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The Complete Idiot's Guide to String Theory

by George Musser

We're living in the midst of a scientific revolution that's captured the general public's attention and imagination. The aim of this new revolution is to develop a "theory of everything"-a set of laws of physics...

The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Physics

by Johnnie T. Dennis

Pocket-sized help for understanding the universe.

An understanding of physics has produced everything from electric motors and generators, to radio and television, to lasers and nuclear reactors. Physics addresses...

Warped Passages

by Lisa Randall

The universe has many secrets. It may hide additional dimensions of space other than the familier three we recognize. There might even be another universe adjacent to ours, invisible and unattainable . . . for...

Who Turned Out the Lights?

by Scott Bittle & Jean Johnson

From the editors of PublicAgenda.org, an entertaining, irreverent, and absolutely essential nonpartisan guide to the energy crisis

Energy: It's a problem that never goes away (despite our best efforts as a nation...

It Doesn't Take a Rocket Scientist: Great Amateurs of Science

by John Malone

Did you know. . .

. . . that the woman who discovered the largest and most complete T. rex fossil on record was a high-school dropout who became one of the world's greatest fossil hunters? . . . that the great...

Unsolved Mysteries of Science: A Mind-Expanding Journey through a Universe of Big Bangs, Particle Waves, and Other Perplexing Concepts

by John Malone

A LIVELY EXPLORATION OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS IN SCIENCE

How Did the Universe Begin?

The Big Bang has been the accepted theory for decades, but does it explain everything?

How Did Life on Earth Get Started?

What...

The Bit and the Pendulum: From Quantum Computing to M Theory--The New Physics of Information

by Tom Siegfried

"Funny, clear, deep, and right on target. [Siegfried] lets us get a handle on ideas that are essential for understanding the evolving world."

-K. C. Cole, author of The Universe and the Teacup

"An eager, ambitious...

Everything's Relative: And Other Fables from Science and Technology

by Tony Rothman

The surprising truth behind many of the most cherished "facts" in science history

Morse invented the telegraph, Bell the telephone, Edison the light bulb, and Marconi the radio . . . right? Well . . . the truth...

The Great Beyond: Higher Dimensions, Parallel Universes and the Extraordinary Search for a Theory of Everything

by Paul Halpern

The concept of multiple unperceived dimensions in the universe is one of the hottest topics in contemporary physics. It is essential to current attempts to explain gravity and the underlying structure of the...

The Complete Book of Spaceflight: From Apollo 1 to Zero Gravity

by David Darling

A commanding encyclopedia of the history and principles of spaceflight-from earliest conceptions to faster-than-light galaxy-hopping

Here is the first truly comprehensive guide to space exploration and propulsion,...

The Dancing Wu Li Masters

by Gary Zukav

With its unique combination of depth, clarity, and humor that has enchanted millions, this beloved classic by bestselling author Gary Zukav opens the fascinating world of quantum physics to readers with no mathematical...

How to Build a Time Machine

by Paul Davies

With his unique knack for making cutting-edge theoretical science effortlessly accessible, world-renowned physicist Paul Davies now tackles an issue that has boggled minds for centuries: Is time travel possible?...

Chemical Thermodynamics: Principles and Applications: Principles and Applications

by J. Bevan Ott & Juliana Boerio-Goates

Chemical Thermodynamics: Principles and Applications presents a thorough development of the principles of thermodynamics--an old

science to which the authors include the most modern applications, along with those...

Dynamics of Stochastic Systems

by Valery I. Klyatskin

Fluctuating parameters appear in a variety of physical systems and phenomena. They typically come either as random forces/sources, or advecting velocities, or media (material) parameters, like refraction index,...

The Engine of Complexity: Evolution as Computation

by John Mayfield

The concepts of evolution and complexity theory have become part of the intellectual ether permeating the life sciences, the social and behavioral sciences, and more recently, management science and economics....

Femtochemistry and Femtobiology: Ultrafast Events in Molecular Science

by Monique M. Martin & James T. Hynes

This book reflects the heights of knowledge of ultrafast chemical processes attained in these early years of the 21st century : the latest research in femtosecond and picosecond molecular processes in Chemistry...

Cracks and Fracture

by K. Bertram Broberg

Cracks and Fracture consists of nine chapters in logical sequence. In two introductory chapters, physical processes in the vicinity of the crack edge are discussed and the fracture process is described. Chapter...

Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe

by Lee Smolin

One of our foremost thinkers and public intellectuals offers a radical new view of the nature of time, and explores its implications for everything from physics and cosmology to economics and climate change....

Water at the Surface of Earth: An Introduction to Ecosystem Hydrodynamics

by David M. Miller

Water at the Surface of Earth

The Social Life of Nanotechnology

by Barbara Herr Harthorn & John W. Mohr

This book addresses the interconnections and tensions between technological development, the social benefits and risks of new technology, and the changing political economy of a global world system as they apply...