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1	Who Was Albert Einstein? more books like this by Jess Brallier, Robert Andrew Parker (Illustrator) add to wishlist Full of the details kids want to know, the true story of scientist Albert Einstein is told in a fun, engaging way. Illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
2	Copenhagen more books like this by Michael Frayn add to wishlist In 1941 the German physicist Werner Heisenberg made a strange trip to Copenhagen to see his Danish counterpart, Niels Bohr. They were old friends and close colleagues, and they had revolutionised atomic physics in the 1920s with their work together on quantum mechanics and the uncertainty principle. But now the world had changed, and the two men ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Increment more books like this by David Ignatius add to wishlist By the author of the best-selling Body of Lies, a novel that takes the reader inside the most volatile secret of the twenty-first century: the Iranian nuclear program. see all copies from $5.27! new only from $8.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Einstein: His Life and Universe more books like this by Walter Isaacson add to wishlist By the author of the acclaimed bestseller 'Benjamin Franklin', this is the first full biography of Albert Einstein since all of his papers have become available. How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson's biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story is a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character more books like this by Richard Phillips Feynman, PH.D. add to wishlist Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1965, Richard Feynman was one of the world's greatest theoretical physicists, but he was also a man who fell, often jumped, into adventure. An artist, safecracker, practical joker and storyteller, Feynman's life was a series of combustoble combinations made possible by his unique mixture of high ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman more books like this by James Gleick add to wishlist From the author of the national bestseller Chaos comes an outstanding biography of one of the most dazzling and flamboyant scientists of the 20th century that "not only paints a highly attractive portrait of Feynman but also . . . makes for a stimulating adventure in the annals of science" (The New York Times). 16 pages of photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	World as I See It more books like this by Albert Einstein add to wishlist To the majority of people Einstein's theory is a complete mystery. Their attitude towards Einstein is like that of Mark Twain towards the writer of a work on mathematics: here was a man who had written an entire book of which Mark could not understand a single sentence. Einstein, therefore, is great in the public eye partly because he has made ... see all copies from $2.16! new only from $6.05! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Last of the Red-Hot Vampires more books like this by Katie MacAlister add to wishlist The bestselling author of "Even Vampires Get the Blues" delivers a diabolical tale of a vampire who's sexy as hell, and the woman who can satisfy his newfound hunger and possibly save his soul. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	What Is Life?: With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches more books like this by Roger Schrodinger, Erwin Schrodinger, Roger Penrose (Foreword by) add to wishlist Nobel laureate Erwin Schrodinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the twentieth century. A distinguished physicist's exploration of the question which lies at the heart of biology, it was written for the layman, but proved one of the spurs to the birth of molecular biology and the subsequent discovery of the structure of DNA ... see all copies from $8.40! new only from $11.97! \| SVS
10	What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character more books like this by Richard Phillips Feynman, PH.D. add to wishlist Richard Feynman, one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century and a winner of the Nobel Prize, died in February 1988. This is his last anecdotal autobiography in which he tells the story of the two people who most influenced his early years - his father, who taught him to think, and his first wife Arlene who taught him to love, even as she ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.50! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Strange Attractions more books like this by Emma Holly add to wishlist Determined not to repeat her mother's mistakes, high school dropout Charity Wills jumps at the chance to attend college for free. However, she must travel to the estate of a reclusive physicist who likes to play sex games in this new work of erotica from the author of "Personal Assets." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Albert Einstein, Young Thinker more books like this by Marie Hammontree add to wishlist All children know who Albert Einstein grew up to be--but what was he like as a child? The clear text in this book is enhanced by illustrations and paintings, documents and photographs from the Smithsonian and the National Gallery. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Humans more books like this by Robert J Sawyer add to wishlist HUMANS is the second volume in Sawyer's Neanderthal Parallax trilogy, the sequel to HOMINIDS (2002). The series is set on an alternative Earth, where homo sapiens is extinct, Neanderthals rule, and our hero is Ponter Boddit, a physicist. Meanwhile, back on the real Earth, a Canadian geneticist named Mary Vaughan, who became friends with Boddit in ... see all copies from $2.60! new only from $11.38! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Isaac Newton more books like this by James Gleick add to wishlist Gleick, author of FASTER and CHAOS, tackles the life of the principal creator of modern physics: Isaac Newton. This latest biography not only tracks the earthly wanderings of the noted Englishman, but also tries to capture the intellectual journeys that brought Newton to his influential theories. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II more books like this by Jennet Richards Conant add to wishlist The fascinating, little known story of Alfred Loomis, a wealthy eccentric who bankrolled pioneering research into the radar detection system and the atomic bomb. In the fall of 1940, as German bombers flew over London and with America not yet at war, a small team of British scientists on orders from Winston Churchill carried out a daring ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance more books like this by Emanuel Derman, PH.D. add to wishlist In "My Life as a Quant", Emanuel Derman relives his exciting journey as one of the first high-energy particle physicists to migrate to Wall Street. Page by page, Derman details his adventures in this field - analyzing the incompatible personas of traders and quants, and discussing the dissimilar nature of knowledge in physics and finance. ... see all copies from $4.96! new only from $9.96! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Einstein's Heroes: Imagining the World Through the Language of Mathematics more books like this by Robyn Arianrhod add to wishlist Blending science, history, and biography, this book reveals the mysteries of mathematics, focusing on the life and work of three of Albert Einstein's heroes: Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday, and James Clerk Maxwell. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.82! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman more books like this by Richard Phillips Feynman add to wishlist Anecdotal, unpretentious, and lively, Feynman's book is filled with stories about his outrageous adventures--from trading ideas with Albert Einstein to discussing betting odds with Nick the Greek. A New York Times bestseller for 15 weeks. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.74! \| first editions
19 view cover	Faust in Copenhagen: A Struggle for the Soul of Physics more books like this by Gino Segre add to wishlist Segre brings to life the momentous 1932 gathering of 40 of the worlds leading physicists, which ended with a humorous skit based on Goethes Faust--a skit that eerily foreshadowed events that would soon unfold as Europe was moving ever closer to war. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.15! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Oppenheimer: Portrait of an Enigma more books like this by Jeremy Bernstein add to wishlist As a former colleague of Oppenheimer's, Bernstein has composed a narrative that is both personal and historical, bringing the reader closer to the life and workings of an extraordinary and controversial man. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Last Theorem more books like this by Arthur C Clarke, Frederik Pohl, IV add to wishlist Two of science fiction's most renowned writers join forces for a storytelling sensation. "The Last Theorem" is a gripping intellectual thriller in which humanity, facing extermination from all-but-omnipotent aliens, must overcome differences of politics and religion and come together--or perish. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.48! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein more books like this by Don Brown add to wishlist Einstein's early years as an odd, awkward outsider with his peers and in the classroom will hearten any child who isn't a capable athlete or straight-A scholar. This ink-and-watercolor picture book biography follows Einstein's life from his birth in 1879 (a very fat newborn with an oversized and oddly shaped head) to young adulthood (he couldn't ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.21! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Subtle Is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein more books like this by Abraham Pais add to wishlist "Subtle is the Lord" is widely recognized as the definitive scientific biography of Albert Einstein. The late Abraham Pais was a distinguished physicist turned historian who knew Einstein both professionally and personally in the last years of his life. His biography combines a profound understanding of Einstein's work with personal recollections ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.48! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens: Frank Oppenheimer and the World He Made Up more books like this by K C Cole add to wishlist Cole--a friend and colleague of Frank Oppenheimer's for many years--has drawn from letters, documents, and extensive interviews to write a very personal story of the man whose irrepressible spirit would inspire so many. see all copies from $13.50! new only from $13.50! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Newton's Gift: How Sir Isaac Newton Unlocked the System of the World more books like this by David Berlinski add to wishlist A portrait of the physicist's life assesses his remarkable accomplishments in the field of science, his rescue of the British mint and its currency, and his intellectual battles with his colleagues. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS

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