Scientific Instruments
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Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
$26.99 Add to cartHave you ever tried to learn more about some incredible thing, only to be frustrated by incomprehensible jargon? Randall Munroe is here to help. In Thing Explainer, he uses line drawings and only the
- Author: Munroe, Randall
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: November 24, 2015
- ISBN10: 0544668251
- Language: English
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Signals from the Subatomic World: How to Build a Proton Precession Magnetometer
$24.95 Add to cartThe discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance earned Felix Bloch and Ed Purcell the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physics. What their discovery took advantage of, is that protons are the world’s smallest magnets…. [more below]
- Author: Hollos, Stefan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 164
- Publish Date: May 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1887187006
- Language: English
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The Hubble Cosmos: 25 Years of New Vistas in Space
$50.00 Read moreCelebrating NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope’s remarkable 25 years, this book is filled with brilliant imagery and offers a new understanding of the universe. Relive key moments in the monumental Hubble … [more below]
- Author: DeVorkin, David H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 06 2015
- ISBN10: 1426215576
- Language: English
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The History of the Telescope
$29.95 Add to cartThis remarkable history encompasses not only the achievements of the early inventors and astronomers but also the less frequently recounted stories of the instrument makers and of the actual instrumen… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Astronomy
- Author: King, Henry C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: November 02 2011
- ISBN10: 0486432653
- Language: English
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Adventures with a Microscope
$16.99 Read moreWith a simple microscope and this book, you can embark on 59 wonderful adventures in the natural world — make discoveries about the structures of numerous microscopic animals; find out what everyday … [more below]
- Author: Headstrom, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 01 1977
- ISBN10: 0486234711
- Language: English
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Edison
$24.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edmund Morris comes a revelatory new biography of Thomas Alva Edison, the most prolific genius in American history.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST- Author: Morris, Edmund
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 800
- Publish Date: November 03 2020
- ISBN10: 0812983211
- Language: English
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Harmonograph: A Visual Guide to the Mathematics of Music
$8.95 Add to cartWhy did Pythagoras pause outside a Blacksmith’s workshop? Can the nature of Harmony really be understood visually? Why do harmonies leave gaps or ‘commas’ when added together? In this charming pocket … [more below]
- Series: Wooden Books North America Editions
- Author: Ashton, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1952178045
- Language: English
