Corinne Stockley

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

North Carolina

Science

With clear definitions, comprehensive cross-referencing, full-colour illustrations and a detailed index, 'The Usborne Illustrated Dictionary of Science' is written for students of chemistry, physics and biology.

Illustrated Dictionary of Science

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#science #evolution #cosmos #mystery #physics #galaxy #energy 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Connecticut

The Hidden Science and Lost Civilizations Behind the 2012 Prophecies

A companion to a popular 10-part Internet documentary series assesses the scientific, cultural and historical relevance of the year 2012 to explain how the year may mark the beginning of a more positive age, providing coverage of topics ranging from consciousness science and wormholes to the Mayan calendar and three-dimensional time. 20,000 first printing.

The Source Field Investigations

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Gregory Mone

Used in a classroom library - some wear and tear 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New Mexico

From the basics of physics to big questions about the nature of space and time, celebrated astrophysicist and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down the mysteries of the cosmos into bite-sized pieces. Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry describes the fundamental rules and unknowns of our universe clearly--and with Tyson's characteristic wit, there's a lot of fun thrown in, too.

This adaptation by Gregory Mone includes full-color photos, infographics, and extra explanations to make even the trickiest concepts accessible. Building on the wonder inspired by outer space, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry introduces an exciting field and the principles of scientific inquiry to young readers.

Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

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Lawrence M. Krauss

Stephen Hawking

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Cosmic poker game - Matter, matter everywhere - Invisible universe.

The Physics of Star Trek

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#Physics #science #scientists #engineers #engineering 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Georgia

Volume 1

This edition of the standard text for introductory physics courses taken by science and engineering students has been extensively revised, with new artwork and updated examples. A wide range of innovative pedagogical features have also been added. Twentieth century developments such as quantum mechanics are introduced early on, so that students can appreciate their importance and see how they fit into the bigger picture. Now also includes a relativity minichapter.

Physics for Scientists and Engineers

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Jesse M. Kinder

Philip Nelson

California

Physics

Second Edition

"Python is a computer programming language that is rapidly gaining popularity throughout the sciences. A Student's Guide to Python for Physical Modeling aims to help you, the student, teach yourself enough of the Python programming language to get started with physical modeling. You will learn how to install an open-source Python programming environment and use it to accomplish many common scientific computing tasks: importing, exporting, and visualizing data; numerical analysis; and simulation. No prior programming experience is assumed."--

A Student's Guide to Python for Physical Modeling

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#educational #college #paperback #physics

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Arizona

ten basic ideas of twentieth-century physics that everyone should know. . . and how they shaped our culture and consciousness.

Offers a humanistic and cultural view of modern physics

Physics for the Rest of Us

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Leonard Mlodinow

The best-selling author of A Brief History of Time presents a new study of the cosmos that will blow peoples' minds, presented in clear, concise language this is easy to understand.

The Grand Design

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Katie Mack

(Astrophysically Speaking)

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2020
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY * THE WASHINGTON POST * THE ECONOMIST * NEW SCIENTIST * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY * THE GUARDIAN

"A thrilling tour of potential cosmic doomsdays....Mack's infectious enthusiasm for communicating the finer points of cosmological doom elevates The End of Everything over any other book on the topic." --The Wall Street Journal

"I found it helpful--not reassuring, certainly, but mind-expanding--to be reminded of our place in a vast cosmos." --James Gleick, The New York Times Book Review

From one of the most dynamic rising stars in astrophysics, an accessible and eye-opening look at five ways the universe could end, and the mind-blowing lessons each scenario reveals about the most important concepts in cosmology.

We know the universe had a beginning. With the Big Bang, it expanded from a state of unimaginable density to an all-encompassing cosmic fireball to a simmering fluid of matter and energy, laying down the seeds for everything from black holes to one rocky planet orbiting a star near the edge of a spiral galaxy that happened to develop life as we know it. But what happens to the universe at the end of the story? And what does it mean for us now?

Dr. Katie Mack has been contemplating these questions since she was a young student, when her astronomy professor informed her the universe could end at any moment, in an instant. This revelation set her on the path toward theoretical astrophysics. Now, with lively wit and humor, she takes us on a mind-bending tour through five of the cosmos's possible finales: the Big Crunch, Heat Death, the Big Rip, Vacuum Decay (the one that could happen at any moment!), and the Bounce. Guiding us through cutting-edge science and major concepts in quantum mechanics, cosmology, string theory, and much more, The End of Everything is a wildly fun, surprisingly upbeat ride to the farthest reaches of all that we know.

The End of Everything

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Louisiana

In thirteen essays and one extended interview Hawking discusses imaginary time, how black holes can give birth to baby universes, and scientists' efforts to find a complete unified theory that would predict everything in the universe.

Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays

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Time is perhaps the greatest mystery in physics. Despite the fact that the fundamental laws of physics don't distinguish between past and future, we do. And so, for over a century the greatest minds have sought to understand why time seems to flow in one direction, ever forward. 
In this book, Professor Julian Barbour offers a radically new answer: it doesn't.

#science #science #cosmos #time #past #future #physics #space #galaxies #space 

Vermont

A New Theory of Time

In a universe filled by chaos and disorder, one physicist makes the radical argument that the growth of order drives the passage of time -- and shapes the destiny of the universe.
 
Time is among the universe's greatest mysteries. Why, when most laws of physics allow for it to flow forward and backward, does it only go forward? Physicists have long appealed to the second law of thermodynamics, held to predict the increase of disorder in the universe, to explain this. In The Janus Point, physicist Julian Barbour argues that the second law has been misapplied and that the growth of order determines how we experience time. In his view, the big bang becomes the "Janus point," a moment of minimal order from which time could flow, and order increase, in two directions. The Janus Point has remarkable implications: while most physicists predict that the universe will become mired in disorder, Barbour sees the possibility that order -- the stuff of life -- can grow without bound.
 
A major new work of physics, The Janus Point will transform our understanding of the nature of existence.

The Janus Point

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Janice VanCleave

Mississippi

Janice VanCleave's 203 Icy, Freezing, Frosty, Cool , and Wild Experiments Custom Edition

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Gary Zukav

The Dancing Wu Li Masters

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David Macaulay

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Kansas

The Way Things Work

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Richard Panek

Ohio

Solving the Mystery Beneath Our Feet

"A thoughtful meditation on the mythic, cultural, philosophical and, yes, scientific implications of what happens when a wet potato or a crystal vase slips from your hand."--Billy Collins



A mind-bending exploration of gravity, the universe's greatest mystery.



What is gravity? Nobody knows--and just about nobody knows that nobody knows. How something so pervasive can also be so mysterious, and how that mystery can be so wholly unrecognized outside the field of physics, is one of the greatest conundrums in modern science. But as award-winning author Richard Panek shows in this groundbreaking book, gravity is a cold case that we are closer to cracking than ever--and whose very investigation has yielded untold truths about the cosmos and humanity itself.



Part scientific detective story, part meta­physical romp, The Trouble with Gravity is a revelation: the first in-depth, accessible study of this ubiquitous, elusive force. Gravity and our efforts to understand it, Panek reveals, have shaped not only the world we inhabit, but also our bodies, minds, and culture. Its influence can be seen in everything from ancient fables to modern furniture, Dante's Inferno to the pratfalls of Laurel and Hardy, bipedalism to black holes. As we approach the truth about gravity, we should also be prepared to know both our universe and our­selves as never before.



 

The Trouble with Gravity

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Brian Greene

Back cover was folded over. Lays flat now, no other issues. 

Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

Introduces the superstring theory that attempts to unite general relativity and quantum mechanics

The Elegant Universe

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Ronald W. Clark

Some light water damage. The back cover wavy. Pages are in great shape. Normal ware & tear.

The Life and Times

Ronald W. Clark's acclaimed biography of Einstein, the Promethean figure of our age, goes behind the phenomenal intellect to reveal the human side of the legendary absent-minded professor who confidently claimed that space and time were not what they seemed.

Here is the classic portrait of the scientist and the man: the boy growing up in the Swiss Alps, the young man caught in an unhappy first marriage, the passionate pacifist who agonized over making the Bomb, the indifferent Zionist asked to head the Israeli state, and the physicist who believed in God.

Einstein

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Matt Tweed

Matthew Watkins

Moff Betts

New York

Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Astronomy for All

Collects six short illustrated volumes covering topics in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, evolution, and astronomy.

Sciencia

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Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano

- all pages intact and legible
- picture book
- good for science-y kids

Introduces black holes, describing their physical features, how they were discovered, what causes them, and where they exist in space.

A Black Hole Is Not a Hole

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S. A. Huggett

Iowa

Math

Science, Geometry, and the Work of Roger Penrose

The Geometric Universe

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Adrian Nathan West

Benjamin Labatut

A Guardian and New Statesman book of the year, now in paperback - the fast-paced, mind-expanding literary work about scientific discovery and the unsettled distinction between genius and madness

When We Cease to Understand the World

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#hardcover #Asimov #science #physics #history 
Name on inside first page and top and bottom of page edges (see photos). Otherwise like new condition. Questions?? Just ask. Thanks 


Arkansas

The History of Physics

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John Gribbin

light annotations, on only a few pages, as pictured. Other than that in great condition

Florida

The Quest to Find the True Age of the Universe and the Theory of Everything

A celebrated astronomer makes a powerful case for the harmony between two of physics' most important and seemingly contradictory theories The twentieth century gave us two great theories of physics. The general theory of relativity describes the behavior of very large things, and quantum theory the behavior of very small things. In this landmark book, John Gribbin--one of the best-known science writers of the past thirty years--presents his own version of the Holy Grail of physics, the search that has been going on for decades to find a unified "Theory of Everything" that combines these ideas into one mathematical package, a single equation that could be printed on a T-shirt, containing the answer to life, the Universe, and everything. With his inimitable mixture of science, history, and biography, Gribbin shows how--despite skepticism among many physicists--these two great theories are very compatible, and point to a deep truth about the nature of our existence. The answer lies, intriguingly, with the age of the universe: 13.8 billion years.

13. 8

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Michio Kaku

How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100

Space elevators. Internet-enabled contact lenses. Cars that fly by floating on magnetic fields. This is the stuff of science fiction--it's also daily life in the year 2100.

Renowned theoretical physicist Michio Kaku details the developments in computer technology, artificial intelligence, medicine, space travel, and more, that are poised to happen over the next hundred years. He also considers how these inventions will affect the world economy, addressing the key questions: Who will have jobs? Which nations will prosper? Kaku interviews three hundred of the world's top scientists--working in their labs on astonishing prototypes. He also takes into account the rigorous scientific principles that regulate how quickly, how safely, and how far technologies can advance. In Physics of the Future, Kaku forecasts a century of earthshaking advances in technology that could make even the last centuries' leaps and bounds seem insignificant.

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