Princeton Science Library
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The Odd Quantum
$21.95 Add to cartAn acclaimed physicist’s accessible yet rigorous introduction to quantum mechanics for nonspecialists
This is a rare and much-needed book: a concise but comprehensive account of quantum mechanics for- Series: Princeton Science Library #140
- Author: Treiman, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 0691254362
- Language: English
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Success Through Failure: The Paradox of Design
$19.95 Add to cartFrom the acclaimed author and engineer, an engaging and lively account of the surprising secret of great design
Design pervades our lives. Everything from drafting a PowerPoint presentation to plannin- Series: Princeton Science Library #92
- Author: Petroski, Henry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 29 2018
- ISBN10: 0691180997
- Language: English
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How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction
$14.95 Add to cartAn insider’s view on bringing extinct species back to life
Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? In How to Clone a Mammoth, Beth Shapiro, an evolutionary- Series: Princeton Science Library #107
- Author: Shapiro, Beth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 08 2020
- ISBN10: 0691209006
- Language: English
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The Long Thaw: How Humans Are Changing the Next 100,000 Years of Earth’s Climate
$17.95 Add to cartWhy a warmer climate may be humanity’s longest-lasting legacy
The human impact on Earth’s climate is often treated as a hundred-year issue lasting as far into the future as 2100, the year in which mos- Series: Princeton Science Library #44
- Author: Archer, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: March 22 2016
- ISBN10: 0691169063
- Language: English
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It’s about Time: Understanding Einstein’s Relativity
$16.95 Add to cartA readable and entertaining look at how Einstein’s special theory of relativity gives us a new understanding of the nature of time
Relativity ought to be an important part of everyone’s education. Its
- Series: Princeton Science Library #115
- Author: Mermin, N. David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 09 2021
- ISBN10: 0691218773
- Language: English
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Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate
$20.95 Add to cartThe impact on climate from 200 years of industrial development is an everyday fact of life, but did humankind’s active involvement in climate change really begin with the industrial revolution, as com
- Series: Princeton Science Library #46
- Author: Ruddiman, William F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 04 2016
- ISBN10: 0691173214
- Language: English
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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
$14.95 Add to cartIn 1884, Edwin Abbott Abbott wrote a mathematical adventure set in a two-dimensional plane world, populated by a hierarchical society of regular geometrical figures-who think and speak and have all to
- Series: Princeton Science Library #36
- Author: Abbott, Edwin Abbott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: March 22 2015
- ISBN10: 0691165556
- Language: English
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Why Stock Markets Crash: Critical Events in Complex Financial Systems
$24.95 Read moreThe scientific study of complex systems has transformed a wide range of disciplines in recent years, enabling researchers in both the natural and social sciences to model and predict phenomena as dive
- Series: Princeton Science Library #49
- Author: Sornette, Didier
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: March 21 2017
- ISBN10: 0691175950
- Language: English
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The Irrationals: A Story of the Numbers You Can’t Count on
$19.95 Add to cartAn entertaining and enlightening history of irrational numbers, from ancient Greece to the twenty-first century
The ancient Greeks discovered them, but it wasn’t until the nineteenth century that irra- Series: Princeton Science Library #135
- Author: Havil, Julian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 0691247668
- Language: English
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The Two-Mile Time Machine: Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our Future – Updated Edition
$17.95 Add to cartIn the 1990s Richard B. Alley and his colleagues made headlines with the discovery that the last ice age came to an abrupt end over a period of only three years. In The Two-Mile Time Machine, Alley te
- Series: Princeton Science Library #31
- Author: Alley, Richard B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: October 26 2014
- ISBN10: 069116083X
- Language: English
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An Imaginary Tale: The Story of √-1
$16.95 Add to cartToday complex numbers have such widespread practical use–from electrical engineering to aeronautics–that few people would expect the story behind their derivation to be filled with adventure and eni
- Series: Princeton Science Library #42
- Author: Nahin, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: March 15 2016
- ISBN10: 0691169241
- Language: English
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The New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why You Don’t Fall Through the Floor
$19.95 Add to cartJ. E. Gordon’s classic introduction to the properties of materials used in engineering answers some fascinating and fundamental questions about how the structural world around us works. Gordon focuses
- Series: Princeton Science Library #58
- Author: Gordon, James Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: May 22 2018
- ISBN10: 0691180989
- Language: English
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How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method
$20.95 Add to cartThe bestselling book that has helped millions of readers solve any problem
A must-have guide by eminent mathematician G. Polya, How to Solve It shows anyone in any field how to think straight. In luci- Series: Princeton Science Library #34
- Author: Polya, G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 27 2014
- ISBN10: 069116407X
- Language: English
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Qed: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
$19.95 Add to cartFeynman’s bestselling introduction to the mind-blowing physics of QED–presented with humor, not mathematics
Celebrated for his brilliantly quirky insights into the physical world, Nobel laureate Rich- Series: Princeton Science Library #33
- Author: Feynman, Richard P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 26, 2014
- ISBN10: 0691164096
- Language: English
