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Schaum's Outline of Applied Physics, 4ed

by Arthur Beiser

Confusing Textbooks? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time?Fortunately for you, there's Schaum's Outlines. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum's...

The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature

by Daniel J. Levitin

The author of the New York Times bestseller This Is Your Brain on Music reveals music's role in the evolution of human culture-and "will leave you awestruck" (The New York Times)

Daniel J. Levitin's astounding...

Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute Silence

by George M Foy

Have our noise-soaked lives driven us mad? And is absolute silence an impossible goal—or the one thing that can save us? A lively tale of one man’s quest to find the grail of total quiet.---

“ I don’t...

How to Teach Physics to Your Dog

by Chad Orzel

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...

The Phaselock Code: Through Time, Death and Reality: The Metaphysical Adventures of Man

by Roger Hart

ONE MAN'S REMARKABLE SEARCH FOR

THE ULTIMATE TRUTHS OF OUR WORLD

For Professor Roger Hart, life truly began after he almost lost his -- in a horrific fall off the slopes of Mount Everest that he miraculously...

Origins of Existence: How Life Emerged in the Universe

by Fred C. Adams & Ian Schoenherr

In Origins of Existence astrophysicist Fred Adams takes a radically different approach from the long tradition of biologists and spiritual leaders who have tried to explain how the universe supports the development...

The Physics of Miracles: Tapping in to the Field of Consciousness Potential

by Richard Bartlett

Includes a preview of Richard Bartlett's bestselling Matrix Energetics.

The Physics of Miracles will change your perceptions about what is possible, with real, practical applications for healing and transformation....

Abraham Lincoln, a Man of Faith and Courage: Stories of Our Most Admired President

by Joe Wheeler

How Lincoln's Faith Shaped His Leadership

Undoubtedly the most revered leader in American history, Abraham Lincoln has had more books written about him than all our nation's presidents put together. But for...

Breaking the Time Barrier: The Race to Build the First Time Machine

by Jenny Randles

IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME....

Once widely considered an impossibility--the stuff of science fiction novels--time travel may finally be achieved in the twenty-first century. In Breaking the Time Barrier,...

Bursts: The Hidden Patterns Behind Everything We Do, from Your E-mail to Bloody Crusades

by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi

The bestselling author of Linked returns with a ground breaking new theory that will enthrall fans of The Tipping Point

Can we scientifically predict our future? It's a mystery that has nagged scientists...

This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession

by Daniel J. Levitin

Music, Science, and the Brain are more closely related than you think.  Daniel J. Levitin, James McGill Professor of Psychology and Music at McGill University, shows you why this is. 

 In this groundbreaking...

Black Bodies and Quantum Cats: Tales from the Annals of Physics

by Jennifer Ouellette

Physics, once known as "natural philosophy," is the most basic science, explaining the world we live in, from the largest scale down to the very very very smallest scale. Black Bodies and Quantum Cats is a delightfully...

From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time

by Sean Carroll

"An accessible and engaging exploration of the mysteries of time."

-Brian Greene, author of The Elegant Universe

Twenty years ago, Stephen Hawking tried to explain time by understanding the Big Bang. Now,...

The Value and Momentum Trader: Dynamic Stock Selection Models to Beat the Market

by Grant Henning

A winning approach to stock trading based on proprietary statistical research in Excel

In The Value and Momentum Trader, Grant Henning presents a comprehensive approach to stock trading, which centers around...

The Physics of Superheroes: Spectacular Second Edition: Spectacular Second Edition

by James Kakalios

A complete update to the hit book on the real physics at work in comic books, featuring more heroes, more villains, and more science

Since 2001, James Kakalios has taught "Everything I Needed to Know About...

Hiding in the Mirror: The Quest for Alternate Realities, from Plato to String Theory (by way of Alicein Wonderland, Einstein, and The Twilight Zone)

by Lawrence Krauss

An exploration of mankind's fascination with worlds beyond our own-by the bestselling author of The Physics of Star Trek

Lawrence Krauss -an international leader in physics and cosmology-examines our long and...

The Theory of Almost Everything: The Standard Model, the Unsung Triumph of Modern Physics

by Robert Oerter

There are two scientific theories that, taken together, explain the entire universe. The first, which describes the force of gravity, is widely known: Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity. But the theory...

Relativity

by Albert Einstein

The Nobel Prize-winning scientist's presentation of his landmark theory According to Einstein himself, this book is intended ""to give an exact insight into the theory of Relativity to those readers who, from...

Noise

by Bart Kosko

From the well-known science commentator and bestselling author of Fuzzy Thinking comes a revelatory look at the phenomenon of noise

A celebrated maverick in the world of science, Bart Kosko introduced-and continues...

Relativity: The Special and the General Theory

by Albert Einstein

Robert Geroch builds on Einstein's work with commentary that addresses the ideas at the heart of the theory, bringing a modern understanding of relativity to the text. He elucidates how special relativity is...