Uncertainty: Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science
by David Lindley


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Werner Heisenberg's "uncertainty principle" challenged centuries of scientific understanding, placed him in direct opposition to Albert Einstein, and put Niels Bohr in the middle of one of the most heated debates in scientific history. Heisenberg's... (read more)

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The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds
by Gavin Pretor-Pinney


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A quirky, clever guide for everyone who loves to look up. Where do clouds come from? Why do they look the way they do? And why have they captured the imagination of timeless artists, Romantic poets, and every kid who's ever held a crayon? Journalist and... (read more)

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Einstein in His Own Words
by Anne Rooney


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Einstein In His Own Words collects wisdom and insight straight from the mind of the most famous genius of the 20th century. Read Einstein's thoughts and writings on a variety of subjects, including relativity, black holes, atomic energy, time travel, and... (read more)

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Annus Mirabilis: 1905, Albert Einstein, and the Theory of Relativity
by John Gribbin


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2005 marks the 100th anniversary of Einstein's three papers which were the basis for the Theory of Relativity, and that are referred to in the science community as the "Annus Mirabilis."... (read more)

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The Physics of Superheroes
by James Kakalios


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The Physics of Superheroesapplies the reality of physics to the fantasy of comic books. James Kakalios explores the scientific plausibility of the powers and feats of the most famous superheroesaand discovers that in many cases the comic writers got... (read more)

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Weather Watching (Collins Discover)
by Patrick Hook


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Collins Discover: Weather Watchingis your one-stop guide to understanding weather across the world This user-friendly, authoritative resource includes full-color photographs, easy-to-follow guidance, and diagrams showing you everything you need to follow... (read more)

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Galileo in Rome: The Rise and Fall of a Troublesome Genius
by William R Shea


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Galileo's trial by the Inquisition is one of the most dramatic incidents in the history of science and religion. Today, we tend to see this event in black and white--Galileo all white, the Church all black. Galileo in Rome presents a much more nuanced... (read more)

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The Whole Shebang: A State-of-the-Universe(s) Report
by Timothy Ferris


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From the prizewinning author who has been called "the greatest science writer in the world" comes this delightfully comprehensive and comprehensible report on how science today envisions the universe as a whole. Timothy Ferris provides a clear, elegantly... (read more)

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Before the Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima
by Diana Preston


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In 1898, Marie Curie first described a phenomenon she called radioactivity. A half-century later, two physicists would stand before dawn in the New Mexico desert, slathering themselves with sunscreen-and fearing that the imminent test detonation might... (read more)

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Many Worlds in One: The Search for Other Universes
by Alex Vilenkin


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Recent discoveries in cosmology have led to a bizarre new worldview that (to paraphrase Niels Bohr) may be crazy enough to be true. Just consider the litany of mind-boggling new ideas being bandied about lately: the acceleration of cosmic expansion, dark... (read more)

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Who's Afraid of Schrodinger's Cat?: An A-To-Z Guide to All the New Science Ideas You Need to Keep Up with the New Thinking
by Ian Marshall


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Quantum theorist Erwin Schrvdinger invented his now-famous cat to illustrate the apparently impossible conundrums associated with quantum physics. The cat lives in an opaque box with a fiendish device that randomly feeds it either food, allowing it to... (read more)

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The View from the Center of the Universe: Discovering Our Extraordinary Place in the Cosmos
by Joel R. Primack and Nancy Ellen Abrams


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A world-renowned astrophysicist and a science philosopher present a new, scientifically supported understanding of the universe, one that will forever change our personal relationship with the cosmos. For four hundred years, since early scientists... (read more)

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Hubble Space Telescope: New Views of the Universe
by Mark Voit


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Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble space telescope has provided astronomers with both information about the universe and extraordinary images. This book contains over 100 colour inages from the Hubble.... (read more)

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Meteorology Demystified
by Stan Gibilsco


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Wondering about weather? Learn Mother Nature's secrets Meteorology Demystified presents a complete explanation of essential physical and scientific concepts before delving into a more detailed look at various weather phenomena.... (read more)

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Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics
by Gary Zukav


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Quantum Physics is the pinnacle achievement of Western science. "Wu Li" is the Chinese word for physics. It means "Patterns of Organic Energy", but it also means "Nonsense", "My Way", "I Clutch My Ideas", and "Enlightenment". These enchanting ideas form... (read more)

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Feynman's Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life
by Leonard Mlodinow


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In this funny, inspiring, and revelatory book, a young scientist looks back at the time he shared with Richard Feynman. In the early 1980s, Leonard Mlodinow came to the California Institute of Technology to begin a postdoctoral fellowship. Afraid he... (read more)

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Hacking Matter: Levitating Chairs, Quantum Mirages, and the Infinite Weirdness of Programmable Atoms
by Wil Mccarthy


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Programmable matter is probably not the next technological revolution, nor even perhaps the one after that. But it's coming, and when it does, it will change our lives as much as any invention ever has. Imagine being able to program matter itself-to... (read more)

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The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution
by Stuart A Kauffman


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Stuart Kauffman here presents a brilliant new paradigm for evolutionary biology, one that extends the basic concepts of Darwinian evolution to accommodate recent findings and perspectives from the fields of biology, physics, chemistry and mathematics... (read more)

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