Stephen W. Hawking, Kip S. Thorne, Igor Novikov, Et Al.
Where the science of black holes, gravitational waves, and time travel will likely lead us, as reported by spacetime's most important theoreticians and observers.More
Mario Salvadori
Here is a clear and enthusiastic introduction to building methods from
ancient time to the present day, illustrated throughout with line
drawings. In addition, Mr. Salvadori discusses recent advances in
science and technology that have had important effects on the planning
and construction of buildings.More
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
Richard P. Feynman, Ralph Leighton
The New York Times bestseller: sequel to "Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!"—funny, poignant, instructive.More
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
John Archibald Wheeler, Kenneth Ford
The autobiography of one of the preeminent figures in twentieth-century physics.More
David Goodstein, Judith R. Goodstein
"Glorious."—Wall Street JournalMore
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
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
Kip S. Thorne, Stephen W. Hawking
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
Hans C. Ohanian, Remo Ruffini
Second Edition
A remarkable book has just been made even better.More
Hans C. Ohanian
Principles of Physics is a textbook for a one year algebra-based introduction physics course. The book is intended for students in the life sciences, the premedical curriculum, the earth and environmental sciences, and the liberal arts.More
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
A.P. French, Edwin F. Taylor
Quantum physics concerns the behavior of the smallest things we know. These smallest things are very small indeed. Although the world of the very small is remote from our senses, it shapes everyday experience.More
A.P. French
The text material in the present volume is designed to be a more or less self-contained introduction to Newtonian mechanics, such that a student with little or no grounding in the subject can, by beginning at the beginning, be brought gradually to a level of considerable proficiency.More