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The Quantum Universe: Everything That Can Happen Does Happen

The Quantum Universe: Everything That Can Happen Does Happen

Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw

Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory)

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What is quantum physics? How does it help us understand the world? Where does it leave Newton and Einstein? And why, above... [more]

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The Chemical History of a Candle

The Chemical History of a Candle

Michael Faraday

Mathematics & Sciences; History of science; Popular science; Physics; Chemistry

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Marking the 150th anniversary of the first publication in 1861, this new edition of the celebrated series of lectures, The... [more]

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The Dreams That Stuff is Made of: The Most Astounding Papers of Quantum Physics - and How They Shook the Scientific World

The Dreams That Stuff is Made of: The Most Astounding Papers of Quantum...

Stephen Hawking

Mathematics & Sciences; Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory)

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Quantum physics - or quantum mechanics as it is also called - completely shattered Newtonian laws and challenged scientists... [more]

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The Physics Book: From the Big Bang to Quantum Resurrection, 250 Milestones in the History of Physics

The Physics Book: From the Big Bang to Quantum Resurrection, 250 Milestones...

Clifford A. Pickover

Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Physics

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An illustrated chronology of physics, containing 250 entries. It explores such topics as dark energy, parallel universes,... [more]

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The Particle at the End of the Universe: The Hunt for the Higgs and the Discovery of a New World

The Particle at the End of the Universe: The Hunt for the Higgs and the...

Sean Carroll

Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Physics; Particle & high-energy physics

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The definitive, behind-the-scenes account of the landmark discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN, from acclaimed physicist Sean... [more]

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Can We Travel Through Time?: The 20 Big Questions in Physics

Can We Travel Through Time?: The 20 Big Questions in Physics

Michael Brooks

Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Physics

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Answers to the 20 biggest questions about quantum physics, relativity and our attempts to grasp the true nature of reality.... [more]

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A Walk Through the Southern Sky: A Guide to Stars, Constellations and Their Legends

A Walk Through the Southern Sky: A Guide to Stars, Constellations and Their...

Milton Heifetz

Mathematics & Sciences; Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods; Atomic & molecular physics; Popular astronomy & space

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A Walk through the Southern Sky is a beautifully illustrated guide to the stars and constellations of the southern hemisphere.... [more]

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The Physics of Finance: Predicting the Unpredictable: Can Science Beat the Market?

The Physics of Finance: Predicting the Unpredictable: Can Science Beat the...

James Owen Weatherall

Economics & Business; Economics; Science: general issues; Physics

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In this important and engaging book, Weatherall tells the story of how physicists came to Wall Street and how their ideas... [more]

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Erwin Schrodinger and the Quantum Revolution

Erwin Schrodinger and the Quantum Revolution

John R. Gribbin

Biography: science, technology & engineering; Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Physics

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Erwin Schrodinger was an Austrian physicist famous for his contribution to quantum physics. Schrodinger was working at one... [more]

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On Physics and Philosophy

On Physics and Philosophy

Bernard d' Espagnat

Philosophy; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Philosophy of science; Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory)

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Presents an account of the main guiding principles of contemporary physics - in particular, quantum mechanics. This book describes... [more]

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The Physics of Wall Street: A Brief History of Predicting the Unpredictable

The Physics of Wall Street: A Brief History of Predicting the Unpredictable...

James Owen Weatherall

Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Physics

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A revealing account of the numbers that the financial markets got wrong. [more]

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Physics on the Fringe: Smoke Rings, Circlons, and Alternative Theories of Everything

Physics on the Fringe: Smoke Rings, Circlons, and Alternative Theories of...

Margaret Wertheim

Mathematics & Sciences; Physics

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Deeply human, literally fantastical, infused with wit and humor,  Physics on the Fringe  challenges our conception... [more]

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Stellar Evolution, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Nucleogenesis

Stellar Evolution, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Nucleogenesis

A. G. W. Cameron

Mathematics & Sciences; Nuclear structure physics; Astrophysics

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A key foundation in the development of nuclear astrophysics, this work addresses interrelated questions - What are stars?... [more]

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Time Travel and Warp Drives: A Scientific Guide to Shortcuts Through Time and Space

Time Travel and Warp Drives: A Scientific Guide to Shortcuts Through Time...

Allen Everett, Thomas Roman

Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Relativity physics; Astrophysics

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Using no math beyond high school algebra, the authors lay out an approachable explanation of Einstein's special relativity,... [more]

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Primordial Cosmology

Primordial Cosmology

Jean-Philippe Uzan, Patrick Peter

Mathematics & Sciences; Theoretical & mathematical astronomy; Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods; Cosmology & the universe; Galaxies & stars; Particle & high-energy physics

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The book provides an extensive survey of all the physics necessary to understand the current developments in the field of... [more]

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The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics: A Maths Free Exploration Of Quantum Mechanics

The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics: A Maths Free Exploration Of Quantum...

James Kakalios

Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory)

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The World Wide Web, pocket-sized computers, mobile phones and MRI machines have changed the world in unimagined ways. This... [more]

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Spin Glasses and Complexity

Spin Glasses and Complexity

Charles M. Newman, Daniel L. Stein

Mathematics & Sciences; Complex analysis, complex variables; Electricity, electromagnetism & magnetism

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Suitable for students and practitioners in the natural and social sciences, this title explains what spin glasses are, why... [more]

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Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age

Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age

W. Bernard Carlson

Biography: science, technology & engineering; Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Electricity, electromagnetism & magnetism

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Nikola Tesla was a major contributor to the electrical revolution that transformed daily life at the turn of the twentieth... [more]

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The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World

The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power is Transforming Energy,...

Jeremy Rifkin

Globalization; International relations; Economics & Business; Economics; Economic theory & philosophy; International economics; Development economics; Environmental economics; Physics; Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology

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Author Jeremy Rifkin presents an insider's account of the next great economic era: the Third Industrial Revolution, when a... [more]

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Stephen Hawking: His Life and Work

Stephen Hawking: His Life and Work

Kitty Ferguson

Biography: science, technology & engineering; Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Physics

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Stephen Hawking is one of the most remarkable figures of our time - a Cambridge genius who has earned international celebrity... [more]

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The Long Road to Stockholm: The Story of Magnetic Resonance Imaging - An Autobiography

The Long Road to Stockholm: The Story of Magnetic Resonance Imaging - An...

Peter Mansfield

Autobiography: science, technology & engineering; History of medicine; Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR & MRI); Mathematics & Sciences; Physics; Neurosciences

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In this autobiography, Sir Peter Mansfield describes his life from his early childhood in war time London to his research... [more]

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The Quantum Divide: Why Schrodinger's Cat is Either Dead or Alive

The Quantum Divide: Why Schrodinger's Cat is Either Dead or Alive

Christopher C. Gerry, Kimberley M. Bruno

Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Light (optics); Atomic & molecular physics; Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory)

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A semi-popular account of quantum physics based primarily on optical experiments performed over the past three decades. The... [more]

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Quantum Physics For Dummies

Quantum Physics For Dummies

Steve Holzner

Mathematics & Sciences; Physics; Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory)

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Helps understand quantum physics. This book covers the Schrodinger Equation and its applications; the foundations of Quantum... [more]

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Ancient Aliens on the Moon

Ancient Aliens on the Moon

Mike Bara

Religion & beliefs; Astrophysics; UFOs & extraterrestrial beings

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Best-selling author and Secret Space Program researcher, Bara, brings us this lavishly illustrated volume on alien structures... [more]

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Doing Physics: How Physicists Take Hold of the World

Doing Physics: How Physicists Take Hold of the World

Martin H. Krieger

Mathematics & Sciences; Physics

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Makes concepts of physics easier to grasp by relating them to everyday knowledge [more]

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