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Physics for Entertainment
by Yakov Perelman
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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... ( read more)
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson
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This learned and amusing work covers the origin of the universe to the human genome. A welcome journey with Bryson in typical wise and witty fashion.... ( read more)
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The Holographic Universe
by Michael Talbot
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The Holographic Universe by Michael Talbot is one of my favorite books. Fascinating. Amazing! Physics, swamis, waves, and particles. Extremely readable.... ( read more)
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Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics
by Gary Zukav
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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... ( read more)
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Synchronicity: The Bridge Between Matter and Mind
by F David Peat
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With fascinating historical anecdotes and incisive scientific analysis, this important work combines ancient thought with modern theory to reveal a new way of viewing our universe that can expand our awareness, our lives, and may well point the way to a... ( read more)
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Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning (Dover Books on Astronomy)
by Richard Hinck Allen
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Star names, the zodiac, constellations; folklore, and literature associated with heavens. Based on years of thorough research into astronomical writings and observations of the ancient Chinese, Arabic, Euphrates, Hellenic, and Roman civilizations.... ( read more)
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Einstein's Unfinished Symphony: Listening to the Sounds of Space-Time
by Marcia Bartusiak
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With each chapter, Bartusiak continues her musical metaphor in tracing the story of general relativity, from the time "Maestro" Einstein enters physics, through the "Starlight Waltz" of neutron stars twisting space-time around themselves, to the... ( read more)
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Hawking and Black Holes: The Big Idea (Big Idea)
by Paul Strathern
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Strathern takes an insightful look at the visionary ideas and inner drive of Stephen Hawking in this new "Big Idea" volume, which features a uniquely accessible explanation of Hawking's monumental bestseller, "A Brief History of Time".... ( read more)
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Physics for Dummies (For Dummies)
by Steven Holzner
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Does just thinking about the laws of motion make your head spin? Does studying electricity short your circuits? Do the complexities of thermodynamics cool your enthusiasm? Thanks to this book, you don’t have to be Einstein to understand physics. As... ( read more)
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The Expanding Universe: Astronomy's 'Great Debate', 1900-1931 (Cambridge Science Classics)
by Arthur Eddington
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The equations of general relativity include a constant lambda in their solution. If lambda is non-zero and positive, this represents the existence of a phenomenon of cosmical repulsion. In this book Eddington discussed the implications of this models of... ( read more)
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A Brief History of Time: The Updated and Expanded Tenth Anniversary Edition
by Stephen W Hawking
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"A Brief History of Time", published in 1988, has been a landmark volume in scientific writing and in worldwide acclaim and popularity, with more than nine million copies sold. That edition was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the nature... ( read more)
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Out of My Later Years
by Albert Einstein
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In a remarkable collection of essays the renowned scientist speaks on a variety of moral, political, social and religious issues revealing the workings of a powerful mind and deeply humane sensibility. Includes his lucid explanation of the theory of... ( read more)
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Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universe, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension
by Michio Kaku
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The first book-length exploration of the most exciting development in modern physics, the theory of 10-dimensional space. The theory of hyperspace, which Michio Kaku pioneered, may be the leading candidate for the Theory of Everything that Einstein spent... ( read more)
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The Fabric of the Cosmos
by Brian Greene
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From Brian Greene, one of the world’s leading physicists and author the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Elegant Universe, comes a grand tour of the universe that makes us look at reality in a completely different way.
Space and time form the very... ( read more)
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Introducing Quantum Theory
by J P Mcevoy
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Explains all of chemistry & most of physics but upsets common sense, & reconfigures classical physics.... ( read more)
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A New Kind of Science
by Stephen Wolfram
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This long-awaited work from one of the world's most respected scientists presents a series of dramatic discoveries never before made public. Starting from a collection of simple computer experiments — illustrated in the book by striking computer... ( read more)
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God and the New Physics
by Paul Davies
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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... ( read more)
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The Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions: Proceedings of a Royal Society Discussion Meeting Held on 25 and 26 March 1987
by Royal Society
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Molecular ions play important roles in chemical and physical processes in the laboratory, in the atmosphere, and in interstellar gas clouds. Many molecular ions also exhibit unusual but fundamental aspects of molecular structure. Detection and study of... ( read more)
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Handy Weather Answer Book 2ND Edition
by Kevin Hile
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Fully updated with the latest advances in meteorology as well as an additional section on climate change, this comprehensive reference addresses all aspects of weather in an accessible question-and-answer format. All the basic elements of weather are... ( read more)
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Chaos: Making a New Science (2ND 08 Edition)
by James Gleick
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The twentieth-anniversary edition of the million-copy-plus Bestseller THIS EDITION of James Gleickas groundbreaking bestseller introduces to a whole new readership the story of one of the most significant waves of scientific knowledge in our time. By... ( read more)
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