Physics
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Time Travel in Einstein’s Universe: The Physical Possibilities of Travel Through Time
$18.99 Add to cartIn this fascinating book, the renowned astrophysicist J. Richard Gott leads time travel out of the world of H. G. Wells and into the realm of scientific possibility. Building on theories posited by Ei
- Author: Gott, J. Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 19 2002
- ISBN10: 0618257357
- 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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Sources of Quantum Mechanics
$19.95 Add to cartMax Planck’s famous lecture of 1900 expressed quantum theory in its essential form, but his statement was just the beginning. This volume features seventeen early papers that developed quantum theory … [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Physics
- Author: Van Der Waerden, B. L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 02 2007
- ISBN10: 048645892X
- Language: English
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Gauge Theory and Variational Principles
$12.95 Add to cartDetailed and self-contained, this text supplements its rigor with intuitive ideas and is geared toward beginning graduate students and advanced undergraduates. Topics include principal fiber bundles a… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Physics
- Author: Bleecker, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: December 10 2005
- ISBN10: 0486445461
- Language: English
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The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World
$17.95 Add to cartIn this tour of the world’s most unexpected sounds, Trevor Cox–the “David Attenborough of the acoustic realm” (Observer)–discovers the world’s longest echo in a hidden oil cavern in Scotland, unlock
- Author: Cox, Trevor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 19 2015
- ISBN10: 0393350584
- 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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The End of Time: The Next Revolution in Physics
$28.99 Add to cartRichard Feynman once quipped that “Time is what happens when nothing else does.” But Julian Barbour disagrees: if nothing happened, if nothing changed, then time would stop. For time is nothing but ch… [more below]
- Author: Barbour, Julian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 29 2001
- ISBN10: 0195145925
- Language: English
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Higgs Discovery: The Power of Empty Space
$12.99 Add to cartOn July 4, 2012, physicists at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva madehistory when they discovered an entirely new type of subatomic particle that many scientists believe is the Higgs boson. For fort
- Author: Randall, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 24 2013
- ISBN10: 0062300474
- Language: English
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Quantum Legacies: Dispatches from an Uncertain World
$20.00 Add to cartA series of engaging essays that explore iconic moments of discovery and debate in physicists’ ongoing quest to understand the quantum world.
The ideas at the root of quantum theory remain stubbornly- Author: Kaiser, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: June 16 2022
- ISBN10: 022681999X
- Language: English
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Spark: The Life of Electricity and the Electricity of Life
$49.92 Add to cartA fresh look at electricity and its powerful role in life on Earth
When we think of electricity, we likely imagine the energy humming inside our home appliances or lighting up our electronic devices–- Author: Jorgensen, Timothy J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 0691197830
- Language: English
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Radio and Radar Astronomy Projects for Beginners
$37.99 Add to cart- Series: Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy
- Author: Arnold, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 309
- Publish Date: October 23 2020
- ISBN10: 3030549054
- Language: English
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Physics I Workbook for Dummies with Online Practice
$29.99 Add to cartNail your next physics exam and prepare yourself for the next level of physics education
Physics isn’t the easiest part of high school, but it doesn’t have to be pull-your-hair-out hard. In Physics I
- Author: The Experts at Dummies
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1119716470
- Language: English
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Physics: A Complete Introduction
$19.99 Read morePhysics does not have to be daunting. This book, complete with practice questions and answers, forms a course which will take you from beginner or intermediate level to having a confident grasp of phy… [more below]
- Series: Teach Yourself
- Author: Breithaupt, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1529397928
- Language: English
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The Northern Lights: Celestial Performances of the Aurora Borealis
$22.95 Add to cartThe northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis, put on remarkable shows of light and motion in high latitudes–Alaska being the perfect place to see them. Shot with ultra-high definition camer… [more below]
- Author: Pederson, Daryl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1632170019
- Language: English
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The Greatest Story Ever Told–So Far: Why Are We Here?
$18.99 Add to cartFrom award-winning physicist, public intellectual, and the bestselling author of A Universe from Nothing Lawrence Krauss, comes “a masterful blend of history, modern physics, and cosmic perspective th… [more below]
- Author: Krauss, Lawrence M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 27 2018
- ISBN10: 1476777624
- Language: English
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Through Two Doors at Once: The Elegant Experiment That Captures the Enigma of Our Quantum Reality
$24.00 Add to cartThe intellectual adventure story of the “double-slit” experiment, showing how a sunbeam split into two paths first challenged our understanding of light and then the nature of reality itself–and cont… [more below]
- Author: Ananthaswamy, Anil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 11 2019
- ISBN10: 1101986107
- Language: English
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The Beauty of Falling: A Life in Pursuit of Gravity
$27.95 Add to cartA world-renowned physicist seeks gravity’s true nature and finds wisdom in embracing its force in her life
Claudia de Rham has been playing with gravity her entire life. As a diver, experimenting with- Author: de Rham, Claudia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 0691237484
- 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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Gamma: Exploring Euler’s Constant
$20.95 Add to cartAmong the many constants that appear in mathematics, π, e, and i are the most familiar. Following closely behind is y, or gamma, a constant that arises in many mathematical areas yet maintains a
- Series: Princeton Science Library #53
- Author: Havil, Julian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 31 2017
- ISBN10: 0691178100
- Language: English
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Totally Random: Why Nobody Understands Quantum Mechanics (a Serious Comic on Entanglement)
$22.95 Add to cartAn eccentric comic about the central mystery of quantum mechanics
Totally Random is a comic for the serious reader who wants to really understand the central mystery of quantum mechanics–entanglement- Author: Bub, Tanya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 26 2018
- ISBN10: 0691176957
- Language: English
