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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679601050Author Albert EinsteinFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398824812Author Robert SneddenFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint ArcturusPublisher Arcturus Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 760gDimensions(mm) 248mm *...

NOW A MAJOR SERIES 'GENIUS' ON NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, PRODUCED BY RON HOWARD AND STARRING GEOFFREY RUSHEinstein is the great icon of our age: the kindly refugee from oppression whose wild halo of hair, twinkling eyes, engaging humanity and extraordinary...

Cosmology is in crisis. The more we discover, the more puzzling the universe appears to be. How and why are the laws of nature what they are? A philosopher and a physicist, world-renowned for their radical ideas in their fields, argue for a revolution...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486671642Author Frederick W. ByronFormat PaperbackPage Count 665Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

A unique insight into one of science's greatest minds of the last half-century. Undoubtedly the most famous name in science and the very face of physics over the last half-century, Stephen Hawking was remarkable for many reasons. Not least because he...

Physics is the science that studies how our universe behaves: from the tiny subatomic world of particle physics to the cosmos of astrophysics and so much more in between.Mind Maps: Physics helps the reader to understand the importance of physics and to...

There is an explosion of interest in dynamical systems in the mathematical community as well as in many areas of science. The results have been truly exciting: systems which once seemed completely intractable from an analytic point of view can now be...

This book sheds new light on an amazing history, only partially known in the west: Russian cosmonautics and its spectacular record. From Laika, the cosmonaut dog, to Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, to Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781319365813Author Paul A. TiplerFormat PaperbackImprint W.H.Freeman & Co LtdPublisher Macmillan Learning

Here is a lively history of modern physics, as seen through the lives of thirty men and women from the pantheon of physics. William H. Cropper vividly portrays the life and accomplishments of such giants as Galileo and Isaac Newton, Marie Curie and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486446417Author Sadi CarnotFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 203gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789082802689Author Anne-Marie DelmotteFormat PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint D/2019/14.736/04/Delmotte Vibrating Energies ResonnantesPublisher D/2019/14...

The discovery of the Higgs boson made headlines around the world. Two scientists, Peter Higgs and Francois Englert, whose theories predicted its existence, shared a Nobel Prize. The discovery was the culmination of the largest experiment ever run, the...

This comprehensive textbook is devoted to classical and quantum cosmology, with particular emphasis on modern approaches to quantum gravity and string theory and on their observational imprint. It covers major challenges in theoretical physics such as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486659695Author David BohmFormat PaperbackPage Count 655Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 760gDimensions(mm)...

Most of us are clueless when it comes to the physics that makes our modern world so convenient. What's the simple science behind motion sensors, touch screens and toasters? How do we enter our offices using touch-on passes or find our way to new places...

Most of us are clueless when it comes to the physics that makes our modern world so convenient. What's the simple science behind motion sensors, touch screens and toasters? How do we enter our offices using touch-on passes or find our way to new places...

This book gives a readable non-mathematical account of the upbringing, education and academic achievement of John Stewart Bell, the celebrated physicist from Belfast, who was born in 1928. Bell has become famous for what he described as his 'hobby',...

A comprehensive look at the mathematics, physics, and philosophy of Henri PoincareHenri Poincare (1854-1912) was not just one of the most inventive, versatile, and productive mathematicians of all time-he was also a leading physicist who almost won a...

Risk control and derivative pricing have become of major concern to financial institutions, and there is a real need for adequate statistical tools to measure and anticipate the amplitude of the potential moves of the financial markets. Summarising...

Quantum theory confronts us with bizarre paradoxes which contradict the logic of classical physics. At the subatomic level, one particle seems to know what the others are doing, and according to Heisenberg's "uncertainty principle", there is a limit...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906958176Author Peter J CarrollFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint MandrakePublisher MandrakeWeight(grams) 250g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452289178Author Joseph MazurFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm) 195mm * 130mm * 15mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262047876Author Alan ChodosFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

What can fashionable ideas, blind faith, or pure fantasy possibly have to do with the scientific quest to understand the universe? Surely, theoretical physicists are immune to mere trends, dogmatic beliefs, or flights of fancy? In fact, acclaimed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486217697Author Harry F. OlsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Not since Newton's apple has there been a physics phenomenon as deliciously appealing to the masses as Frank Close's Cosmic Onion. Widely embraced by scientists and laypersons alike, the book quickly became an international bestseller. Translated into...

Nearly two decades in the making, The Warped Side of Our Universe marks the historic collaboration of Nobel Laureate Kip Thorne and award-winning artist Lia Halloran. It brings to vivid life the wonders and wildness of our universe's "Warped...

You are surrounded by stickiness. With every step you take, air molecules cling to you and slow you down; the effect is harder to ignore in water. When you hit the road, whether powered by pedal or engine, you rely on grip to keep you safe. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375714597Author Joseph SchwartzFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 210gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

Make: High-Power Rockets is for all the science geeks who look at the moon and try to figure out where Neil Armstrong walked, watch in awe as rockets lift off, and want to fly their own model rockets. Starting with an overview of mid- and high-power...

In addition to his ground-breaking research, Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg is known for a series of highly praised texts on various aspects of physics, combining exceptional physical insight with his gift for clear exposition. Describing the foundations...

Never Lose Your Nerve! chronicles the ups and downs of a Nobel Laureate's life. Professor Alan J Heeger was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2000 together with Professor Alan G MacDiarmid and Professor Hideki Shirakawa. Filled with humor, this...

The science of ballistics has a long history and starts with one question: How does a projectile move through the air? Even before physicists worked that one out, military engineers had been tinkering with ballistic devices for centuries. The trebuchet...

Exam Board: WJECLevel: GCSESubject: PhysicsFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2018Welsh edition. Help students to apply and develop their knowledge and understanding of Physics with this textbook that builds mathematical skills, provides...

Every Thing Must Go argues that the only kind of metaphysics that can contribute to objective knowledge is one based specifically on contemporary science as it really is, and not on philosophers' a priori intuitions, common sense, or simplifications of...

Exam Board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: PhysicsFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: Summer 2018Unlock your students' full potential with these revision guides from our best-selling series My Revision Notes.With My Revision Notes your students can:-...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486409269Author Hans ReichenbachFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...