the saga that began with Rendezvous with Rama, delving deeper...
Life As No One Knows It: The Physics of Life's Emergence
What is life? This is among the most difficult open problems in science, right up there with the nature of consciousness and the existence of matter. All the definitions we...
The Consolations of Physics: Why the Wonders of the Universe Can Make You Happy
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Tweeting the Universe: Tiny Explanations of Very BIG Ideas
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A Briefer History of Time
The science classic made more accessible and more concise. Illustrated. Updated with new research. Stephen Hawking's worldwide bestseller, A Brief History of Time, has been a landmark volume in scientific...
General Relativity: The Theoretical Minimum
The latest volume in The New York Times bestselling physics series explains Einstein's masterpiece- the general theory of relativity He taught us classical mechanics, quantum mechanics and special relativity. Now,...
Quantum Supremacy: How Quantum Computers will Unlock the Mysteries of Science - and Address Humanity's Biggest Challenges
An exhilarating guide to the astonishing future of quantum computing, from the international bestselling physicist The runaway success of the microchip processor may be nearing its end, with profound implications...
The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything
The bestselling physicist returns with a thrilling account of the search for the 'God Equation' This is the story of a quest- to find a Theory of Everything. Einstein dedicated...
Helgoland: The Strange and Beautiful Story of Quantum Physics
The instant Sunday Times bestseller -- a dazzling story of rebellion and science In June 1925, twenty-three-year-old Werner Heisenberg, suffering from hay fever, had retreated to the treeless, wind-battered island...
The Scientist, The Madman, The Thief And Their Lightbulb: The Search For Free Energy
This work reveals the work of inventors and scientists who are developing ways to produce the electricity we need for the 21st century. It also looks at the psychology of...
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
Science, like most fields, is set up for men to succeed, and is rife with racism, sexism, and shortsightedness as a result. But as Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein makes brilliantly clear,...
Escape From Shadow Physics: Quantum Theory, Quantum Reality and the Next Scientific Revolution
'A LANDMARK IN THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS' - Jean Bricmont The received wisdom in quantum physics is that, at the deepest levels of reality, there are no actual...
Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World
Earth is home to a huge story that is rarely told - that of our ocean. Not the fish or the dolphins, but the massive ocean engine itself- what it...
White Holes
A mesmerizing trip to the strange new world of white holes from the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics Let us journey, with beloved physicist Carlo Rovelli, into...
Quantum Supremacy: How Quantum Computers will Unlock the Mysteries of
An exhilarating guide to the astonishing future of quantum computing, from The New York Times bestselling physicist The runaway success of the microchip processor may be nearing its end, with...
Stephen Hawking: Friendship and Physics
An intimate, powerful account of Stephen Hawking and his universe An icon of the last fifty years, Stephen Hawking seems to encapsulate genius- not since Albert Einstein has a scientific...
Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics
An intimate portrait of Stephen Hawking -- the man, the friend, and the physicist An icon of the last fifty years, Stephen Hawking seems to encapsulate genius- not since Albert...
The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything
The best-selling physicist returns with a thrilling account of the search for the 'god equation' This is the story of a quest- to find a Theory of Everything. Einstein dedicated...
Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics
An intimate portrait of Stephen Hawking -- the man, the friend, and the physicist An icon of the last fifty years, Stephen Hawking seems to encapsulate genius- not since Albert...
On the Origin of Time
A new theory of the universe, twenty years in the making, by Stephen Hawking and his close collaborator Thomas Hertog. Perhaps the biggest question Stephen Hawking tried to answer in...
A Short History of Nearly Everything
The incomparable Bill Bryson travels through time and space to introduce us to the world, the universe and everything in this groundbreaking book, the best selling popular science book of...
A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature's Deep Design
A Nobel Prize-winning physicist argues that beauty is the fundamental organizing principle for the entire universe In this scientific tour de force, world-class physicist Frank Wilczek argues that beauty is...
Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an
From the world-renowned physicist and bestselling author of The Elegant Universe comes this captivating exploration of deep time and humanity's search for purpose Until the End of Time is Brian...