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1	Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics more books like this by Gary Zukav add to wishlist Written in clear, nonmathematical language, Zukav opens readers' minds to the major theories that embrace the ultimate nature of the universe: quantum mechanics, relativity, and beyond. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	In Search of Schrodinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality more books like this by John R Gribbin add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.41! \| SVS
3	Taking the Quantum Leap: The New Physics for Nonscientists more books like this by Fred Alan Wolf, PhD add to wishlist A fascinating journey for the general reader from the earliest and most fundamental concepts of physics to the furthest limits of science and imagination--an American Book Award winner. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	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 $8.80! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Mathematics and the Physical World more books like this by Morris Kline add to wishlist Stimulating account of development of mathematics from arithmetic, algebra, geometry and trigonometry, to calculus, differential equations, and non-Euclidean geometries. Also describes how math is used in optics, astronomy, and other phenomena. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.52! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World more books like this by Abraham Pais add to wishlist The history of physics since the discovery of X-rays would be too simplistic a description of this book. Certainly it covers the historical period from the late nineteenth century to the present day, but the book attempts to relate not only what has happened over the last hundred years or so, but why it happened the way it did, what it was like ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $44.50! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Story of Science: Einstein Adds a New Dimension more books like this by Joy Hakim add to wishlist Beginning with a journey through space and Albert Einstein riding on a light beam, Hakim takes a lively and accessible look at the theory of relativity, chaos theory, and string theory, showing throughout how the greatest scientific discoveries often begin with the simplest questions about our world--and who we really are. see all copies from $14.00! new only from $14.00! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Pandora's Keepers: Nine Men and the Atomic Bomb more books like this by Brian VanDeMark add to wishlist Nine men - Oppenheimer, Teller, Fermi, Bohr, Lawrence, Bethe, Rabi, Szilard, Compton - brilliant men who believed in science and who saw before anyone else the amazing workings of an invisible world. Some of them were fleeing Nazism in Europe, others quietly slipping out of university teaching jobs, all gathering in secret wartime laboratories to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Dancing Wu Li Masters more books like this by Gary Zukav add to wishlist Written in clear, nonmathematical language, Zukav opens readers' minds to the major theories that embrace the ultimate nature of the universe: quantum mechanics, relativity, and beyond. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.90! \| first editions \| SVS
10	From Certainty to Uncertainty: The Story of Science and Ideas in the Twentieth Century more books like this by F David Peat add to wishlist A comparison of the scientific philosophies of the 19th and 20th centuries--or the path from certainty and faith in progress to uncertainty and relativism. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.63! \| first editions
11	Einstein's Mistakes: The Human Failings of Genius more books like this by Hans C Ohanian add to wishlist Einstein's breakthroughs in special and general relativity, cosmology, black holes, the principle of the expanding universe, quantum physics and unified scientific theory are some of the best-known discoveries of the previous century. But how these discoveries were linked to the findings of those who came before him - Galileo, Newton, Copernicus ... see all copies from $6.64! new only from $9.99! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The physicists more books like this by Charles Percy Snow add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.99! \| first editions
13 view cover	The New Physics for the Twenty-First Century more books like this by Gordon Fraser (Editor) add to wishlist Underpinning all the other branches of science, physics affects the way we live our lives, and ultimately how life itself functions. Recent scientific advances have led to dramatic reassessment of our understanding of the world around us, and made a significant impact on our lifestyle. In this book, leading international experts, including Nobel ... see all copies from $16.53! new only from $22.90! \| SVS
14 view cover	Relativity and Its Roots more books like this by Banesh Hoffmann add to wishlist Entertaining, nontechnical demonstrations of the meaning of relativity theory trace development from basis in geometrical, cosmological ideas of the ancient Greeks, plus work by Kepler, Galileo, Newton, others. 1983 edition. see all copies from $2.62! new only from $5.58!
15 view cover	A Short Account of the History of Mathematics more books like this by Walter William Rouse Ball add to wishlist This text treats hundreds of figures and schools instrumental in the development of mathematics, from the Phoenicians to such 19th-century giants as Grassman, Galois, and Riemann. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.00! \| first editions
16 view cover	Quirky Sides of Scientists: True Tales of Ingenuity and Error from Physics and Astronomy more books like this by David R Topper add to wishlist These historical narratives of scientific behavior reveal the often irrational way scientists arrive at and assess their theories. There are stories of Einsteina (TM)s stubbornness leading him to reject a correct interpretation of an experiment and miss an important deduction from his own theory, and Newton missing the important deduction from one ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Sun in a Bottle: The Strange History of Fusion and the Science of Wishful Thinking more books like this by Charles Seife add to wishlist The author of "Zero" looks at the messy history of the struggle to harness fusion energy, in this work that details the misplaced hopes, controversy, and even comedy of the research teams who have tried to bottle the sun with lasers, magnets, and sound waves. 8-page b&w photo insert. see all copies from $2.64! new only from $3.44! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Hidden Unity in Nature's Laws more books like this by John C Taylor add to wishlist As physics has progressed through the ages it has succeeded in explaining more and more diverse phenomena with fewer and fewer underlying principles. This lucid and wide-ranging book explains how this understanding has developed by periodically uncovering unexpected 'hidden unities' in nature. The author deftly steers the reader on a fascinating ... see all copies from $2.34! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
19	The world of physics a small library of the literature of physics from antiquity to the present more books like this by Weaver add to wishlist Selected writings on the history of physics by scientists ranging from antiquity to the end of the nineteenth century, including the Aristotelian cosmos and the Newtonian system. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Great Experiments in Physics: Firsthand Accounts from Galileo to Einstein more books like this by Morris H Hmorris Herb Shamos (Photographer) add to wishlist Included in this title are 25 crucial discoveries, including Newton's laws of motion, Chadwick's study of the neutron, and Hertz on electromagnetic waves. see all copies from $4.28! new only from $9.42! \| first editions \| SVS
21	Pythagoras' Trousers:: Physics, Faith, and Feminism more books like this by Margaret Wertheim add to wishlist The author offers a social and cultural history of physics, from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages and into the twentieth century. She shows how the development of physics has been intertwined with the rising power of institutionalized religion, and how both these predominantly masculine pursuits have influenced women's ability to join the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.30! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22	Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought: Kepler to Einstein more books like this by Gerald James Holton add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Black Bodies and Quantum Cats: Tales from the Annals of Physics more books like this by Jennifer Ouellette, Alan Chodos (Foreword by) add to wishlist The author traces key developments in the field of physics, placing the fundamentals in their historical context as well as against a broad cultural backdrop. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.35! \| SVS
24 view cover	Physics of the Stoics more books like this by Samuel Sambursky add to wishlist see all copies from $9.52! new only from $59.94!
25	Crystals, Electrons, Transistors more books like this by Michael Eckert (Editor), Helmut Schubert, Thomas E Hughes (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions

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