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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: $27.00 Used - Hardcover 
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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: $9.00 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: $9.50 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: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson Staff Pick In preparing this engaging biography of the world's most famous smart guy, Isaacson enlisted the aid of several physicists including Murray Gell-Mann, Brian Greene, Lawrence Krauss, and Douglas Stone. As a result, this is much more than an "Einstein... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Why Does E=mc2?: And Why Should We Care? by Brian Cox Publisher Comments The most accessible, entertaining, and enlightening explanation of the best-known physics equation in the world, as rendered by two of today’s leading scientists. Professor Brian Cox and Professor Jeff Forshaw go on a journey to the frontier of... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $10.50 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: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth by Tim Flannery Staff Pick Not only is paleontologist Flannery's urgent call to arms about global climate change fascinating and terrifying, it is also the most accessible book on the topic around. Flannery writes beautifully, clearly examining every angle of the debate... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Snowflake: Winter's Secret Beauty by Kenneth Libbrecht Publisher Comments Snowflakes may be an everyday, common subject, but youve never seen them like this! A collection of amazing photography of snow crystals using a unique system designed to take super-detailed micro images of these miniature ice masterpieces, "The... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson Staff Pick In preparing this engaging biography of the world's most famous smart guy, Isaacson enlisted the aid of several physicists including Murray Gell-Mann, Brian Greene, Lawrence Krauss, and Douglas Stone. As a result, this is much more than an "Einstein... (read more) List Price $32.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Quantum World by Kenneth W. Ford Publisher Comments As Kenneth W. Ford shows us in The Quantum World, the laws governing the very small and the very swift defy common sense and stretch our minds to the limit. Drawing on a deep familiarity with the discoveries of the twentieth century, Ford gives an... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your price: $12.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Feynman Lectures on Physics Volume 3 by Richard Phi Feynman Publisher Comments These are the lectures in physics that I gave last year and the year before to the freshman and sophomore classes at Caltech. The lectures are, of course, not verbatim-they have been edited, sometimes extensively and sometimes less so. The lectures form... (read more) List Price $44.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Newton and the Counterfeiter (10 Edition) by Thomas Levenson Publisher Comments A fascinating slice of true-crime history that unfolds in 1695, when law enforcement was unheard of and modern money was little more than a concept When renowned scientist Isaac Newton took up the post of Warden of His Majestys Mint in London, another... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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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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Stephen Hawking's Universe by John Boslough Publisher Comments Here is an intimate glimpse of the greatest scientist of our day, the brilliant physicist confined to a wheelchair whose "A Brief History of Time" has become the first worldwide scientific bestseller of the century. The story of Stephen Hawking's... (read more) List Price $5.99 Your price: $2.50 Used - Mass Market
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Primer of Quantum Mechanics (Physics) by Marvin Chester Publisher Comments Introductory text examines the classical quantum bead on a track: its state and representations; operator eigenvalues; harmonic oscillator and bound bead in a symmetric force field; and bead in a spherical shell. Also, spin, matrices and structure of... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin Staff Pick An ambitious tribute to a brilliant mind, Sherwin and Bird's intriguing biography gives insight into the full sweep of Oppenheimer's life and genius. Articulate and thoughtful, American Prometheus captures the intellect of the gifted physicist and... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Physicists: The History of a Scientific Community in Modern America by Daniel Kevles Publisher Comments This magnificent account of the coming of age of physics in America has been heralded as the best introduction to the history of science in the United States. Unsurpassed in its breadth and literary style, Kevles's account portrays the brilliant... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A New Kind of Science by Stephen Wolfram Publisher Comments 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) List Price $44.95 Your price: $28.00 Used - Hardcover
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