Physics
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When Galaxies Were Born: The Quest for Cosmic Dawn
$58.33 Read moreOne of today’s leading astronomers takes readers inside the decades-long search for the first galaxies and the origin of starlight
Astronomers are like time travelers, scanning the night sky for the o- Author: Ellis, Richard S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0691211302
- 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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The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet
$16.99 Add to cartWhen the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History reclassified Pluto as an icy comet, the New York Times proclaimed on page one, “Pluto Not a Planet? Only in New York…. [more below]
- Author: Degrasse Tyson, Neil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 02 2014
- ISBN10: 0393350363
- Language: English
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Thirty Years That Shook Physics: The Story of Quantum Theory
$21.95 Read more“Dr. Gamow, physicist and gifted writer, has sketched an intriguing portrait of the scientists and clashing ideas that made the quantum revolution.” — Christian Science Monitor
In 1900, German physici- Author: Gamow, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 01 1985
- ISBN10: 048624895X
- Language: English
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The Self-Aware Universe: How Consciousness Creates the Material World
$19.00 Read moreIn this stimulating and timely book, Amit Goswami, PhD, shatters the widely popular belief held by Western science that matter is the primary “stuff” of creation and proposes instead that consciousnes… [more below]
- Author: Goswami, Amit
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 21 1995
- ISBN10: 0874777984
- Language: English
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The Spark of Life: Electricity in the Human Body
$17.95 Read moreWhat happens during a heart attack? Can someone really die of fright? What is death, anyway? How does electroshock treatment affect the brain? What is consciousness? The answers to these questions lie
- Author: Ashcroft, Frances
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 09 2013
- ISBN10: 039334679X
- Language: English
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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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How Things Work: Then and Now
$19.99 Read moreTravel back in time and into the not-so-distant future to dissect, explore, and discover how all kinds of things do what they do Along the way, you’ll learn why cotton candy is so fluffy, how scienti… [more below]
- Author: Resler, T. J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 09 2018
- ISBN10: 1426331665
- Language: English
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The Anti-Gravity Files: A Compilation of Patents and Reports
$22.00 Read moreIn the tradition of The Anti-Gravity Handbook and the Time-Travel Handbook comes this all-new compilation of material on anti-gravity, free energy, flying saucers and Tesla technology. With plenty of … [more below]
- Author: Childress, David Hatcher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: March 14 2017
- ISBN10: 1939149754
- Language: English
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This Way to the Universe: A Theoretical Physicist’s Journey to the Edge of Reality
$28.00 Read moreFor readers of Sean Carroll, Brian Greene, Katie Mack, and anyone who wants to know what theoretical physicists actually do.
This Way to the Universe is a celebration of the astounding, ongoing scient- Author: Dine, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0593184645
- Language: English
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Astroquizzical: Solving the Cosmic Puzzles of Our Planets, Stars, and Galaxies: The Illustrated Edition
$29.95 Read moreExploring the family tree of the cosmos, from humans on Earth to stars and galaxies to the first atoms of the Big Bang; with striking color illustrations.
Looking up at the night sky, we see not only- Author: Scudder, Jillian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0262046725
- Language: English
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Cycles of Time: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe
$19.00 Add to cartFrom Nobel prize-winner Roger Penrose, this groundbreaking book is for anyone “who is interested in the world, how it works, and how it got here” (New York Journal of Books).
Penrose presents a new p- Author: Penrose, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0307278468
- Language: English
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The Dr. Wu Brain Switcheroo!: An Adventure with a Physics Phenom
$36.65 Read moreWhen Qianna creates a device that can link people with their favorite figures throughout history, Quinn can’t wait to use it. He wants to learn a thing or two from Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu in time for an u… [more below]
- Series: Qianna and the Quantum Train
- Author: Sams, Jared
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1669055701
- Language: English
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How Do Bridges Not Fall Down?: A Book about Architecture & Engineering
$6.99 Read moreHave you ever wondered how bridges don’t fall down or how really old buildings stay standing up?
In the How Do series, readers are welcome to guess along with the rest of us–and then explore the scien
- Series: How Do?
- Author: Shand, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1486714692
- Language: English
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A Black Hole Is Not a Hole: Updated Edition
$11.99 Read moreA black hole isn’t really a hole . . . is it? Get ready to S-T-R-E-T-C-H your mind with this beloved and best-selling science book. Updated with an all-new chapter about the first black-hole image eve… [more below]
- Author: Decristofano, Carolyn Cinami
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1623543096
- Language: English
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The Elephant in the Universe: Our Hundred-Year Search for Dark Matter
$29.95 Read moreAn award-winning science journalist details the quest to isolate and understand dark matter–and shows how that search has helped us to understand the universe we inhabit.
When you train a telescope o- Author: Schilling, Govert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: May 31 2022
- ISBN10: 0674248996
- 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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Crazy Contraptions: Build Rube Goldberg Machines That Swoop, Spin, Stack, and Swivel: With Hands-On Engineering Activities
$22.95 Read moreAn exciting book about the chain reaction world of Rube Goldberg for middle schoolers, including 25 engineering design projects that get middle schoolers applying the laws of physics to their own inve
- Series: Build It Yourself
- Author: Perdew, Laura
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1619308231
- Language: English
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The Quantum Physics Bible: The Definitive Guide to 200 Years of Subatomic Science
$19.95 Read moreAn easy-to-understand guide to the complex subject of quantum physics.
Quantum physics is how scientists describe the world of the very small. For other people, however, the rules of quantum physics
- Series: Subject Bible
- Author: Clegg, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 10 2017
- ISBN10: 1770859926
- Language: English
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Atom: The Building Block of the Universe
$16.99 Read moreMeet the atom: the building block of the universe!
“What this title does well is cover the basics of what an atom is and provides clear explanations of how the atom builds into elements, molecules, c
- Author: Miles, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 86
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 163819100X
- Language: English
