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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
Brian Greene
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9.5 |
There is an ill-concealed skeleton in the closet of physics: "As they are currently formulated, general relativity and quantum mechanics cannot both be right." Each is exceedingly accurate in its field: general relativity explains th
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The Dancing Wu Li Masters : An Overview of the New Physics
Gary Zukav, David Finkelstein
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Current:
9.5 |
At an Esalen Institute meeting in 1976, tai chi master Al Huang said that the Chinese word for physics is Wu Li, "patterns of organic energy." Journalist Gary Zukav and the others present developed the idea of physics as the dance of
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The Pleasure of Finding Things Out : The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman (Helix Books)
Jeffrey Robbin S
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Current:
9.5 |
Why do we do science? Beyond altruistic and self-aggrandizing motivations, many of our best scientists work long hours seeking the electric thrill that comes only from learning something that nobody knew before. The Pleasure of Finding T
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The Physics of Christmas : From the Aerodynamics of Reindeer to the Thermodynamics of Turkey
Roger Highfield
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Current:
9.5 |
Roger Highfield loves science, and he loves Christmas, too. Combining the two in The Physics of Christmas is his attempt to refute the notion that "the materialist insights of science destroy our capacity to wonder, leaving the world
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The Physics of Star Trek (Star Trek Series)
Lawrence M. Krauss, Stephen Hawking
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Current:
9.4 |
Sure, we all know Star Trek is fiction, but warp drives and transporters and holodecks don't seem altogether implausible. Are any of these futuristic inventions fundamentally outlawe
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The Fabric of Reality : The Science of Parallel Universes-And Its Implications
David Deutsch
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Current:
9.3 |
"Our best theories are not only truer than common sense, they make more sense than common sense," writes physicist David Deutsch. In The Fabric of Reality, Deutsch traces what he considers the four main strands of scientifi
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Cracking the Ap : Physics Exam 1999-2000 (Cracking the Ap. Physics)
Steven A. Leduc
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Current:
9.2 |
WE KNOW THE AP PHYSICS EXAMThe experts at The Princeton Review study the AP Physics exam and other standardized tests each year to make sure you get the most up-to-date, thoroughly researched books possible.WE KNOW STUDENTSEach yea
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Six Easy Pieces : Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher (Helix Book)
Paul Davies(Introduction)
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Current:
9.1 |
Designed for non-scientists, Six Easy Pieces is an unparalleled introduction to the world of physics by one of the greatest teachers of all time. Read more
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Relativity : The Special and the General Theory
Albert Einstein
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Current:
9.1 |
How better to learn the Special Theory of Relativity and the General Theory of Relativity than directly from their creator, Albert Einstein himself? In Relativity: The Special and the General Theory, Einstein describes the theories t
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The Web of Life : A New Understanding of Living Systems
Fritjof Capra
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Current:
9.0 |
In his international bestsellers The Tao of Physics and The Turning Point, Fritjof Capra juxtaposed physics and mysticism to define a new vision of reality. Now, in The Web of Life, he takes yet another giant step forward, offering a brilli
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First You Build a Cloud : And Other Reflections on Physics As a Way of Life
K. C. Cole
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Current:
8.9 |
"When you try to push a heavy sofa, you disturb the entire gravitationally entangled cosmos. No wonder it's so hard to move." Now that's good science writing--punchy, direct, and immediately meaningful to the reader's life. K.C. C
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Cartoon Guide to Physics
Larry Gonick, Art Huffman
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Current:
8.8 |
It's been said that before physics students can fly with Feynman they need to walk with Halliday and Resnick. Those of us who are
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Physics in the 20th Century
Curt Suplee
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Current:
8.8 |
We conventionally think of physics as the source of delights that are at best intellectual: austere, cold, abstract. Science writer Curt Suplee and his colleagues have produced a book that reveals the sensual side of physics. Suplee's te
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In Search of Schrodinger's Cat : Quantum Physics and Reality
John Gribbin
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Current:
8.7 |
Part history book and part remedial physics text for those who lost interest when the equations started getting unintuitive, In Search of Schrödinger's Cat explains quantum physics in a way that's not only clear, but also enjoya
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The Body Electric : Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life
Gary Selden
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Current:
8.6 |
In this landmark book, Robert O. Becker, M.D., a pioneer in the field of bioelectric science, presents a fascinating look at the role electricity plays in healing, challenging the traditional mechanistic model of the body. Colorful and cont
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Newton and Gravity (Big Idea Series)
Paul Strathern
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Current:
8.4 |
A good case can be made for Isaac Newton being the finest mind humanity has yet produced. His theory of gravity offered his contemporaries their first glimpse of how the universe actually works, and his mathematics enabled later generations
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Bowled Over; The Case of the Gravity Goof-Up (Kinetic City Super Crew series)
Chuck Harwood
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Current:
8.4 |
The Kinetic City Super Crew series was created by the American Association for the Adancement of Science, and is the only series teaching science through adventure for upper elementary grade levels. The Crew is a group of seven fun-loving,
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The Lighter Side of Gravity
Jayant V. Narlikar
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Current:
8.4 |
Gravity is the most enigmatic of all the known basic forces in nature. This book presents a beautifully clear and completely nontechnical introduction to the phenomemon of this force in all its manifestations. Using familiar analogies, inte
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Differential Geometry, Gauge Theories, and Gravity (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics)
M. Gockeler, T. Schucker
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Current:
8.4 |
Emphasizing the applications of differential geometry to gauge theories in particle physics and general relativity, this work will be of special interest for researchers in applied mathematics or theoretical physics. more]
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Three Hundred Years of Gravitation
Stephen Hawking, Werner Israel
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Current:
8.3 |
This book contains some of the papers of the world's foremost researchers in cosmology, relativity and particle physics. Here in one volume, the reader can find out about the significant and exciting advances made in the physical sciences t
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About Time : Einstein's Unfinished Revolution
P. C. W. Davies
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Current:
8.1 |
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Art & Physics : Parallel Visions in Space, Time, and Light
Leonard Shlain
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Current:
8.1 |
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Six Not-So-Easy Pieces : Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-Time (Helix Books)
Richard Phillips Feynman
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Current:
8.1 |
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Genius : The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
James Gleick
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Current:
8.1 |
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| 25
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CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 1999-2000 : A Ready-Reference Book of Chemical and Physical Data (CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 80th ed
David R. Lide
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Current:
8.0 |
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The God Particle : If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?
Leon Lederman, Dick Teresi
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8.0 |
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Hyperspace : A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps and the Tenth Dimension
Michio Kaku
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8.0 |
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| 28
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Feynman Lectures On Physics (3 Volume Set)
Richard Phillips Feynman
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Current:
8.0 |
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| 29
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'What Do You Care What Other People Think?' : Further Adventures of a Curious Character
Ralph Leighton, Richard Phillips Feynman
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Current:
7.9 |
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Gravitation
Charles W. Misner
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Current:
7.8 |
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Anti-Gravity and the Unified Field (Lost Science Series)
David Hatcher Childress
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Current:
7.8 |
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The Anti-Gravity Handbook (Lost Science)
D. Hatcher Childress(Compiler)
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7.6 |
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Einstein's Dream : The Search for a Unified Theory of the Universe
Barry Parker
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Current:
7.5 |
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Theory and Experiment in Gravitational Physics
Clifford M. Will
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Current:
7.5 |
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Gravity : Tilted Perspectives on Rocket Ships, Roller Coasters, Earthquakes, and Angel Food
Joseph Lanza
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Current:
7.4 |
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Losing Gravity
Kamala Ramy
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Current:
7.3 |
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The Geometry of Dynamical Triangulations (Lecture Notes in Physics. New Series M, Monographs, M50)
Jan Ambjrn
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Current:
7.2 |
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Gravitation & the Electroform Model : From General Relativity to Unified Field Theory (Field Physics Ser. 4)
James A. Green
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Current:
7.2 |
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The Dancing Wu Li Masters : An Overview of the New Physics
Gary Zukav(Reader)
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Current:
7.1 |
At an Esalen Institute meeting in 1976, tai chi master Al Huang said that the Chinese word for physics is Wu Li, "patterns of organic energy." Journalist Gary Zukav and the others present developed the idea of physics as the dance of
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Chaotic Dynamics : An Introduction
Gregory L. Baker, Jerry P. Gollub
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7.1 |
Widely praised for its clarity and style, the previous edition of this text was the first to provide a quantitative introduction to chaos and nonlinear dynamics at the undergraduate level. This edition includes additional material on the an
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Loops, Knots, Gauge Theories and Quantum Gravity
Rodolfo Gambini
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Current:
7.1 |
This text provides a self-contained introduction to applications of loop representations and knot theory in particle physics and quantum gravity. Loop representations (and the related topic of knot theory) are of considerable current intere
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Supersymmetry and Supergravity (Princeton Series in Physics)
Julius Wess, Jonathan Bagger
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Current:
7.1 |
This widely acclaimed introduction to N = 1 supersymmetry and supergravity is aimed at readers familiar with relativistic quantum field theory who wish to learn about the supersymmetry algebra. In this new volume Supersymmetry and Supergrav
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Aspects of Gravitational Interactions (Horizons in World Physics, Vol 225)
S. K. Srivastava, K. P. Sinha
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Current:
7.1 |
. The twentieth century has brought enormous changes in the physicist's understanding of the fundamental nature of the physical world. These changes were ushered in the century's first decade, with the advent of relativity and quantum theor
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Journey into Gravity and Spacetime
John Archibald Wheeler
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7.1 |
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Gravitation and Cosmology : Principles and Applications of the General Theory of Relativity
Steven Weinberg
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7.1 |
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Taming the Wild Pendulum
Tag Powell
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7.1 |
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The Riddle of Gravitation
Peter G. Bergmann
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7.0 |
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Practical Pendulum Book
D. Jurriaanse
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Current:
7.0 |
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The Search for Non-Newtonian Gravity
Ephraim Fischbach, Carrick L. Talmadge
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6.9 |
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Relativistic Theory of Gravity (Horizons in World Physics, Vol 215)
Anatolii Alekseevich Logunov
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