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The Cartoon Guide to Physics by Larry Gonick Publisher Comments 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) List Price $17.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Geek Dad: Awesomely Geeky Projects and Activities for Dads and Kids to Share by Ken Denmead Staff Pick This book is awesome! You don't even need a kid to enjoy the imaginative and techie activities in Geek Dad. Sure, kids will love it, but don't let that stop you from picking up a copy for yourself.... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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How to Teach Physics to Your Dog by Chad Orzel Publisher Comments When physics professor Chad Orzel went to the pound to adopt a dog, he never imagined Emmy. She wasn't 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) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Particle Physics: A Beginner's Guide by Brian R Martin Synopsis Gaining a following since the launch of the infamous Large Hadron Collider, particle physics explores our most fundamental and mind-blowing questions: How did the Universe start? What are we made of? How small is the smallest thing? Without presuming any... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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For the Love of Physics: From the End of the Rainbow to the Edge of Time - A Journey Through the Wonders of Physics by Walter Lewin Publisher Comments FOR MORE THAN FORTY YEARS as a beloved professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Walter Lewin honed his singular craft of making physics not only accessible but truly fun. Now Lewin takes readers on a marvelous journey in For the Love of... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe by Theodore Gray Staff Pick Beautiful and informative, surprising and smart, The Elements will appeal to your inner geek (even if you didn't know you had one). With unique stories, bizarre facts, and dazzling photographs of the 118 elements in the periodic table, this book will... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Shape of Inner Space: String Theory and the Geometry of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions by Shing Tung Yau Publisher Comments 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) List Price $18.99 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science (Great Discoveries) by Lawrence M Krauss Publisher Comments 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) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Electronic Games for the Evil Genius (Evil Genius) by Tom Petruzzellis Publisher Comments Learn the fundamentals of electronics and circuitry while working on 21 fun projects Here are twenty-one science projects that teach you the fundamentals of electronics and circuitry, how to read schematics, solder, use tools, and construct circuits... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $2.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution by Keith Devlin Publisher Comments Leonardo of Pisa-better known today as Fibonacci-was the first Westerner to recognize the power of the Hindu-Arabic number system (featuring the numerals 0 through 9), which offered a much simpler method of calculation than the finger reckoning and... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Physics for Future Presidents: The Science behind the Headlines by Richard A. Muller Publisher Comments We live in complicated, dangerous times. They are also hyper-technical times. As citizens who will elect future presidents of the most powerful and influential country in the world, we need to know'"truly understand, not just rely on television's talking... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation by Jon Gertner Publisher Comments The definitive history of America's greatest incubator of technological innovationand#160;In this first full portrait of the legendary Bell Labs, journalist Jon Gertner takes readers behind one of the greatest collaborations between business and science... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Einstein: The Life and Times by Ronald W. Clark Publisher Comments 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) List Price $18.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival by David Kaiser Publisher Comments In the 1970s, an eccentric group of physicists in Berkeley, California, banded together to explore the wilder side of science. Dubbing themselves the "Fundamental Fysiks Group," they pursued an audacious, speculative approach to physics, studying quantum... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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My Einstein: Essays by the World's Leading Thinkers on the Man, His Work, and His Legacy by John Brockman Publisher Comments 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) List Price $25.00 Your price: $5.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Galileo by John L Heilbron Publisher Comments In 1610, Galileo published the Siderius nuncius, or Starry Messenger, a "hurried little masterpiece" in John Heilbron's words. Presenting to the world his remarkable observations using the recently invented telescope--the craters of the moon, the... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $12.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Mad Science 2: Experiments You Can Do at Home, But Still Probably Shouldn't by Theodore Gray Publisher Comments Best-selling author Theodore Gray is back with all-new, spectacular experiments that demonstrate basic principles of chemistry and physics in thrilling, and memorable ways. For nearly a decade, Theodore Gray has been demonstrating basic principles of... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Soundtrack Ignite! (Ignite!) by Mark Abdelnour Publisher Comments With Apple's Soundtrack fairly new to the market as a standalone product, many people are searching for a guide that goes beyond the manual's basic instructions. Soundtrack Ignite! is filled with all the information readers need to explore all the... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $1.00 Sale - Trade Paper
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Ballparking: Practical Math for Impractical Sports Questions by Aaron Santos Publisher Comments How fat would you need to be to completely block a hockey goal? How much weight could you lift if you were ant-sized? How hard would you have to hit a baseball to hit the Goodyear blimp? In this amusing and enlightening book of offbeat sports... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Macintosh Ilife 2ND Edition by Jim Heid Publisher Comments In the Macintosh world, Apple's free digital hub tools--iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, and iDVD-are the driving force behind the convergence of digital media and digital devices. You can use these tools to entertain, educate, persuade, and inspire your... (read more) List Price $29.99 Your price: $1.00 Sale - Trade Paper
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