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The Black Book of Quantum Chromodynamics: A Primer for the LHC Era by John Campbell 9780199652747
$100.25This is an open access title. It is available to read and download as a free PDF version on Oxford Academic and is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The Black Book of Quantum Chromodynamics is an in-depth introduction to... -
Invisible Universe, The: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, And The Origin And End Of The Universe by Antonino Del Popolo
RRP: $45.15$39.93This book describes some of the frontier problems of cosmology: our almost total ignorance of what the Universe is made up of, the mystery of its origin and its end. The book starts with a description of the historical events that led to the construction... -
Radioactivity: A Very Short Introduction by Claudio Tuniz 9780199692422
RRP: $11.60$8.32You cannot hide from radioactivity. Even the book you are holding is slightly radioactive, but there are more serious risks. Radioactivity - the breakdown of unstable atomic nuclei, releasing radiation - is a fundamental process in nature. It is a... -
Beyond Einstein: Superstrings and the Quest for the Final Theory by Michio Kaku 9780192861962 [USED COPY]
RRP: $34.17$2.43What is superstring theory and why is it important? Can superstrings offer the fulfilment of Einstein's lifelong dream of a Theory of Everything? Co-authored by Michio Kaku, one of the leading pioneers of superstrings, this is a thrilling account of the... -
Beyond Einstein: Superstrings and the Quest for the Final Theory by Michio Kaku 9780192861962
RRP: $34.17$28.86What is superstring theory and why is it important? Can superstrings offer the fulfilment of Einstein's lifelong dream of a Theory of Everything? Co-authored by Michio Kaku, one of the leading pioneers of superstrings, this is a thrilling account of the... -
The Theory Of Almost Everything: The Standard Model, the Unsung Triumphs of Modern Physics by Robert Oerter
RRP: $16.76$13.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452287860Author Robert OerterFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 309g -
The New Cosmic Onion: Quarks and the Nature of the Universe Frank Close 9781584887980
RRP: $61.91$53.93Not 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... -
Beyond Uncertainty: Heisenberg, Quantum Physics, and The Bomb by David C. Cassidy
RRP: $23.21$16.38"A fascinating, well-documented biography." --New York Times Book Review "A monumental effort." --New York Review of Books "An excellent piece of science writing...Cassidy does not so much exculpate Heisenberg as explain him, with a transparency that... -
Trinity: a Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm
$15.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780809093557Author Jonathan Fetter-VormFormat PaperbackImprint Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.Publisher Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S. -
Baby Loves Angular Momentum on Hanukkah! Ruth Spiro 9781623541903
RRP: $10.31$7.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623541903Author Ruth SpiroPage Count 20Imprint Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.Publisher Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S. -
The Nature of the Atom: An Introduction to the Structured Atom Model by Edo Kaal
$43.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838128029Author Edo KaalFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Curtis PressPublisher Curtis PressWeight(grams) 440g -
Particle Physics Brian R. Martin (University College, London) 9781118912164
RRP: $61.86$55.19An accessible and carefully structured introduction to Particle Physics, including important coverage of the Higgs Boson and recent progress in neutrino physics. Fourth edition of this successful title in the Manchester Physics seriesIncludes information... -
Principles of Quantum Mechanics by R. Shankar 9780306447907
RRP: $96.74$93.90R. Shankar has introduced major additions and updated key presentations in this second edition of Principles of Quantum Mechanics. New features of this innovative text include an entirely rewritten mathematical introduction, a discussion of Time-reversal... -
Surfaces by Gary Attard
$41.67This primer provides an introduction to the subject of surfaces at the level of undergraduates and first year postgraduates. There are three chapters, the first concerns basic thermodynamic material used to understand the properties of surfaces... -
Modern Elementary Particle Physics: Explaining and Extending the Standard Model by Gordon Kane
RRP: $67.07$59.16This book is written for students and scientists wanting to learn about the Standard Model of particle physics. Only an introductory course knowledge about quantum theory is needed. The text provides a pedagogical description of the theory, and... -
Nuclear Fusion: The Race to Build a Mini-Sun on Earth by Sharon Ann Holgate
RRP: $12.89$8.64'Holgate guides us expertly and with a deft touch along the journey towards the holy grail of unlimited energy for all.' - JIM AL-KHALILI'What is nuclear fusion? In clear and accessible language, this book explains the basics and the hope for the future... -
Matter: A Very Short Introduction by Geoff Cottrell 9780198806547 [USED COPY]
RRP: $11.60$10.31What is matter? Matter is the stuff from which we and all the things in the world are made. Everything around us, from desks, to books, to our own bodies are made of atoms, which are small enough that a million of them can fit across the breadth of a... -
Matter: A Very Short Introduction by Geoff Cottrell
RRP: $11.60$8.32What is matter? Matter is the stuff from which we and all the things in the world are made. Everything around us, from desks, to books, to our own bodies are made of atoms, which are small enough that a million of them can fit across the breadth of a... -
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance by Peter Hore
RRP: $42.56$40.31The renowned Oxford Chemistry Primers series, which provides focused introductions to a range of important topics in chemistry, has been refreshed and updated to suit the needs of today's students, lecturers, and postgraduate researchers. The rigorous,... -
Whole Earth Discipline by Stewart Brand
RRP: $16.76$11.04The green movement used to protect the earth from mankind; now they need to protect mankind from the earth. In Whole Earth Discipline, Stewart Brand argues that in order to do this, they urgently need to abandon much conventional environmental wisdom,... -
Meltdown: Stories of nuclear disaster and the human cost of going critical by Joel Levy
RRP: $11.60$8.00Meltdown investigates and recreates the dramatic events behind the most notorious nuclear accidents in history, as well as those shrouded in secrecy. Combining human tragedy with intriguing science, each account reveals new aspects of humanity's complex... -
Future Of Fusion Energy, The by Jason Parisi
RRP: $58.05$50.94'The text provides an interesting history of previous and anticipated accomplishments, ending with a chapter on the relationship of fusion power to nuclear weaponry. They conclude on an optimistic note, well worth being understood by the general public... -
What's Gotten Into You: The Story of Your Body's Atoms, from the Big Bang Through Last Night's Dinner by Dan Levitt
RRP: $32.25$21.71For readers of Bill Bryson, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Siddhartha Mukherjee, a wondrous, wildly ambitious, and vastly entertaining work of popular science that tells the awe-inspiring story of the elements that make up the human body, and how these building... -
Nuclear Physics: Principles and Applications John Lilley (The University of Manchester) 9780471979364
RRP: $52.83$46.81This title provides the latest information on nuclear physics. Based on a course entitled Applications of Nuclear Physics. Written from an experimental point of view this text is broadly divided into two parts, firstly a general introduction to Nuclear... -
Too Big for a Single Mind: How the Greatest Generation of Physicists Uncovered the Quantum World by Tobias Hürter 9781891011177
RRP: $24.45$15.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards (Science/Technology) 2022.Book InformationISBN 9781891011177Author Tobias H rterFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint... -
Churchill's Bomb: A hidden history of Britain's first nuclear weapons programme by Graham Farmelo
RRP: $19.34$12.64Churchill's Bomb - from the author of the Costa award-winning biography The Strangest Man - reveals a new aspect of Winston Churchill's life, so far completely neglected by historians: his relations with his nuclear scientists, and his management of... -
Mind, Matter and Quantum Mechanics by Henry P. Stapp 9783642434983
RRP: $64.49$49.45"Scientists other than quantum physicists often fail to comprehend the enormity of the conceptual change wrought by quantum theory in our basic conception of the nature of matter," writes Henry Stapp. Stapp is a leading quantum physicist who has given... -
The New Ambidextrous Universe: Symmetry and Asymmetry from Mirror Reflections to Superstrings by Martin Gardner 9780486442440
RRP: $21.92$15.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486442440Author Martin GardnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Higgs: The invention and discovery of the 'God Particle' by Jim Baggott 9780199679577
RRP: $15.47$10.87The hunt for the Higgs particle has involved the biggest, most expensive experiment ever. So exactly what is this particle? Why does it matter so much? What does it tell us about the Universe? Did the discovery announced on 4 July 2012 finish the search?... -
Day At Cern, A: Guided Tour Through The Heart Of Particle Physics by Gautier Depambour
RRP: $32.25$28.11'This brief book offers an interesting, fun, and widely accessible first-person tour of CERN, the European Center for Nuclear Research, the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. The facilities at CERN include the Large Hadron Collider (LHC),... -
A Map of the Invisible: Journeys into Particle Physics by Jonathan Butterworth
RRP: $14.18$10.02A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'A magnificent, compelling and insightful voyage to the frontier of knowledge from a great writer with a deep understanding.' Brian CoxWhat is the universe really made of? How do we know? Follow the map of the invisible to... -
Atomic Physics: Precise Measurements and Ultracold Matter by Massimo Inguscio 9780198525851
$52.90This book illustrates the history of Atomic Physics and shows how its most recent advances allow the possibility of performing precise measurements and achieving an accurate control on the atomic state. Written in an introductory style, this book is... -
Radioactivity: A History of a Mysterious Science by C. Marjorie Malley 9780199766413
RRP: $38.69$25.17This is the story of a new science. Beginning with an obscure discovery in 1896, radioactivity led researchers on a quest for understanding that ultimately confronted the intersection of knowledge and mystery. Mysterious from the start, radioactivity... -
A Slow Death: 83 Days of Radiation Sickness by NHK TV
RRP: $16.76$9.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942993544Author NHK TV CrewFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Vertical, Inc.Publisher Vertical, Inc.Weight(grams) 203g -
The Strategy of the Genes C.H. Waddington 9781138998131
RRP: $59.33$51.77First published in 1957, this essential classic work bridged the gap between analytical and theoretical biology, thus setting the insights of the former in a context which more sensitively reflects the ambiguities surrounding many of its core concepts... -
Marie Curie: The Pioneer, The Nobel Laureate Richard Gunderman 9780233006178
RRP: $25.80$17.74Marie Curie coined the term 'radioactivity', and it is to her and her husband, Pierre Curie, that we owe much of our current understanding of the very fabric of reality. Born in Warsaw, Marie was the fifth and youngest child of teachers. Her father... -
Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States by Alex Wellerstein
RRP: $39.99$29.99The American atomic bomb was born in secrecy. From the moment scientists first conceived of its possibility to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and beyond, there were efforts to control the spread of nuclear information and the newly discovered... -
A Modern Primer in Particle and Nuclear Physics by Francesco Terranova 9780192845245
RRP: $107.07$100.48A Modern Primer in Particle and Nuclear Physics provides a cohesive introduction to the fundamentals of the field and is designed to be accessible to undergraduate students. The textbook provides an ideal entry point and presents the modern concepts,... -
The World of Andrei Sakharov: A Russian Physicist's Path to Freedom by Gennady E. Gorelik 9780195156201
RRP: $40.62$27.53How did Andrei Sakharov, a theoretical physicist and the acknowledged father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, become a human rights activist and the first Russian to win the Nobel Peace Prize? In his later years, Sakharov noted in his diary that he was... -
Present at the Creation: Discovering the Higgs Boson by Amir D. Aczel 9780307591821
RRP: $19.34$15.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307591821Author Amir D. AczelFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)Publisher...