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The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality by Brian Greene Staff Pick Using Simpsons and X-Files examples, Brian Greene explains our current understanding of the universe. Whereas The Elegant Universe was primarily about the obscure, largely theoretical world of susperstring theory, Fabric of the Cosmos holds to more solid... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking Publisher Comments #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? What is the nature of reality? Is the apparent “grand design” of our universe evidence of a benevolent creator who set things in motion—or does science... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems by Fritjof Capra Staff Pick The Web of Life is a very succinct explanation for the interstices between chaotic math systems and Gaia theory. This book explains the concepts of autopoetic networks and the theories of AI without becoming mired in the incredibly dense math associated... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe by Roger Penrose Publisher Comments Since the earliest efforts of the ancient Greeks to find order amid the chaos around us, there has been continual accelerated progress toward understanding the laws that govern our universe. And the particularly important advances made by means of the... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $26.00 Used - Hardcover
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard Phillips Feynman Publisher Comments The outrageous exploits of one of this century's greatest scientific minds and a legendary American original. In this phenomenal national bestseller, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard P. Feynman recounts in his inimitable voice his adventures... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The End of Time: The Next Revolution in Physics by Julian Barbour Publisher Comments In this highly provocative volume, Barbour presents the basic evidence for the nonexistence of time, explaining what a timeless universe is like and showing how the world will nonetheless be experienced as intensely temporal. 20 illustrations.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - 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; she was a talking dog with an active interest in what her new owner did for a living and how it could work for... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Holographic Universe by Michael Talbot Staff Pick The Holographic Universe by Michael Talbot is one of my favorite books. Fascinating. Amazing! Physics, swamis, waves, and particles. Extremely readable.... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog by Chad Orzel Publisher Comments They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. But what about relativity?Physics professor Chad Orzel and his inquisitive canine companion, Emmy, tackle the concepts of general relativity in this irresistible introduction to Einstein’s... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Trade Paper
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The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos by Brian Greene Staff Pick In the first chapter of The Hidden Reality, Brian Greene writes, "There was a time when 'universe' meant 'all there is.' Everything. The whole shebang." Well, those days are over. From string theory to the Inflationary Multiverse scenario to artificial... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow Staff Pick Ancient thinkers asked why nature operates as it does; modern scientists inquire how. Hawking and Mlodinow argue that M-theory explains both, and they make great use of gorgeous illustrations, for some of these ideas come across most powerfully in... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival by David Kaiser Publisher Comments Advance Praise for How the Hippies Saved Physics: "This book takes us deep into the kaleidoscopic culture of the 1970s--with its pop-metaphysicians, dabblers in Eastern mysticism, and counterculture gurus--some of whom, it turns out, were also physicists... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover
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The web of life :a new scientific understanding of living systems by Fritjof Capra Staff Pick The Web of Life is a very succinct explanation for the interstices between chaotic math systems and Gaia theory. This book explains the concepts of autopoetic networks and the theories of AI without becoming mired in the incredibly dense math associated... (read more) Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene Staff Pick "Brian Greene presents the bizarre world of quantum mechanics and string theory using language accessible to all while taking the reader on an exciting journey through a truly unusual universe."... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces by Frank Wilczek Publisher Comments Our understanding of natures deepest reality has changed radically, but almost without our noticing, over the past twenty-five years. Transcending the clash of older ideas about matter and space, acclaimed physicist Frank Wilczek explains a remarkable... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Brief History of Time: The Updated and Expanded Tenth Anniversary Edition by Stephen W Hawking Publisher Comments #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A landmark volume in science writing by one of the great minds of our time, Stephen Hawking’s book explores such profound questions as: How did the universe begin—and what made its start possible? Does time always... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $5.00 Used - Trade Paper
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A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen W. Hawking Publisher Comments Stephen Hawking has earned a reputation as the most brilliant theoretical physicist since Einstein. In this landmark volume, Professor Hawking shares his blazing intellect with nonscientists everywhere, guiding us expertly to confront the supreme... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics by Gary Zukav Publisher Comments 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) List Price $15.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - 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 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) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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In Search of Schrodinger's Cat by John Gribbin Publisher Comments It is so shocking that Einstein could not bring himself to accept it. It is so important that it provides the fundamental underpinning of all modern sciences. Without it, we'd have no nuclear power or nuclear bombs, no laser, no TV, no computers, no... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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