Physics - General
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Physics and Music: The Science of Musical Sound
$27.00 Add to cartThis foundational text is written for students who want to go beyond the perceptual stage of music to learn how musical sound is created and perceived. It surveys a wide range of topics related to aco… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Physics
- Author: White, Harvey E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: June 18 2014
- ISBN10: 0486779343
- Language: English
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Sticky: The Secret Science of Surfaces
$19.99 Read moreYou are surrounded by stickiness. With every step you take, air molecules cling to you and slow you down; the effect is harder to ignore in water. When you hit the road, whether powered by pedal or en
- Author: Winkless, Laurie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1472950852
- Language: English
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The Science of Can and Can’t: A Physicist’s Journey Through the Land of Counterfactuals
$18.00 Read moreA luminous guide to how the radical new science of counterfactuals can reveal that the scope of the universe is greater, and more beautiful, than we ever imagined
There is a vast class of things that- Author: Marletto, Chiara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 0525521941
- Language: English
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Feynman’s Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life
$17.00 Add to cartSome of the brightest minds in science have passed through the halls of the California Institute of Technology. In the early 1980s, Leonard Mlodinow joined their ranks to begin a postdoctoral fellowsh… [more below]
- Author: Mlodinow, Leonard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 29 2011
- ISBN10: 0307946495
- Language: English
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Frequently Asked Questions about the Universe
$30.00 Read more“Delightful, funny, and yet rigorous and intelligent: only Jorge and Daniel can reach this exquisite balance.” –Carlo Rovelli, author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Helgoland
You’ve got questi- Author: Cham, Jorge
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0593189310
- Language: English
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Force: What It Means to Push and Pull, Slip and Grip, Start and Stop
$20.00 Read moreAn eminent engineer and historian tackles one of the most elemental aspects of life: how we experience and utilize physical force
- Author: Petroski, Henry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0300274130
- Language: English
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A Fortunate Universe: Life in a Finely Tuned Cosmos
$25.99 Add to cartOver the last forty years, scientists have uncovered evidence that if the Universe had been forged with even slightly different properties, life as we know it – and life as we can imagine it – would b… [more below]
- Author: Lewis, Geraint F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 390
- Publish Date: March 26 2020
- ISBN10: 110874740X
- Language: English
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Simulation Theory: A Reference Book for Simulation Theory (A Psychological and Philosophical Consideration)
$19.95 Add to cartThe simulation theory: are you living in a simulated reality? Is a book that explores the possibility of us inhabiting a simulated world. The first part of the book goes through each of the three poss
- Author: Baker, Maria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1774857170
- Language: English
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States of Matter
$28.95 Add to cartThis unique overview by a prominent CalTech physicist provides a modern, rigorous, and integrated treatment of the key physical principles and techniques related to gases, liquids, solids, and their p… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Physics
- Author: Goodstein, David L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: August 20 2014
- ISBN10: 048664927X
- Language: English
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Science and Information Theory
$19.95 Add to cartGeared toward upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, this classic resource by a giant of 20th-century mathematics applies principles of information theory to Maxwell’s demon, thermodynamics… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Physics
- Author: Brillouin, Leon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 17 2013
- ISBN10: 0486497550
- Language: English
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Symmetry
$18.95 Add to cartSymmetry is a classic study of symmetry in mathematics, the sciences, nature, and art from one of the twentieth century’s greatest mathematicians. Hermann Weyl explores the concept of symmetry beginni
- Series: Princeton Science Library #47
- Author: Weyl, Hermann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 04 2016
- ISBN10: 0691173257
- Language: English
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200 Puzzling Physics Problems: With Hints and Solutions
$35.00 Add to cartThis text will strengthen a student’s ability to apply the laws of physics to practical situations and problems that yield more easily to intuitive insight than to complex mathematics. These problems,… [more below]
- Author: Gn?dig, P
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 13 2001
- ISBN10: 0521774802
- Language: English
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Theoretical Mechanics of Particles and Continua
$37.95 Add to cartThis two-part text supplies a lucid, self-contained account of classical mechanics and provides a natural framework for introducing advanced mathematical concepts in physics. Topics include Lagrangian… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Physics
- Author: Walecka, John Dirk
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: December 16 2003
- ISBN10: 0486432610
- Language: English
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Waves: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWe live in a world of waves. The Earth shakes to its foundations, the seas and oceans tremble incessantly, sounds reverberate through land, sea, and air. Beneath the skin, our brains and bodies are aw… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Goldsmith, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0198803788
- Language: English
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An Introduction to Acoustics
$19.95 Add to cartUndergraduate-level text examines waves in air and in three dimensions, interference patterns and diffraction, and acoustic impedance, as illustrated in the behavior of horns. 1951 edition.
- Series: Dover Books on Music
- Author: Randall, Robert H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 26 2005
- ISBN10: 0486442519
- Language: English
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Wizards, Aliens, and Starships: Physics and Math in Fantasy and Science Fiction
$19.95 Add to cartExplaining the science behind science fiction and fantasy-from the probable to the impossible
From space elevators to interstellar travel, science fiction and fantasy writers have come up with some br- Author: Adler, Charles L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: November 19 2019
- ISBN10: 0691196370
- Language: English
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Physics of Electric Propulsion
$22.95 Add to cartGeared toward advanced undergraduates and graduate students, this text systematically develops the concepts of electrical acceleration of gases for propulsion. Starting with primary physical principle… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Physics
- Author: Jahn, Robert G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 26 2006
- ISBN10: 0486450406
- Language: English
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Ideas and Opinions
$20.00 Add to cartA collection of insightful and thought provoking essays from one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century
A new edition of the most definitive collection of Albert Einstein’s popular writings- Author: Einstein, Albert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 06 1995
- ISBN10: 0517884402
- Language: English
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Must Know High School Physics
$21.00 Add to cartA UNIQUE NEW APPROACH THAT’S LIKE A LIGHTNING BOLT TO THE BRAIN
You know that moment when you feel as though a lightning bolt has hit you because you finally get something? That’s how this book will ma
- Author: Bruhn, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: January 04 2020
- ISBN10: 1260454312
- Language: English
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Exploring the World of Physics: From Simple Machines to Nuclear Energy
$18.99 Add to cartThe latest installment of the wildly successful Exploring series, this textbook supplement explains physics in remarkably clear detail. Complemented with black-and-white illustrations, the book uses o… [more below]
- Series: Exploring (New Leaf Press)
- Author: Tiner, John Hudson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 06 2006
- ISBN10: 0890514666
- Language: English
