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Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character
A portrait of the Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1965, we see the wisdom, humour and curiosity of Richard Feynman through a series of conversations with his...
Genius: Richard Feynman and Modern Physics
Richard Feynman was the most brilliant and influential physicist of our time. Architect of quantum theories, enfant terrible of the atomic bomb project, caustic inquisitor on the space shuttle commission,...
Feynman's Lost Lecture: Motion of Planets Around the Sun
Richard Feynman's fame rests to a large extent on his picaresque exploits, but he was also a theoretical physicist of some significance. The discovery of the notes for his major...
The Quantum Field Theory and the Hunt for an Orderly Universe
Speculation is rife that by 2012 the elusive Higgs boson will be found at the Large Hadron Collider. If found, the Higgs boson would help explain why everything has mass....
Through Two Doors At Once
Author: Anil Ananthaswamy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Some of the greatest scientific minds have grappled with this experiment. Thomas Young devised it in the early 1800s to show...
The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius
Paul Dirac was one of the leading pioneers of the greatest revolution in 20th-century science: quantum mechanics. The youngest theoretician ever to win the Nobel Prize for Physics, he was...
The Mathematics Devotional: Celebrating the Wisdom and Beauty of Mathematics
Author: Clifford A. Pickover Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 392 From the ingenious author of The Math Book and The Physics Book comes an inspirational volume that celebrates the beauty...
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
The enchanting international bestselling sensation on modern physics comes to paperback In this mind-bending introduction to modern physics, Carlo Rovelli explains Einstein's theory of general relativity, quantum mechanics, black holes,...
Quantum Field Theory, as Simply as Possible
An exceptionally accessible introduction to quantum field theory Quantum field theory is by far the most spectacularly successful theory in physics, but also one of the most mystifying. This venerable...
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics: Anniversary Edition
A gorgeous anniversary edition of the international phenomenon- 'one of the best books of the 21st century' (Guardian) These seven short lessons guide us, with simplicity and clarity, through the...
Portraits of Discovery: Profiles in Scientific Genius
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum
The second volume in Leonard Susskind's hugely popular, one-of-a-kind introductory series on physics In The Theoretical Minimum, world-class physicist Leonard Susskind provided a brilliant first course in classical mechanics, offering...
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe 2: Quanta and Fields
THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING SERIES 'Neat, and extremely simple: only a deep thinker such as Sean Carroll could introduce the complexity of Einstein's general relativity in such a luminous and straightforward...
The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age
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Author: Gino Segre Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 Enrico Fermi is unquestionably among the greats of the world's physicists, the most famous Italian scientist since Galileo. Called the Pope...
The Prof In Two Worlds: The Official Life Of Professor F. A. Lindemann, Viscount Cherwell
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersFew men straddled the worlds of science and power with such...
Maverick Genius: The Pioneering Odyssey of Freeman Dyson
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Scientist. Innovator. Rebel. For decades, Freeman Dyson has been regarded as one of the world's most important thinkers. The Atlantic wrote, "In the range of his genius, Freeman Dyson is...
The Prof In Two Worlds: The Official Life Of Professor F.A. Lindemann, Viscount Cherwell
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. The dust jacket shows some age-related wear and fading consistent with a 1961 publication. The...
Richard Wagner: The Man, His Mind and His Music; The Perfect Wagernite & Ring Resounding
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodThis Time-Life boxed set unites three essential texts on the composer, with Robert Gutman's "Richard Wagner: The Man, His Mind and His Music" chronicling the...
Golden Hill: 'Best book of the century' Richard Osman
Author: Francis Spufford (author) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 New York, a small town on the tip of Manhattan Island, 1746. One rainy evening, a charming and handsome young...
Henry Handel Richardson: The Letters
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Condition remarks: Condition: VG. Jackets: VG. Slipcase: VG. Pages: bright. Marking: unmkd. Binding: tight. "Henry Handel Richardson: The Letters" compiles the Australian novelist's private correspondence into a three volume scholarly...