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My Einstein: Essays by the World's Leading Thinkers on the Man, His Work, and His Legacy
My Einstein: Essays by the World's Leading Thinkers on the Man, His Work, and His Legacy
by John Brockman
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Albert Einstein’s bold mark on our understanding of the world, which has persisted now for more than a century, shows no sign of fading. On the contrary, Einstein and his work promise to inspire, enlighten, and confound us for decades indeed, for... (read more)

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Annus Mirabilis: 1905, Albert Einstein, and the Theory of Relativity
Annus Mirabilis: 1905, Albert Einstein, and the Theory of Relativity
by John Gribbin
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The year the future was born. At the dawn of the twentieth century, young physicist Albert Einstein had quit university life, proved a failure as a teacher, and, in desperate need of means to support his wife and newborn child, had taken a job as a... (read more)

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On the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy
On the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy
by Stephen W Hawking
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World-renowned physicist and bestselling author Stephen Hawking presents a revolutionary look at the momentous discoveries that changed our perception of the world with this first-ever compilation of seven classic works on physics and astronomy. His... (read more)

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Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science (Great Discoveries)
Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science (Great Discoveries)
by Lawrence M Krauss
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Perhaps the greatest physicist of the second half of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman changed the way we think about quantum mechanics, the most perplexing of all physical theories. Here Lawrence M. Krauss, himself a theoretical physicist and best... (read more)

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Einstein: The Life and Times
Einstein: The Life and Times
by Ronald W. Clark
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Ronald W. Clark's acclaimed biography of Einstein, the Promethean figure of our age, goes behind the phenomenal intellect to reveal the human side of the legendary absent-minded professor who confidently claimed that space and time were not what they... (read more)

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The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist
The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist
by Richard P Feynman
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Many appreciate Richard P. Feynmans contributions to twentieth-century physics, but few realize how engaged he was with the world around him—how deeply and thoughtfully he considered the religious, political, and social issues of his day. Now... (read more)

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The Winds of Change: Climate, Weather, and the Destruction of Civilizations
The Winds of Change: Climate, Weather, and the Destruction of Civilizations
by Eugene Linden
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The Winds of Change places climate change, global warming, and the resulting instability in historical context and sounds an urgent warning for the future.... (read more)

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Einstein: His Life and Universe
Einstein: His Life and Universe
by Walter Isaacson
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In preparing this engaging biography of the world's most famous smart guy, Isaacson enlisted the aid of several physicists including Murray Gell-Mann, Brian Greene, Lawrence Krauss, and Douglas Stone. As a result, this is much more than an "Einstein... (read more)

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Quantum: Einstein, Bohr, and the Great Debate about the Nature of Reality
Quantum: Einstein, Bohr, and the Great Debate about the Nature of Reality
by Manjit Kumar
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Quantum theory is weird. As Niels Bohr said, if you weren't shocked by quantum theory, you didn't really understand it. For most people, quantum theory is synonymous with mysterious, impenetrable science. And in fact for many years it was equally... (read more)

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Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science (Great Discoveries)
Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science (Great Discoveries)
by Lawrence M Krauss
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Perhaps the greatest physicist of the second half of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman changed the way we think about quantum mechanics, the most perplexing of all physical theories. Here Lawrence M. Krauss, himself a theoretical physicist and a... (read more)

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Supersymmetry
Supersymmetry
by Pierre Binetruy
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This book is an introduction to the theory of supersymmetry, which is a cornerstone to understanding the physics of elementary particles beyond the so-called "Standard Model". Supersymmetry is the first introductory book on this modern and increasingly... (read more)

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A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion: The Essential Scientific Works of Albert Einstein
A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion: The Essential Scientific Works of Albert Einstein
by Stephen W Hawking
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With commentary by the greatest physicist of our time, Stephen Hawking, this anthology has garnered impressive reviews. PW has called it “a gem of a collection” while New Scientist magazine notes the “thrill of reading Einsteins own words.... (read more)

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Condensed Matter Physics
Condensed Matter Physics
by Akira Isihara
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Both an introductory research work and a graduate text on condensed matter physics, this volume is also accessible to plasma physicists and their students. It emphasizes applications to a variety of systems rather than theoretical derivations and... (read more)

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Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton
by Richard S Westfall
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Richard S. Westfall was Professor of History and Philosophy, Indiana University. He died in 1996.... (read more)

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Introductory Statistical Mechanics for Physicists
Introductory Statistical Mechanics for Physicists
by D K C Macdonald
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This concise introduction to statistical mechanics is geared toward students and professionals concerned with any branch of solid state physics or low temperature physics. It presents the principles, along with examples showing their generality, with... (read more)

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The Shape of Inner Space: String Theory and the Geometry of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions
The Shape of Inner Space: String Theory and the Geometry of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions
by Shing Tung Yau
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String theory says we live in a ten-dimensional universe, but that only four are accessible to our everyday senses. According to theorists, the missing six are curled up in bizarre structures known as Calabi-Yau manifolds. In The Shape of Inner Space... (read more)

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How to Teach Physics to Your Dog
How to Teach Physics to Your Dog
by Chad Orzel
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When physics professor Chad Orzel went to the pound to adopt a dog, he never imagined Emmy. She wasnt just a friendly mutt who needed a home. Soon she was trying to use the strange ideas of quantum mechanics for the really important things in her life... (read more)

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Algebraic Methods in Statistical Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory
Algebraic Methods in Statistical Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory
by Gerard G Emch
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This systematic algebraic approach covers statistical mechanics, quantum field theory, and mathematical physics. In addition to a careful formulation of the problems' physical motivations, it features self-contained descriptions of the mathematical... (read more)

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Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics
Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics
by Gary Zukav
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“The most exciting intellectual adventure I've been on since reading Robert Pirsigs Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.”—Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York TimesGary Zukavs timeless, humorous, New York Times bestselling... (read more)

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The Cartoon Guide to Physics
The Cartoon Guide to Physics
by Larry Gonick
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Anyone who thinks a negative charge is something that shows up on your credit card bill-or imagines that Ohm's Law dictates how long to meditate-or believes that Newtonian mechanics will fix your car-needs The Cartoon Guide to Physics. This handy... (read more)

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