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How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum RevivalToday, quantum information theory is among the most exciting scientific frontiers, attracting billions of dollars in funding and thousands of talented researchers. But as MIT physicist and historian David Kaiser reveals, this cutting-edge field has a surprisingly psychedelic past. How the Hippies Saved Physics...
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Chaos: A Very Short IntroductionChaos exists in systems all around us. Even the simplest system can be subject to chaos, denying us accurate predictions of its behavior, and sometimes giving rise to astonishing structures of large-scale order. Here, Leonard Smith shows that we all have an intuitive understanding...
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Sound Science: 10 Fun Sound ExperimentsMusic is a powerful force in our modern world. Aspiring sound engineers may wonder about the science that makes music possible. This intriguing title allows readers to understand music's invisible forces firsthand through engaging experiments, including creating a speaker from household materials and testing...
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Pulleys Are MachinesThis book introduces early readers to pulleys and how we use them every day. Simple text and vibrant images help engage children and grow a love of reading!Author: Douglas BenderPublisher: Crabtree RootsPublished: 01/17/2022Pages: 24Binding Type: Library BindingWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 8.10h x 6.10w x 0.30dISBN: 9781039644502Audience:...
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Probable Impossibilities: Musings on Beginnings and EndingsThe acclaimed author of Einstein's Dreams tackles big questions like the origin of the universe and the nature of consciousness ... in an entertaining and easily digestible way" (Wall Street Journal) with a collection of meditative essays on the possibilities--and impossibilities--of nothingness and infinity,...
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Move It!: Motion, Forces and YouDeveloped with the cooperation of a science consultant, this book in the Primary Physical Science series is a tool to teach the physical sciences to young children. Move It follows science curricula and is loaded with surprising facts and hands-on activities designed to hold...
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How Do You Stop a Moving Train?: A Physics Book about ForcesHave you ever wondered how astronauts float in space, or how your pizza gets from your plate to your mouth? In the How Do series, readers are invited to guess and then explore the science behind the right answers. Basic principles of physics, including...
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Astronomy 101: From the Sun and Moon to Wormholes and Warp Drive, Key Theories, Discoveries, and Facts about the UniverseExplore the curiosities of our galaxy with this comprehensive, digestible guide to astronomy Too often, textbooks obscure the beauty and wonder of outer space with tedious discourse that even Galileo would oppose. Astronomy 101 cuts out the boring details and lengthy explanations, and instead,...
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Quantum Physics for DummiesYour plain-English guide to understanding and working with the micro worldQuantum Physics For Dummies, Revised Edition helps make quantum physics understandable and accessible. From what quantum physics can do for the world to understanding hydrogen atoms, readers will get complete coverage of the subject,...
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Time: 10 Things You Should Know'A gripping exploration of one of the most fundamental, but also perplexing aspects of existence.' PROF. LEWIS DARTNELL, author of Origins 'Such an enjoyable read...full of delightful nuggets that you will want to impress your friends and family with.' PROF. JIM AL-KHALILI, NYT bestselling...
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PlanetsThis book will blow your child's mind! Big Science explained simply The perfect picturebook to introduce little minds to big ideas! Planets combines bold, colourful illustrations with jokes and incredible science facts to take young readers on a fun-filled journey across the solar system....
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The Invisible Universe: Why There's More to Reality Than Meets the EyeA guide to the 99% of the Universe our eyes can't see from a dazzling new voice in popular science From the discovery of entirely new kinds of galaxies to a window into cosmic 'prehistory', Bothwell shows us the Universe as we've never seen...
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Inclined Planes Are MachinesThis book introduces early readers to inclined planes and how we use them every day. Simple text and vibrant images help engage children and grow a love of reading!Author: Douglas BenderPublisher: Crabtree RootsPublished: 01/17/2022Pages: 24Binding Type: Library BindingWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 8.10h x 6.10w x 0.30dISBN:...
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Quantum Space: Loop Quantum Gravity and the Search for the Structure of Space, Time, and the UniverseCombining clear discussions of both quantum theory and general relativity, this book offers one of the first efforts to explain the new quantum theory of space and time. Today we are blessed with two extraordinarily successful theories of physics. The first is Albert Einstein's...
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Patterns of Connection: Essential Essays from Five DecadesWinner of the Silver Medal for Environment/Ecology in the 2022 Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book AwardsFritjof Capra, scientist, educator, activist, and accomplished author, presents the evolution of his thought over five decades in Patterns of Connection. First introduced in the late 1950s to the work...
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The Los Alamos Primer: The First Lectures on How to Build an Atomic Bomb, Updated with a New Introduction by Richard RhodesMore than seventy years ago, American forces exploded the first atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, causing great physical and human destruction. The young scientists at Los Alamos who developed the bombs, which were nicknamed Little Boy and Fat Man,...
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Charged Up: The Story of ElectricityDescribes how electrical energy is generated in power stations and how it travels through pylons, power cables, and wires into people's homes. Includes activity.Author: Jacqui BaileyPublisher: Picture Window BooksPublished: 01/01/2004Pages: 32Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 9.00h x 9.00w x 0.10dISBN: 9781404811294Audience: Ages 9-12Accelerated Reader:Reading Level:...
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The Quantum and the Lotus: A Journey to the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism MeetMatthieu Ricard trained as a molecular biologist, working in the lab of a Nobel prize--winning scientist, but when he read some Buddhist philosophy, he became drawn to Buddhism. Eventually he left his life in science to study with Tibetan teachers, and he is now...
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What's the Matter in Mr. Whiskers' Room?"Oh, to be a kid in Mr. Whiskers' primary science classes! The next best thing is doing hands-on explorations at school or at home with this guide." -- Kirkus ReviewsMr. Whiskers, the teacher, has that wild look in his eyes again. That's the look...
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Thermodynamics and the Kinetic Theory of Gases: Volume 3 of Pauli Lectures on Physicsvolume 3In the 1950s, the distinguished theoretical physicist Wolfgang Pauli delivered a landmark series of lecturers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. His comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals of classical and modern physics was painstakingly recorded not only by his students, but...
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