Physics

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  1. Book Image"What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character

    Richard P. Feynman, Ralph Leighton

    The New York Times bestseller: sequel to "Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!"—funny, poignant, instructive.More

  2. 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

  3. Book ImageBlack Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy

    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

  4. Book ImageDeath by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries

    Neil deGrasse Tyson

    A vibrant collection of essays on the cosmos from the nation's best-known astrophysicist. “One of today’s best popularizers of science.”—Kirkus Reviews.More

  5. Book ImageEinstein's Clocks and Poincare's Maps: Empires of Time

    Peter Galison

    "More than a history of science; it is a tour de force in the genre."—New York Times Book ReviewMore

  6. Book ImageEinstein's Cosmos: How Albert Einstein's Vision Transformed Our Understanding of Space and Time

    Michio Kaku

    In paperback for the centenary of the discovery of relativity, "a fresh and highly visual tour through Einstein's astonishing legacy" (Brian Greene).More

  7. Book ImageEnergy, Environment, and Climate

    Richard Wolfson

    In this new study of energy use and global climate change, Richard Wolfson outlines basic science concepts as well as specific, contemporary applications in energy production and their environmental consequences.More

  8. Book ImageEnergy, Environment, and Climate

    Richard Wolfson

    Second Edition

    Emphasizes climate change as an energy-related environmental issue.More

  9. Book ImageEverything and More: A Compact History of Infinity

    David Foster Wallace, Neal Stephenson

    "A gripping guide to the modern taming of the infinite."—The New York Times. With a new introduction by Neal Stephenson.More

  10. Book ImageFeynman's Lost Lecture

    David Goodstein, Judith R. Goodstein

    "Glorious."—Wall Street JournalMore

  11. Book ImageThe Future of Spacetime

    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

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

    John Archibald Wheeler, Kenneth Ford

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

  13. Book ImageGravitation and Spacetime

    Hans C. Ohanian, Remo Ruffini

    Second Edition

    A remarkable book has just been made even better.More

  14. Book ImageIntroduction to Quantum Physics

    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

  15. Book ImageThe New Time Travelers: A Journey to the Frontiers of Physics

    David Toomey

    The story of physicists' quest to answer a mind-boggling question: How can we travel through time?More

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