Physics - Nuclear
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By: Brian Greene
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
$18.95PaperbackRead 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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By: Gregory, Tim
Going Nuclear: How Atomic Energy Will Save the World
$29.95HardcoverAdd 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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By: Sheehy, Suzie
The Matter of Everything: How Curiosity, Physics, and Improbable Experiments Changed the World
$30.00HardcoverRead 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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By: McPhee, John
The Curve of Binding Energy: A Journey Into the Awesome and Alarming World of Theodore B. Taylor
$19.00PaperbackRead 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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By: Close, Frank
Nuclear Physics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99PaperbackAdd 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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By: Cottrell, Geoff
Matter: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99PaperbackAdd 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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By: Georgi, Howard
Weak Interactions and Modern Particle Theory
$15.95PaperbackAdd 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
$16.95PaperbackAdd 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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By: Tucker, Colin
How to Drive a Nuclear Reactor
$29.99PaperbackAdd 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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By: Frank Close
Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99PaperbackAdd 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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By: Hürter, Tobias
Too Big for a Single Mind: How the Greatest Generation of Physicists Uncovered the Quantum World
$30.00HardcoverAdd 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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By: Greene, Brian
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
$30.00HardcoverAdd 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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By: Jungk, Robert
Brighter Than a Thousand Suns: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists
$21.99PaperbackAdd 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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By: Hürter, Tobias
Too Big for a Single Mind: How the Greatest Generation of Physicists Uncovered the Quantum World
$18.95PaperbackAdd 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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By: Scoles, Sarah
Countdown: The Blinding Future of Nuclear Weapons
$30.00HardcoverAdd 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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By: Serber, Robert
The Los Alamos Primer: The First Lectures on How to Build an Atomic Bomb, Updated with a New Introduction by Richard Rhodes
$17.95PaperbackRead 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
$19.00PaperbackRead 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












