Physics

Max Tegmark leads us on an astonishing journey through past, present and future, and through the physics, astronomy and mathematics that are the foundation ...

In This Groundbreaking New Book, Peter Coveney And Roger Highfield, The Scientist Coauthors Of The Highly Praised The Arrow Of Time, Explore How Complexity ...

The M.I.T. Introductory Physics Series is the result of a program of careful study, planning, and development that began in 1960. The education Research C...

Former Republican Strategist Phillips Takes An Uncompromising View Of The Political Coalition, Led By Radical Religion, That Is Driving America To The Brink...

Collects Writings From Several Leading Theoretical Physicists And Cosmologists That Offer An Overview Of Our Scientific Understanding Of The Universe As It ...

With 250,000 copies in print since its initial publication in 1983, NightWatch has become a standard reference guide for stargazers throughout North Ameri...

2000-2005 State Textbook Adoption - Rowan/salisbury.Categories: Science & Math PhysicsApplied

In the face of today's environmental and economic challenges, doomsayers preach that the only way to stave off disaster is for humans to reverse course: to ...

Do a little armchair time-travel, rub elbows with a four-dimensional intelligent life form, or stretch your mind to the furthest corner of an uncharted uni...

From one of the architects of the new science of simplicity and complexity comes an explanation of the connections between nature at its most basic level a...

In a series of 50 accessible and lucidly written essays, Ben Dupre introduces and explains the problems of knowledge, consciousness, identity, ethics, belie...

WHAT ARE THESE GRACEFUL VISITORS TO OUR SKIES? WE NOW KNOW THAT THEY BRING BOTH LIFE AND DEATH AND TEACH US ABOUT OUR ORIGINS. Comet begins with a breatht...

William Leffler's Petroleum Refining in Nontechnical Language, 4th Edition is a comprehensive overview of key refining topics by using relevant analogies,...

About the Author\Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist and the author of the #1 bestselling Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, among other books. He is ...

with Its Unique Combination Of Depth, Clarity, And Humor That Has Enchanted Millions, This Beloved Classic By Bestselling Author Gary Zukav Opens The Fasci...

The adventure spans the world from Stonehenge to astronomically aligned pyramids at Giza, from Mayan observatories at Chichen Itza to the atomic clock in W...

Within the interviews, lectures, essays, and letters of this book, Srila Prabhupada talks about practicing yoga in the modern age. Topics include karma and ...

No twentieth-century American scientist is better known to a wider spectrum of people than Richard P. Feynman (1918–1988)—physicist, teacher, author, and...

In You Are Here, astronaut Chris Hadfield creates a surprisingly intimate and compelling visual essay about the planet we live on, choosing the best from t...

By G. Gamow; Illustrated By The Author And John Hookman. Includes Music.Categories: Science & Math PhysicsGravity

For lovers of facts, students of popular culture, history buffs, and science enthusiasts, the fascinating stories behind 500 everyday items, expressions, a...

The road to global security," writes Jeremy Rifkin, "lies in lessening our dependence on Middle East oil and making sure that all people on Earth have acces...

If you want top grades and excellent understanding of electric power systems, this powerful study tool is the best tutor you can have! It takes you step-by-...

More than 50,000 copies of this powerful study guide sold in the first edition! Covering a broad range of topics, from simple DC magnetic circuits to elect...

As a young physicist, Leonard Mlodinow looked for guidance from his mentor, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman. Drawing on transcripts from t...

gene Kranz Was Present At The Creation Of America's Manned Space Program And Was A Key Player In It For Three Decades. As A Flight Director In Nasa's Missi...

The science of physical hydrology centers on the physical principles involved in the study of the occurrence and movement of water on and beneath the earth...

"A superb reference." —- Physics Today "Will become a classic text in climate research. " —- Physics World "Valuable to anyone who studies, models, or u...

Provides a basic comprehensive treatment of the major electrical engineering problems associated with the design and operation of electric power systems. Th...

now Comprehensively Updated, This Classic Text Provides An Essential Foundation In Power Systems Engineering. The Emphasis On Practical Analysis And Model...

American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, “father of the atomic bomb,” the brilliant, charismatic physicist who led t...

the Definitive Guide To The Universe, From The Solar System To The Farthest Limits Of Space, For The Whole Family Is Now Available In Paperback. Martin J....

An Exhilarating History Of Humankind, Chronicling Thousands Of Years Of Trial And Error--but Mostly Error--in The Rise Of Civilization Modern Humans Have Co...

David Halliday, Robert Resnick. Published In 1960 And 1962 Under Title: Physics For Students Of Science And Engineering. Includes Bibliographical References...

Uses The Star Trek Future As A Launching Pad To Discuss The Forefront Of Modern Physics Today, From Newton To Hawking, From Einstein To Feynman, From Kirk T...

The Pleasure of Finding Things Outis a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard Feynman—from interviews and speeches to lectures and printe...

The Remarkable Story Of The Trailblazers And The Ordinary Americans On The Front Lines Of The Epic Mission To Reach The Moon. President John F. Kennedy Asto...

The goal of this book is to allow you to begin with a "blank sheet of paper" and design a space mission to meet a set of broad, often poorly defined, object...

These are notions so basic to our view of life that we take them for granted. But in the seventeenth century they were revolutionary, heretical, even dange...

As well as outlining and explaining such historic breakthroughs in human understanding of the physical world as Kepler’s law of planetary motion and Newto...

Carl Jung coined the term “synchronicity” to describe meaningful coincidences that conventional notions of time and causality cannot explain. Working with...

Measurement -- Motion Along A Straight Line -- Vectors -- Motion In Two And Three Dimensions -- Force And Motion I -- Force And Motion Ii -- Kinetic Energy ...

in This Irreverent And Illuminating Book, Acclaimed Writer And Scientist Leonard Mlodinow Shows Us How Randomness, Change, And Probability Reveal A Tremend...

Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications In Health Care And Biomedicine Meets The Growing Demand Of Practitioners, Researchers, Educators, And Students...

This introductory, one quarter/one-semester text takes a multidisciplinary approach to studying the relationship between plants and people. The authors st...

An Irreverent Look At How Randomness Influences Our Lives, And How Our Successes And Failures Are Far More Dependent On Chance Events Than We Recognize.Cate...

Did Newton "unweave the rainbow" by reducing it to its prismatic colors, as Keats contended? Did he, in other words, diminish beauty? Far from it, says ac...

During The Early Twentieth Century, The Eccentric And Brilliant Inventor Nikola Tesla Blazed The Path That Electrical Development Followed For Many Years To...