Physics

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  1. Book ImageWhy Buildings Fall Down: Why Structures Fail

    Matthys Levy, Mario Salvadori, Kevin Woest

    The authors examine buildings of all kinds, from ancient domes like Istanbul's Hagia Sophia to the state-of-the-art Hartford Civic Arena. Their subjects range from the man-caused destruction of the Parthenon to the earthquake damage of 1989 in Armenia and San Francisco.More

  2. Book ImageWhat Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character

    Richard P. Feynman

    The best-selling sequel to "Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!"—funny, poignant, instructive.More

  3. Book ImageTuva or Bust!: Richard Feynman's Last Journey

    Ralph Leighton

    As a stamp-collecting boy always fascinated by remote places, Nobel Prize–winning physicist Richard Feynman was particularly taken by the diamond-shaped stamps from a place called Tannu Tuva deep within Outer Mongolia. He hoped, someday, to travel there.More

  4. Book ImageGeons, Black Holes, and Quantum Foam: A Life in Physics

    Kenneth W. Ford, John Archibald Wheeler

    The autobiography of one of the preeminent figures in twentieth-century physics.More

  5. Book ImageFeynman's Lost Lecture

    David L. Goodstein, Judith R. Goodstein

    "Glorious."—Wall Street JournalMore

  6. Book ImageNo Ordinary Genius: The Illustrated Richard Feynman

    Richard P. Feynman, Christopher Sykes

    An intimate, moving, and funny account of the remarkable life and times of Richard Feynman—the most extraordinary scientist of his age.More

  7. Book ImageNewton

    Isaac Newton, I. Bernard Cohen, Richard S. Westfall

    At last—an illuminating and accessible edition of Isaac Newton's writings, intended for nonspecialist readers. I. Bernard Cohen and Richard S. Westfall have meticulously collected representative works from every major aspect of Newton's intellectual life.More

  8. Book ImageBlack Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy

    Kip S. Thorne

    Ever since Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity burst upon the world in 1915 some of the most brilliant minds of our century have sought to decipher the mysteries bequeathed by that theory, a legacy so unthinkable in some respects that even Einstein himself rejected them.More

  9. Book ImageGravitation and Spacetime

    Hans C. Ohanian, Remo Ruffini

    Second Edition

    A remarkable book has just been made even better.More

  10. Book ImagePrinciples of Physics

    Hans C. Ohanian

  11. Book ImageThe Birth of a New Physics

    I. Bernard Cohen

    Revised and Updated

    The earth circles the sun every year and rotates on its axis every twenty-four hours. The earth does not stand still.More

  12. Book ImageIntroduction to Quantum Physics

    A. P. French, Edwin F. Taylor

  13. Book ImageNewtonian Mechanics

    A. P. French

  14. Book ImageVibrations and Waves

    A. P. French

  15. Book ImageSpecial Relativity

    A. P. French

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