Physics
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Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
$19.99 Add to cartIn this “provocative” book (New York Times), a contrarian physicist argues that her field’s modern obsession with beauty has given us wonderful math but bad science.
Whether pondering black holes or pr… [more below]- Author: Hossenfelder, Sabine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 02 2020
- ISBN10: 1541646762
- Language: English
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What’s Hidden Inside Planets?
$16.95 Read moreA guided journey through the inner workings of Earth, the cloaked mysteries of other planets in our solar system, and beyond.
Extreme heat. Extreme cold. Extreme pressure. Toxic gases. Scorching magma
- Series: Johns Hopkins Wavelengths
- Author: Stanley, Sabine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1421448165
- Language: English
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The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything
$23.00 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The epic story of the greatest quest in all of science–the holy grail of physics that would explain the creation of the universe–from renowned theoretical physicist an… [more below]
- Author: Kaku, Michio
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 0385542747
- Language: English
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Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry
$17.95 Add to cartFrom the basics of physics to big questions about the nature of space and time, celebrated astrophysicist and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down the mysteries of the cosmos into bite
- Author: Degrasse Tyson, Neil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1324003286
- Language: English
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Gravity
$19.99 Read moreWhat keeps objects from floating out of your hand?
As in his previous books, Redwoods, Coral Reefs
What if your feet drifted away from the ground?
What stops everything from floating into space?
Gravity.- Author: Chin, Jason
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 29 2014
- ISBN10: 1596437170
- Language: English
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Quantum Entanglement
$16.95 Add to cartAn exploration of quantum entanglement and the ways in which it contradicts our everyday assumptions about the ultimate nature of reality.
Quantum physics is notable for its brazen defiance of common s
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Brody, Jed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: February 18, 2020
- ISBN10: 026253844X
- Language: English
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Thinking Physics: Understandable Practical Reality
$33.95 Read moreLewis Carroll Epstein explains deep ideas in physics in an easy-to-understand way. Thinking Physics is a perfect beginner’s guide to an amazingly wide range of physics-related questions. The book targ… [more below]
- Author: Epstein, Lewis Carroll
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 582
- Publish Date: September 05 2002
- ISBN10: 0935218084
- Language: English
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Magnet Max
$12.95 Add to cartMagnet Max loves experimenting with magnets He knows all about how they work and loves using them to attract new types of things. But when he shows them to his friend Nick, the other boy is baffled.
- Series: Learning League
- Author: Hughes, Monica Lozano
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: May 15, 2015
- ISBN10: 1612542247
- Language: English
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The World According to Physics
$19.95 Add to cartQuantum physicist, New York Times bestselling author, and BBC host Jim Al-Khalili offers a fascinating and illuminating look at what physics reveals about the world
Shining a light on the most profoun- Author: Al-Khalili, Jim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 10 2020
- ISBN10: 0691182302
- Language: English
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Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe
$21.99 Add to cartA half century ago, a shocking Washington Post headline claimed that the world began in five cataclysmic minutes rather than having existed for all time; a skeptical scientist dubbed the maverick theo
- Author: Singh, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: November 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0007162219
- Language: English
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Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics
$24.99 Add to cartCombined into one volume for the first time, the updated and clarified Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics provides comprehensive, hands-on practice in all the most important areas of physic… [more below]
- Author: Feynman, Richard P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 05 2014
- ISBN10: 0465060714
- Language: English
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The Physics of Baseball: Third Edition, Revised, Updated, and Expanded
$16.99 Add to cartBlending scientific fact and sports trivia, Robert Adair examines what a baseball or player in motion does-and why. How fast can a batted ball go? What effect do stitch patterns have on wind resistanc… [more below]
- Author: Adair, Robert K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 07 2002
- ISBN10: 0060084367
- Language: English
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The Universe: The Book of the BBC TV Series Presented by Professor Brian Cox
$34.99 Read moreEvery night, above our heads, a drama of epic proportions is playing out. Diamond planets, zombie stars, black holes heavier than a billion Suns. The cast of characters is extraordinary, and each one
- Author: Cohen, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0008389322
- Language: English
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The Principles of Quantum Mechanics
$34.99 Add to cartThe standard work in the fundamental principles of quantum mechanics, indispensable both to the advanced student and to the mature research worker, who will always find it a fresh source of knowledge … [more below]
- Author: Dirac, P. A. M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 330
- Publish Date: January 10 2013
- ISBN10: 163823096X
- Language: English
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Reality Reloaded: The Scientific Case for a Simulated Universe
$29.99 Add to cartThe book “Reality Reloaded: The Scientific Case for a Simulated Universe” caters to a diverse audience, including scientists, academics, students, and the general public.
The simulated universe hypot
- Author: Vopson, Melvin M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 150
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 1805170570
- Language: English
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AP Physics C Premium, 2024: 4 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review + Online Practice
$24.99 Read moreBe prepared for exam day with Barron’s. Trusted content from AP experts!
Barron’s AP Physics C Premium, 2024 includes in-depth content review and practice. It’s the only book you’ll need to be prepare- Series: Barron’s Test Prep
- Author: Pelcovits, Robert A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 600
- Publish Date: July 04, 2023
- ISBN10: 1506287956
- Language: English
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The Edge of Knowledge: Unsolved Mysteries of the Cosmos
$28.00 Read moreLawrence Krauss explores the greatest unanswered questions at the forefront of science today, and likely for the coming century and beyond.
Internationally known theoretical physicist and bestselling- Author: Krauss, Lawrence M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1637588569
- Language: English
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The Uranium Club: Unearthing the Lost Relics of the Nazi Nuclear Program
$30.00 Add to cart“Much as Marcel Proust spun out a lifetime of memories from the taste of a madeleine, The Uranium Club spins out the history of Nazi Germany’s failed World War II atomic-bomb project by tracing the wh… [more below]
- Author: Hiebert, Miriam E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1641608625
- Language: English
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Sky Walking: An Astronaut’s Memoir
$24.95 Add to cartA gripping first-hand account of life in space and the making of an astronaut. What is it like to fly the space shuttle and work on and in the International Space Station? Veteran NASA astronaut Tom J… [more below]
- Author: Jones, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 370
- Publish Date: December 20 2016
- ISBN10: 1588344045
- Language: English
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Math Art: Truth, Beauty, and Equations
$26.99 Add to cartFrom geometry in motion to the possibilities of pi, this stunning volume reveals how art has been inspired by the beauty and poetry of mathematical principles.
The worlds of visual art and mathematic- Author: Ornes, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 16 2019
- ISBN10: 1454930446
- Language: English
