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Erwin Schrodinger and the Quantum Revolution by John Gribbin Publisher Comments A lively, fascinating biography of the father of quantum mechanics by the bestselling author of the science classic, In Search of Schrödinger's Cat Erwin Schrödinger, best known for his famous “Schrödinger's Cat” paradox, is... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Hardcover
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Feynman by Jim Ottaviani Publisher Comments Richard Feynman: physicist . . . Nobel winner . . . bestselling author . . . safe-cracker. In this substantial graphic novel biography, First Second presents the larger-than-life exploits of Nobel-winning quantum physicist, adventurer, musician, world... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Trade Paper
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Exploring Quantum Mechanics: A Collection of 700+ Solved Problems for Students, Lecturers, and Researchers by Victor Galitski Publisher Comments A series of seminal technological revolutions has led to a new generation of electronic devices miniaturized to such tiny scales where the strange laws of quantum physics come into play. There is no doubt that, unlike scientists and engineers of the past,... (read more) Your price: $84.99 New - Trade Paper
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Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe by Lee Smolin Publisher Comments From one of our foremost thinkers and public intellectuals, a radical new view of the nature of time and the cosmos What is time? This deceptively simple question is the single most important problem facing science as we probe more deeply into the... (read more) Your price: $28.00 New - Hardcover
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Strange New Worlds (11 Edition) by Ray Jayawardhana Publisher Comments "Jayawardhana's small book is a gem. It brings readers up to date on the rapidly progressing quest for exoplanets and their potential inhabitants, and also interweaves the very human details about the people behind these discoveries. Read this book if... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Earthmasters: The Dawn of the Age of Climate Engineering by Clive Hamilton Publisher Comments This book goes to the heart of the unfolding reality of the twenty-first century: international efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have all failed, and before the end of the century Earth is projected to be warmer than it has been for 15... (read more) Your price: $28.00 New - Hardcover
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Convection Heat Transfer by Adrian Bejan Publisher Comments A new edition of the bestseller on convection heat transfer A revised edition of the industry classic, Convection Heat Transfer, Fourth Edition, chronicles how the field of heat transfer has grown and prospered over the last two decades. This new edition... (read more) Your price: $160.00 New - Hardcover
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Detection Estimation and Modulation Theory, Part I by Harry L. Van Trees Publisher Comments "Since 1968 and after 30 printings of the first edition, Part I of DEMT has been the textbook for the two generations of students and researchers that have designed the signal processing in many of our operational systems. The Second Edition includes... (read more) Your price: $110.00 New - Hardcover
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Classical Mathematics: A Concise History of Mathematics in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries by Joseph Ehrenfried Hofmann Synopsis A panoramic view of the development of the enduring principles and concepts of modern mathematics.... (read more) Your price: $11.85 New - Trade Paper
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How to Build a Time Machine: The Real Science of Time Travel by Brian Clegg Publisher Comments A pop science look at time travel technology, from Einstein to Ronald Mallett to present day experiments. Forget fiction: time travel is real. In How to Build a Time Machine, Brian Clegg provides an understanding of what time is and how it can be... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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On Physics and Philosophy by Bernard Despagnat Publisher Comments "This book is a monument to d'Espagnat's excellent work and style; it is surely the most complete book to have been written on this subject and one likely to last a long time, at least until we come to fully understand the remaining mysteries in the... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Trade Paper
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Einstein's Physics: Atoms, Quanta, and Relativity - Derived, Explained, and Appraised by Ta-pei Cheng Publisher Comments Many regard Albert Einstein as the greatest physicist since Newton. What exactly did he do that is so important in physics? We provide an introduction to his physics at a level accessible to an undergraduate physics student. All equations are worked out... (read more) Your price: $65.25 New - Hardcover
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Principles and Applications of Tribology (Tribology in Practice) by Bharat Bhushan Publisher Comments This fully updated Second Edition provides the reader with the solid understanding of tribology which is essential to engineers involved in the design of, and ensuring the reliability of, machine parts and systems. It moves from basic theory to practice,... (read more) List Price $265.00 Your price: $263.95 New - Hardcover
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Introduction to Tribology (Tribology in Practice) by Bharat Bhushan Publisher Comments A fully updated version of the popular Introduction to Tribology, the second edition of this leading tribology text introduces the major developments in the understanding and interpretation of friction, wear and lubrication. Considerations of... (read more) Your price: $160.00 New - Hardcover
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The Quantum Story: A History in 40 Moments by Jim Baggott Publisher Comments The Quantum Story begins in 1900, tracing a century of game-changing science. Popular science writer Jim Baggott first shows how, over the space of three decades, Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg, and others formulated and refined the theory--and opened the... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Chemistry of Contrast Agents in Medical Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Andre S. Merbach Publisher Comments Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is one of the most important tools in clinical diagnostics and biomedical research. The number of MRI scanners operating around the world is estimated to be approximately 20,000, and the development of contrast agents... (read more) List Price $215.00 Your price: $213.75 New - Hardcover
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The Physics of Nanoelectronics: Transport and Fluctuation Phenomena at Low Temperatures by Tero T. Heikkila Publisher Comments Advances in nanotechnology have allowed physicists and engineers to miniaturize electronic structures to the limit where finite-size related phenomena start to impact their properties. This book discusses such phenomena and models made for their... (read more) Your price: $109.75 New - Hardcover
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Time Travel and Warp Drives: A Scientific Guide to Shortcuts Through Time and Space by Allen Everett Publisher Comments To see video demonstrations of key concepts from the book, please visit this website: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/sites/timewarp.index.html. Sci-fi makes it look so easy. Receive a distress call from Alpha Centauri? No problem: punch the warp... (read more) Your price: $18.00 New - Trade Paper
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Infinite Potential: What Quantum Physics Reveals about How We Should Live by Lothar Schafer Publisher Comments A hopeful and controversial view of the universe and ourselves based on the principles of quantum physics, offering a way of making our lives and the world better, with a foreword by Deepak Chopra In Infinite Potential, physical... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Stephen Hawking: An Unfettered Mind (MacSci) by Kitty Ferguson Publisher Comments Stephen Hawking is one of the most remarkable figures of our age--bestselling author of A Brief History of Time, celebrated theoretical physicist, and an inspiration as he exhibits grace, dignity, and courage while coping with devastating disability... (read more) Your price: $17.00 New - Trade Paper
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