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
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Richard P. Feynman
The best-selling 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
Kenneth W. Ford, John Archibald Wheeler
The autobiography of one of the preeminent figures in twentieth-century physics.More
David L. Goodstein, Judith R. Goodstein
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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
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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
Hans C. Ohanian, Remo Ruffini
Second Edition
A remarkable book has just been made even better.More
Hans C. Ohanian
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
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