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Physics: A Very Short Introduction by Sidney Perkowitz
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.30Physics, the fundamental science of matter and energy, encompasses all levels of nature from the subatomic to the cosmic, and underlies much of the technology around us. Understanding the physics of... -
Science Sketches: The Universe from Different Angles by Sidney Perkowitz
RRP: £37.99Booksplease Price: £34.89This book is the second collection of over 50 articles and essays authored by Sidney Perkowitz. Appearing in diverse outlets such as Discover, Washington Post, Aeon, Los Angeles Review of Books,... -
Hollywood Science: Movies, Science, and the End of the World by Sidney Perkowitz 9780231142816
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £19.46Whether depicting humans battling aliens or a brave geologist saving lives as a volcano erupts, science-fiction films are an exciting visual and sensuous introduction to the workings of science and... -
Real Scientists Don't Wear Ties: When Science Meets Culture Sidney Perkowitz 9789814800686
RRP: £21.95Booksplease Price: £21.26Real Scientists Don't Wear Ties links science to general and popular culture and everyday life in an easy-to-understand style. When a gifted writer of science selects his best pieces published in the... -
Slow Light: Invisibility, Teleportation, And Other Mysteries Of Light Sidney Perkowitz (Emory Univ, Usa) 9781848167520
RRP: £16.00Booksplease Price: £15.24Slow Light is a popular treatment of today's astonishing breakthroughs in the science of light. Even though we don't understand light's quantum mysteries, we can slow it to a stop and speed it up... -
A Degree in a Book: Physics: Everything You Need to Know to Master the Subject - in One Book! Sidney Perkowitz 9781398826410
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £14.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398826410Author Sidney PerkowitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint ArcturusPublisher Arcturus... -
Frankenstein: How A Monster Became an Icon: The Science and Enduring Allure of Mary Shelley's Creation Sidney Perkowitz 9781681776293
RRP: £39.00Booksplease Price: £32.07The tale of a tormented creature created in a laboratory began on a rainy night in 1816 in the imagination of a nineteen-year-old Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, newly married to the celebrated Romantic... -
Frankenstein: How a Monster Became an Icon: The Science and Enduring Allure of Mary Shelley's Creation by Sidney Perkowitz 9781643131405
RRP: £23.95Booksplease Price: £19.35The tale of a tormented creature created in a laboratory began on a rainy night in 1816 in the imagination of a nineteen-year-old Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, newly married to the celebrated Romantic... -
A Degree in a Book: Physics: Everything You Need to Know to Master the Subject - In One Book! by Sidney Perkowitz 9781398850354
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £18.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398850354Author Sidney PerkowitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint ArcturusPublisher Arcturus... -
Taking Science to the People: A Communication Primer for Scientists and Engineers by Carolyn Johnsen 9780803220522
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £9.65The American public, government, and the news media continually grapple with myriad policy issues related to science and technology. Those issues include global warming, energy, stem-cell research,... -
Wizards, Aliens, and Starships: Physics and Math in Fantasy and Science Fiction by Charles L. Adler 9780691147154
RRP: £28.00Booksplease Price: £23.83From teleportation and space elevators to alien contact and interstellar travel, science fiction and fantasy writers have come up with some brilliant and innovative ideas. Yet how plausible are these... -
Atomic Doctors: Conscience and Complicity at the Dawn of the Nuclear Age by James L. Nolan 9780674248632
RRP: £24.95Booksplease Price: £21.86An unflinching examination of the moral and professional dilemmas faced by physicians who took part in the Manhattan Project.After his father died, James L. Nolan, Jr., took possession of a box of...