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The Edge of Physics: A Journey to Earth's Extremes to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
Anil Ananthaswamy · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade; First Edition edition
Format: Book
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<DIV><DIV><DIV>In this deeply original book, science writer Anil Ananthaswamy sets out in search of the telescopes and detectors that promise to answer the biggest questions in modern cosmology. Why is the universe expanding at an ever faster rate? What is the nature... |
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Electric Universe: The Shocking True Story of Electricity
David Bodanis · Crown; First Edition edition
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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In his bestselling E=mc2, David Bodanis led us, with astonishing ease, through the world’s most famous equation. Now, in Electric Universe, he illuminates the wondrous yet invisible force that permeates our universe—and introduces us to the virtuoso scientists who plumbed its secrets.For... |
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Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People
Mahzarin R. Banaji · Delacorte Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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I know my own mind.I am able to assess others in a fair and accurate way.These self-perceptions are challenged by leading psychologists Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald as they explore the hidden biases we all carry from a lifetime of exposure to cultural attitudes about age,... |
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Welcome to the universe : an astrophysical tour
Neil deGrasse Tyson · Princeton University Press
Pages: 470
Format: Print book
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWelcome to the Universe is a personal guided tour of the cosmos by three of today's leading astrophysicists. Inspired by the enormously popular introductory astronomy course that Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott taught together at Princeton,... |
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Void: The Strange Physics of Nothing
James Owen Weatherall · Yale University Press
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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The rising star author of The Physics of Wall Street explores why "nothing" may hold the key to the next era of theoretical physics James Owen Weatherall's previous book, The Physics of Wall Street, was a New York Times best-seller and named one of Physics Today's five... |
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The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human
Noah Strycker · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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An entertaining and profound look at the lives of birds, illuminating their surprising world - and deep connection with humanity.Birds are highly intelligent animals, yet their intelligence is dramatically different from our own and has been little understood. As scientists come to understand... |
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Are Numbers Real?: The Uncanny Relationship of Mathematics and the Physical World
Brian Clegg · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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Have you ever wondered what humans did before numbers existed? How they organized their lives, traded goods, or kept track of their treasures? What would your life be like without them?Numbers began as simple representations of everyday things, but mathematics rapidly took on a life of its own,... |
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The Joy of Chemistry: The Amazing Science of Familiar Things
Cathy Cobb · Prometheus Books
Pages: 330
Format: Hardcover
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Discover the fun and fascination of chemistry through hands-on demonstrations For many, chemistry is perceived as a burdensome affair, weighed down with mathematics and restricted to well-guarded research facilities. While these facets of chemistry are certainly of paramount importance,... |
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Near-Earth Objects: Finding Them Before They Find Us
Donald K. Yeomans · Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Of all the natural disasters that could befall us, only an Earth impact by a large comet or asteroid has the potential to end civilization in a single blow. Yet these near-Earth objects also offer tantalizing clues to our solar system's origins, and someday could even serve as stepping-stones... |
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