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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 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: $16.50 Used - Hardcover
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Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson Publisher Comments One of the world's most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer. In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail -- well, most of it... (read more) Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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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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A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson Staff Pick 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) List Price $16.99 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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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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Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle Physics by M G Veltman Publisher Comments This book provides a comprehensive overview of modern particle physics accessible to anyone with a true passion for wanting to know how the universe works. We are introduced to the known particles of the world we live in. An elegant explanation of... (read more) List Price $33.95 Your price: $19.95 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) Your price: $9.95 Used - 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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Meaning of It All (05 Edition) by Richard P. Feynman Publisher Comments Many appreciate Richard P. Feynmans contributions to twentieth-century physics, but few realize how engaged he was with the world around him—how deeply and thoughtfully he considered the religious, political, and social issues of his day. Now... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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On the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy by Stephen Hawking Publisher Comments World-renowned physicist and bestselling author Stephen Hawking presents a revolutionary look at the momentous discoveries that changed our perception of the world with this first-ever compilation of seven classic works on physics and astronomy. His... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Cycles of Time: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe by Roger Penrose Publisher Comments From the best-selling author of The Emperors New Mind and The Road to Reality, a groundbreaking book that provides new views on three of cosmologys most profound questions: What, if anything, came before the Big Bang? What is the source of order in our... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $16.50 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 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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A Briefer History of Time by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow Publisher Comments FROM ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT MINDS OF OUR TIME COMES A BOOK THAT CLARIFIES HIS MOST IMPORTANT IDEAS Stephen Hawking’s worldwide bestseller A Brief History of Time remains a landmark volume in scientific writing. But for readers who have... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics, Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher by Richard P Feynman Publisher Comments Richard P. Feynman (1918–1988) was widely recognized as the most creative physicist of the post–World War II period. His career was extraordinarily expansive. From his contributions to the development of the atomic bomb a Los Alamos during... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Pinhole Photography: From Historic Technique to Digital Application by Eric Renner Publisher Comments A respected guide for creatives, artists and photographers alike, Pinhole Photography is packed with all the information you need to understand and get underway with this wonderfully quirky, creative technique. Covering pinhole photography from its... (read more) List Price $46.95 Your price: $31.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel Publisher Comments Inspired by a long fascination with Galileo, and by the remarkable surviving letters of Galileo's daughter, a cloistered nun, Dava Sobel has written a biography unlike any other of the man Albert Einstein called "the father of modern physics- indeed of... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Mechanics 3RD Edition by Keith Symon Publisher Comments This text is intended as the basis for an intermediate course in mechanics at the undergraduate level. Such a course, as essential preparation for advanced work in physics, has several major objectives. It must develop in the student a thorough... (read more) List Price $156.90 Your price: $40.00 Used - Hardcover
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Adventures with a Microscope by Richard Headstrom Publisher Comments With a simple microscope and this book you can embark on 59 exciting adventures in the natural world — make discoveries about the structures of numerous microscopic animals; find out what everyday objects and foods really look like at the cellular... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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