Physics - Nuclear
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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
$18.95 Read moreBrian Greene, one of the world’s leading string theorists, peels away layers of mystery to reveal a universe that consists of eleven dimensions, where the fabric of space tears and repairs itself, and
- Author: Greene, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 11, 2010
- ISBN10: 039333810X
- Language: English
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Going Nuclear: How Atomic Energy Will Save the World
$29.95 Add to cartA bold, provocative, and knowledgeable case for the importance of nuclear science and how nuclear power is essential to reaching net zero.
What if net zero is not an environmental challenge, but an en- Author: Gregory, Tim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 1639369392
- Language: English
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The Matter of Everything: How Curiosity, Physics, and Improbable Experiments Changed the World
$30.00 Read moreA surprising, fascinating journey through the experiments that not only unlocked the nature of matter and shaped our understanding of the cosmos but also forever changed the way we live within it
“A b- Author: Sheehy, Suzie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 0525658750
- Language: English
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The Curve of Binding Energy: A Journey Into the Awesome and Alarming World of Theodore B. Taylor
$19.00 Read moreTheodore Taylor was one of the most brilliant engineers of the nuclear age, but in his later years he became concerned with the possibility of an individual being able to construct a weapon of mass de
- Author: McPhee, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 01 1994
- ISBN10: 0374515980
- Language: English
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Nuclear Physics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartNuclear physics began long before the identification of fundamental particles, with J. J. Thomson’s discovery of the electron at the end of the 19th century, which implied the existence of a positive … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Close, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 01 2015
- ISBN10: 198718632
- Language: English
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Matter: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWhat is matter? Matter is the stuff from which we and all the things in the world are made. Everything around us — from desks, to books, to our own bodies — are made of atoms, which are small enough… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Cottrell, Geoff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 28 2019
- ISBN10: 019880654X
- Language: English
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Weak Interactions and Modern Particle Theory
$15.95 Add to cartThis high-level, rigorous, and technical treatment was written by a distinguished teacher and researcher. Equally valuable as a text for advanced undergraduates and graduate students and as a referenc… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Physics
- Author: Georgi, Howard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: March 26 2009
- ISBN10: 0486469042
- Language: English
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Elementary Nuclear Theory: Second Edition
$16.95 Add to cartThis compact treatment of the basic theory of nuclear forces, structures, and reactions bases its explanations almost entirely on the familiar results of nonrelativistic quantum theory. Suitable for a… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Physics
- Author: Bethe, Hans Albrecht
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 290
- Publish Date: April 14 2006
- ISBN10: 0486450481
- Language: English
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How to Drive a Nuclear Reactor
$29.99 Add to cartHave you ever wondered how a nuclear power station works? This lively book will answer that question. It’ll take you on a journey from the science behind nuclear reactors, through their start-up, oper… [more below]
- Series: Springer Praxis Books
- Author: Tucker, Colin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: January 26 2020
- ISBN10: 3030338754
- Language: English
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Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
Following the discovery of the Higgs boson, Frank Close has produced this major revision to his classic and compelling introduction to the fundame- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Close, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 23 2024
- ISBN10: 019287375X
- Language: English
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Too Big for a Single Mind: How the Greatest Generation of Physicists Uncovered the Quantum World
$30.00 Add to cartThere 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 Bohr, Werner… [more below]
- Author: Hürter, Tobias
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1615199209
- Language: English
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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
$30.00 Add to cartNow with a new preface (not in any other edition) that will review the enormous public reception of the relatively obscure string theory–made possible by this book and an increased number of adherent… [more below]
- Author: Greene, Brian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 17 2003
- ISBN10: 0393058581
- Language: English
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Brighter Than a Thousand Suns: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists
$21.99 Add to cartAn account of the remarkable scientists who discovered that nuclear fission was possible and then became concerned about its implications. Index. Translated by James Cleugh.
- Author: Jungk, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 23 2010
- ISBN10: 0156141507
- Language: English
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Too Big for a Single Mind: How the Greatest Generation of Physicists Uncovered the Quantum World
$18.95 Add to cart“A new, exciting approach to the literature about this momentous era.”–The Wall Street Journal
There may never be another era of science like the first half of the twentieth century, when a peerless … [more below]- Author: Hürter, Tobias
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 14, 2023
- ISBN10: 1891011170
- Language: English
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Countdown: The Blinding Future of Nuclear Weapons
$30.00 Add to cartFor fans of Oppenheimer, a riveting investigation into the modern nuclear weapons landscape.
Nuclear weapons are, today, as important as they were during the Cold War, and some experts say we could… [more below]- Author: Scoles, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 6, 2024
- ISBN10: 1645030059
- Language: English
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The Los Alamos Primer: The First Lectures on How to Build an Atomic Bomb, Updated with a New Introduction by Richard Rhodes
$17.95 Read moreMore than seventy years ago, American forces exploded the first atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, causing great physical and human destruction. The young scientists at L… [more below]
- Author: Serber, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0520344170
- Language: English
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Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb
$19.00 Read moreTrinity, the debut graphic book by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm, depicts the dramatic history of the race to build and the decision to drop the first atomic bomb in World War Two–with a focus on the brillian
- Author: Fetter-Vorm, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 28 2013
- ISBN10: 0809093553
- Language: English
