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Quantum Computer Science: An Introduction by N. David Mermin
RRP: $115.48Booksplease Price: $109.73In the 1990's it was realized that quantum physics has some spectacular applications in computer science. This book is a concise introduction to quantum computation, developing the basic elements of... -
It's About Time: Understanding Einstein's Relativity by N. David Mermin
RRP: $29.38Booksplease Price: $25.41A readable and entertaining look at how Einstein's special theory of relativity gives us a new understanding of the nature of timeRelativity ought to be an important part of everyone's education. Its... -
It's About Time: Understanding Einstein's Relativity by N. David Mermin 9780691141275
Booksplease Price: $44.94In It's About Time, N. David Mermin asserts that relativity ought to be an important part of everyone's education--after all, it is largely about time, a subject with which all are familiar. The book... -
Why Quark Rhymes with Pork: And Other Scientific Diversions by N. David Mermin 9781009633918
RRP: $46.18Booksplease Price: $43.13A collection of offbeat, entertaining and primarily nontechnical essays on physics and those who practice it, from eminent theoretical physicist N. David Mermin. Bringing together for the first time... -
Boojums All the Way through: Communicating Science in a Prosaic Age by N. David Mermin 9780521388801
RRP: $92.40Booksplease Price: $85.03Boojums All the Way Through is a collection of essays that deals in a variety of ways with the problem of communicating modern physics to both physicists and non-physicists. The author is Professor... -
Boojums All the Way through: Communicating Science in a Prosaic Age by N. David Mermin 9780521382311
RRP: $199.50Booksplease Price: $190.83Boojums All the Way Through is a collection of essays that deals in a variety of ways with the problem of communicating modern physics to both physicists and non-physicists. The author is Professor... -
Solid State Physics by Neil Ashcroft
Booksplease Price: $196.90This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of solid state physics for undergraduate students in physics, chemistry, engineering, and materials science.About the AuthorNeil W... -
Philosophy of Science and the Occult by Patrick Grim 9780791402047
Booksplease Price: $59.28This book both introduces the philosophy of science through examination of the occult and examines the occult rigorously enough to raise central issues in the philosophy of science. Placed in the... -
Coming of Age With Quantum Information: Notes on a Paulian Idea by Christopher A. Fuchs 9780521199261
RRP: $109.20Booksplease Price: $108.19A passionate and personal account of the early days of quantum information and quantum computing, this unique book is a collection of more than 500 letters between the author and many of the founders... -
Newton to Einstein: The Trail of Light: An Excursion to the Wave-Particle Duality and the Special Theory of Relativity by Ralph Baierlein
RRP: $105.00Booksplease Price: $94.63This undergraduate text takes the reader along the trail of light from Newton's particles to Einstein's relativity. Like the best detective stories, it presents clues and encourages the reader to... -
The Power of Imperfections: a Key to Technology, Love, Life and Survival by Peter Townsend 9780192857477
RRP: $68.23Booksplease Price: $61.91It may be surprising to focus on and praise imperfection, but, in reality, perfection is a fiction. Every aspect of our technologies is based on understanding and exploiting imperfections in the... -
Third Thoughts: The Universe We Still Don't Know by Steven Weinberg
RRP: $35.60Booksplease Price: $31.42"The phrase 'public intellectual' is much bandied about. Just a few real heavyweights in the world merit the title, and Steven Weinberg is preeminent among them."-Richard Dawkins"Weinberg has a knack... -
Philosophical Consequences of Quantum Theory: Reflections on Bell's Theorem by James T. Cushing
RRP: $46.18Booksplease Price: $39.44From the beginning, the implications of quantum theory for our most general understanding of the world have been a matter of intense debate. Einstein argues that the theory had to be regarded as...