Richard P : 304 books
by Yo-Yo Ma, Richard P. Feynman
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
"Some people say, ‘How can you live without knowing?' I do not know what they mean. I always live without knowing. That is easy. How you get to know is what I want to know."—Richard P. Feynman
Nobel Prize–winning physicist Richard P. Feynman (1918–88) was that rarest of creatures—a...
Elementary Particles and the Laws of Physics
The 1986 Dirac Memorial Lectures
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 1999
Perhaps the two most important conceptual breakthroughs in twentieth century physics are relativity and quantum mechanics. Developing a theory that combines the two seamlessly is a difficult and ongoing challenge. This accessible book contains intriguing explorations of this theme by the distinguished...
by Richard P. Kollen
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
On the night of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere arrived at the parsonage of Reverend Jonas Clarke to deliver a warning to its occupants, including Samuel Adams and John Hancock. The following morning brought the first shots of the American Revolution to a community Clarke inspired to face such a harsh reality....
Civil War Maryland
Stories from the Old Line State
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2011
By the time the American Civil War began, the agrarian, slave-owning South and the rapidly industrializing North had become almost two separate nations. As a border state with ties to both sides, Maryland and its people played a unique role in the war. This series of essays on Maryland’s involvement...
Charlotte and the American Revolution
Reverend Alexander Craighead, the Mecklenburg Declaration and the Foothills Fight for Independence
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Charlotte was a hotbed of Revolutionary activity well before the fervency of revolt reached its boiling point in New England. Considered a wild frontier region at the time, Mecklenburg County welcomed the Reverend Alexander Craighead with ready hands for battle. Craighead's fiery rhetoric inspired the...
Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track
The Letters of Richard P. Feynman
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
A Nobel Prize-winning physicist, a loving husband and father, an enthusiastic teacher, a surprisingly accomplished bongo player, and a genius of the highest caliber---Richard P. Feynman was all these and more. Perfectly Reasonable Deviations From the Beaten Track--collecting over forty years' worth...
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2005
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard P. Feynman-from interviews and speeches to lectures and printed articles. A sweeping, wide-ranging collection, it presents an intimate and fascinating view of a life in science-a life like no other. From...
by Richard Lucius, Brigitte Loos-Frank, Richard P. Lane
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2017
This heavily illustrated text teaches parasitology from a biological perspective. It combines classical descriptive biology of parasites with modern cell and molecular biology approaches, and also addresses parasite evolution and ecology.
Parasites found in mammals, non-mammalian vertebrates,...
Church Ethics and Its Organizational Context
Learning from the Sex Abuse Scandal in the Catholic Church
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2005
Church Ethics and Its Organizational Context is the first book to provide a broadly interdisciplinary approach to understanding the leadership crisis in the Catholic Church in the wake of the sex abuse scandal and how it was handled. Well-known scholars, religious clergy, and laymen in the trenches...
QED
The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
Celebrated for his brilliantly quirky insights into the physical world, Nobel laureate Richard Feynman also possessed an extraordinary talent for explaining difficult concepts to the general public. Here Feynman provides a classic and definitive introduction to QED (namely quantum electrodynamics),...
by Richard P. McBrien
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
This pocket edition of Richard McBrien's Lives of the Saints is the perfect concise, handy reference for scholars, students, and general readers.
The Pocket Guide to the Popes
The Pontiffs from St. Peter to John Paul
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
This pocket edition of Richard McBrien's acclaimed Lives of the Popes is a practical quick reference tool for scholars, students, and anyone needing just a few concise facts about all the popes, from St. Peter to Benedict XVI.
Lives of the Saints
From Mary and St. Francis of Assisi to John XXIII and Mother Teresa
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
This pocket edition of Richard McBrien's Lives of the Saints is the perfect concise, handy reference for scholars, students, and general readers.
Lives of The Popes- Reissue
The Pontiffs from St. Peter to Benedict XVI
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
This pocket edition of Richard McBrien's acclaimed Lives of the Popes is a practical quick reference tool for scholars, students, and anyone needing just a few concise facts about all the popes, from St. Peter to Benedict XVI.