Paul Halpern: 16 books
Edge of the Universe
A Voyage to the Cosmic Horizon and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
An accessible look at the mysteries that lurk at the edge of the known universe and beyond
The observable universe, the part we can see with telescopes, is incredibly vast. Yet recent theories suggest that there is far more to the universe than what our instruments record—in fact, it could...
What's Science Ever Done For Us
What the Simpsons Can Teach Us About Physics, Robots, Life, and the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2011
A playful and entertaining look at science on The Simpsons
This amusing book explores science as presented on the longest-running and most popular animated TV series ever made: The Simpsons. Over the years, the show has examined such issues as genetic mutation, time travel, artificial intelligence,...
Einstein's Dice and Schrödinger's Cat
How Two Great Minds Battled Quantum Randomness to Create a Unified Theory of Physics
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
"A fascinating and thought-provoking story, one that sheds light on the origins of... the current challenging situation in physics."
--Wall Street Journal
When the fuzzy indeterminacy of quantum mechanics overthrew the orderly world of Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and Erwin...
Collider
The Search for the World's Smallest Particles
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2009
An accessible look at the hottest topic in physics and the experiments that will transform our understanding of the universe
The biggest news in science today is the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest and most powerful particle-smasher, and the anticipation of finally discovering the...
The Great Beyond
Higher Dimensions, Parallel Universes and the Extraordinary Search for a Theory of Everything
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2008
The concept of multiple unperceived dimensions in the universe is one of the hottest topics in contemporary physics. It is essential to current attempts to explain gravity and the underlying structure of the universe. The Great Beyond begins with Einstein’s famous quarrel with Heisenberg and Bohr,...
by Paul Halpern, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
The Structure of the Universe by Paul Halpern, Ph.D., originally published in 1996, is a tour of the knowledge of the deep reaches of space and predictions for its future.
Technological marvels such as the Hubble Space Telescope are revealing a wealth of information about the deepest reaches...
Le dé d'Einstein et le chat de Schrödinger
Quand deux génies s'affrontent
Language: French
Release Date: May 9, 2019
Lorsque la mécanique quantique a bouleversé le monde ordonné d'Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein et Erwin Schrödinger étaient à l'avant-garde de cette révolution. Cependant, aucun des deux hommes ne s’est jamais satisfait de l'interprétation standard de la mécanique quantique et l’ont critiquée...
The Quantum Labyrinth
How Richard Feynman and John Wheeler Revolutionized Time and Reality
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
The story of the unlikely friendship between the two physicists who fundamentally recast the notion of time and history
In 1939, Richard Feynman, a brilliant graduate of MIT, arrived in John Wheeler's Princeton office to report for duty as his teaching assistant. A lifelong friendship and enormously...
Back from the Brink
Lessons from the Canadian Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2016
As global markets toppled during the 2008 financial crisis, the Canadian market for non-bank asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) seemed on the verge of collapsing. Fueled by a top rating from DBRS, ABCP had found its way into the portfolios of some of Canada’s most sophisticated investors as well...
by Paul Halpern
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Following the end of the First World War the Mediterranean Fleet found itself heavily involved in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Sea of Marmora, the Black Sea and to a lesser extent, the Adriatic. Naval commanders were faced with complex problems in a situation of neither war nor peace. The collapse...
Schule ist was für Versager
Was wir von den Simpsons über Physik, Biologie, Roboter und das Leben lernen können
Language: German
Release Date: March 8, 2013
Die Simpsons sind eine wahre Fundgrube verblüffender wissenschaftlicher Ideen. In zahlreichen Folgen finden sich Anspielungen und Verweise. Das reicht von Gastauftritten Stephen Hawkings und Albert Einsteins über Evolutionswitze bis hin zu mathematischen Beweisen. Dieses Buch nimmt alle Fans mit...
Dating for Dads
The Single Father's Guide to Dating Well Without Parenting Poorly
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2008
Here is the first book written specifically for men who date while answering to a higher authority: their children.
As a single father, you’re ready to begin dating again. But are your kids ready? In this much-needed guide, relationship expert Ellie Slott Fisher comes to the rescue with no-nonsense,...
by Paul G. Halpern
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
There have been a number of studies published on the activities of British and German navies during World War I, but little on naval action in other arenas. This book offers for the first time a balanced history of the naval war as a whole, viewed from the perspective of all participants in all major...
by Elizabeth Arndt, Jake Dailey, George Dibley
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2017
What can you remember of your childhood? This was the question put to a number of ‘seniors’ asked to start from as far back as they could get, and go as far as the onset of adolescence. Their answers are in this unusual book.
Topics naturally include their physical self; their parents, siblings,...
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