Physics
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The Principia
$15.99 Read moreA groundbreaking work in the field of physics and mathematics. In this monumental work, Newton formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation, laying the foundation for classical mechanics an… [more below]
- Author: Newton, Isaac
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 716
- Publish Date: February 12 2024
- ISBN10: 9358562161
- Language: English
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Nuclear Physics
$30.00 Add to cartFrom the Nobel Prize-winning physicist who developed the famous uncertainty principle, Nuclear Physics provides an in-depth look at the study of the atom. The book was compiled from a series of Heisen… [more below]
- Author: Heisenberg, W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 236
- Publish Date: January 01 1953
- ISBN10: 0802207065
- Language: English
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The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?
$25.99 Add to cart“What Stephen Hawking did for cosmology, Leon Lederman does for particle physics” (Dallas Morning News) in The God Particle, a funny and fascinating look at the universe from the Nobel Prize-winning p… [more below]
- Author: Lederman, Leon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: June 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0618711686
- Language: English
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Statistical Thermodynamics
$9.95 Add to cartNobel laureate’s brilliant attempt to develop a simple, unified standard method of dealing with all cases of statistical thermodynamics – classical, quantum, Bose-Einstein, Fermi-Dirac, etc.
- Series: Dover Books on Physics
- Author: Schrodinger, Erwin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 01 1989
- ISBN10: 0486661016
- Language: English
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States of Matter
$28.95 Add to cartThis unique overview by a prominent CalTech physicist provides a modern, rigorous, and integrated treatment of the key physical principles and techniques related to gases, liquids, solids, and their p… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Physics
- Author: Goodstein, David L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: August 20 2014
- ISBN10: 048664927X
- Language: English
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Topology and Geometry for Physicists
$16.95 Add to cartDifferential geometry and topology are essential tools for many theoretical physicists, particularly in the study of condensed matter physics, gravity, and particle physics. Written by physicists for … [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Mathematics
- Author: Nash, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 17 2011
- ISBN10: 0486478521
- Language: English
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Quantum Physics Workbook For Dummies
$19.99 Add to cartHands-on practice in solving quantum physics problems
Quantum Physics is the study of the behavior of matter and energy at the molecular, atomic, nuclear, and even smaller microscopic levels. Like the
- Series: For Dummies
- Author: Holzner, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0470525894
- Language: English
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Cats’ Paws and Catapults: Mechanical Worlds of Nature and People
$26.99 Add to cartNature and humans build their devices with the same earthly materials and use them in the same air and water, pulled by the same gravity. Why, then, do their designs diverge so sharply? Humans, for in… [more below]
- Author: Vogel, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 18 2009
- ISBN10: 0393319903
- Language: English
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Nothing: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThis short, smart book tells you everything you need to know about “nothing.” What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space–“nothing”–exist? To answer these questions, eminent scie… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Close, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: July 26 2009
- ISBN10: 0199225869
- Language: English
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The Universe Story: From the Primordial Flaring Forth to the Ecozoic Era–A Celebration of the Unfol
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the big bang to the present and into the next millenium, The Universe Story unites science and the humanities in a dramatic exploration of the unfolding of the universe, humanity’s evolving place… [more below]
- Author: Swimme, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 11 1994
- ISBN10: 0062508350
- Language: English
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The Physics of Football: Discover the Science of Bone-Crunching Hits, Soaring Field Goals, and Awe-Inspiring Passes
$18.99 Add to cartDo you cringe when a linebacker flattens a quarterback? Hold your breath when a field goal sails toward the goalpost? Watch in amazement as a touchdown pass spirals down the field? Behind those big hi
- Author: Gay, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 13 2013
- ISBN10: 60826347
- Language: English
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The Star Builders: Nuclear Fusion and the Race to Power the Planet
$17.99 Add to cartFrom a young, award-winning scientist, a “thoughtful and illuminating” (Nature) look at one of the most compelling and historic turning points of our time–the race to harness the power of the stars a… [more below]
- Author: Turrell, Arthur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 30 2022
- ISBN10: 1982130679
- Language: English
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Spacefarers: How Humans Will Settle the Moon, Mars, and Beyond
$21.00 Read moreA Telegraph Best Science Book of the Year
“A witty yet in-depth exploration of the prospects for human habitation beyond Earth…Spacefarers is accessible, authoritative, and in the end, inspiring.”
—- Author: Wanjek, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 0674271149
- Language: English
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Physics and Vertical Causation: The End of Quantum Reality
$19.95 Add to cartIncluding new material on the metaphysics of the integral cosmos, the author accomplishes a magnificent reintegration of the physical sciences with a worldview banished in the West since the Enlighte
- Author: Smith, Wolfgang
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 134
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 9798988576952
- Language: English
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Time Travel in Einstein’s Universe: The Physical Possibilities of Travel Through Time
$18.99 Add to cartIn this fascinating book, the renowned astrophysicist J. Richard Gott leads time travel out of the world of H. G. Wells and into the realm of scientific possibility. Building on theories posited by Ei
- Author: Gott, J. Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 19 2002
- ISBN10: 0618257357
- Language: English
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Science and Information Theory
$19.95 Add to cartGeared toward upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, this classic resource by a giant of 20th-century mathematics applies principles of information theory to Maxwell’s demon, thermodynamics… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Physics
- Author: Brillouin, Leon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 17 2013
- ISBN10: 0486497550
- Language: English
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Sources of Quantum Mechanics
$19.95 Add to cartMax Planck’s famous lecture of 1900 expressed quantum theory in its essential form, but his statement was just the beginning. This volume features seventeen early papers that developed quantum theory … [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Physics
- Author: Van Der Waerden, B. L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 02 2007
- ISBN10: 048645892X
- Language: English
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Gauge Theory and Variational Principles
$12.95 Add to cartDetailed and self-contained, this text supplements its rigor with intuitive ideas and is geared toward beginning graduate students and advanced undergraduates. Topics include principal fiber bundles a… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Physics
- Author: Bleecker, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: December 10 2005
- ISBN10: 0486445461
- Language: English
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The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World
$17.95 Add to cartIn this tour of the world’s most unexpected sounds, Trevor Cox–the “David Attenborough of the acoustic realm” (Observer)–discovers the world’s longest echo in a hidden oil cavern in Scotland, unlock
- Author: Cox, Trevor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 19 2015
- ISBN10: 0393350584
- Language: English
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Matter: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWhat is matter? Matter is the stuff from which we and all the things in the world are made. Everything around us — from desks, to books, to our own bodies — are made of atoms, which are small enough… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Cottrell, Geoff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 28 2019
- ISBN10: 019880654X
- Language: English
