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Art & Physics
by Leonard Shlain  Publisher Comments Art interprets the visible world, physics charts its unseen workings--making the two realms seem completely opposed. But in Art & Physics, Leonard Shlain tracks their breakthroughs side by side throughout history to reveal an astonishing correlation of...
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Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration Into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel
by Michio Kaku Publisher Comments A fascinating exploration of the science of the impossible (from death rays and force fields to invisibility cloaks) revealing to what extent such technologies might be achievable decades or millennia into the future. One hundred years ago...
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The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?
by Leon Lederman Review "One of the clearest, most enjoyable new science books in years... explains the entire history of physics and cosmology. En route, you'll laugh so hard you won't realize how much you are learning." -- San Francisco...
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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
by Brian Greene 
Powells.com 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." Blane, Powells...
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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...
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Archimedes to Hawking: Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them
by Clifford Pickover Publisher Comments Archimedes to Hawking takes the reader on a journey across the centuries as it explores the eponymous physical laws--from Archimedes' Law of Buoyancy and Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle and Hubble's Law of Cosmic...
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Einstein and Oppenheimer: The Meaning of Genius
by Silvan S. Schweber Publisher Comments Albert Einstein and J. Robert Oppenheimer, two iconic scientists of the twentieth century, belonged to different generations, with the boundary marked by the advent of quantum mechanics. By exploring how these men differed (in their worldview, in their...
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The Goldilocks Engima: Why Is the Universe Just Right for Life?
by P. C. W. Davies Publisher Comments In the successor to his provocative bestseller The Mind of God, the cosmologist Paul Davies tackles another big question: Why does the universe seem so well suited for life? One popular explanation is the multiverse theory, which sounds like it came...
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The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism
by Fritjof Capra
Publisher Comments After a quarter of a century in print, Capra's groundbreaking work still challenges and inspires. This updated edition of The Tao of Physics includes a new preface and afterword in which the author reviews the developments of the twenty-five years since...
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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...
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Physics for Entertainment
by Yakov Perelman Publisher Comments Written in the early days of the Soviet Union, Physics for Entertainment is filled with easy-to-understand explanations of the essential laws of the universe, which Perelman sets up with questions such as: Can an invisible man see? Why does a...
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Holographic Universe
by Michael Talbot Publisher Comments Today nearly everyone is familiar with holograms, three-dimensional images projected into space with the aid of a laser. Now, two of the world's most eminent thinkers -- University of London physicists David Bohm, a former protege of Einstein's and one...
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Hiding in the Mirror: The Quest for Alternate Realities, from Plato to String Theory
by Lawrence M. Krauss Publisher Comments An exploration of mankinds fascination with worlds beyond our ownby the bestselling author of The Physics of Star Trek Lawrence Krauss an international leader in physics and cosmologyexamines our long and ardent romance with parallel universes, veiled...
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Art & Physics: Parallel Visions in Space, Time, and Light (P.S.)
by Leonard Shlain Publisher Comments Art interprets the visible world. Physics charts its unseen workings. The two realms seem completely opposed. But consider that both strive to reveal truths for which there are no words––with physicists using the language of mathematics and...
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The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
by Brian Greene
Powells.com 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...
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God and the New Physics
by Paul Davies Publisher Comments How did the universe begin and how will it end? What is matter? What is mind, and can it survive death? What are time and space, and how do they relate to ideas about God? Is the order of the universe the result of accident or design? The most profound...
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Physics of Star Trek
by Lawrence M Krauss Publisher Comments What warps when you're traveling at warp speed? What's the difference between a holodeck and a hologram? What happens when you get beamed up? What's the difference between a wormhole and a black hole? What is antimatter, and why does the...
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Time Traveler: A Scientist's Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality
by Dr. Ronald L. Mallett Publisher Comments This is the dramatic and inspirational first-person story of theoretical physicist, Dr. Ronald Mallett, who recently discovered the basic equations for a working time machine that he believes can be used as a transport vehicle to the past. Combining...
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Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics
by Gary Zukav Publisher Comments Gary Zukav has written "the Bible" for those who are curious about the mind-expanding discoveries of advanced physics, but who have no scientific background. Like a Wu Li Master who would teach us wonder for the falling petal before speaking of gravity...
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Character of Physical Law (94 Edition)
by Richard P. Feynman Publisher Comments In these Messenger Lectures, originally delivered at Cornell University and recorded for television by the BBC, Richard Feynman offers an overview of selected physical laws and gathers their common features into one broad principle of invariance. He...
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