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by Ophir Mottes
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
The theories of General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics are two main pillars of modern physics, yet they stay a mystery for many. These theories present groundbreaking perspectives of our universe but ones that do not connect well to our intuitive logic. This essay explains what both theories imply...
by Rumi Michael Leigh
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
This book will give you a good general knowledge about the essentials of Physics Theory. Learn topics on electricity, waves, light and optics, heat, etc.
Universe on a T-Shirt
The Quest for the Theory of Everything
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
“An admirably concise and comprehensive overview of cosmology . . . intriguing insights” (Booklist).
No scientific quest is as compelling as the search for the elusive unified “Theory of Everything”—a theory so concise it could fit on a T-shirt. Lively and thought-provoking, Universe...
Designing Logos
The Process of Creating Symbols That Endure
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
How to design great logos, step by step by step.
* Lavishly illustrated with 750 color images
* How-tos, case studies, and detailed analysis of well-known logos
What makes a logo good? What makes it bad? What makes it great? The entire process of logo design is examined, from the initial...
Citizen Designer
Perspectives on Design Responsibility
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2003
What does it mean to be a designer in today’s corporate-driven, overbranded global consumer culture? Citizen Designerattempts to answer this question with more than 70 debate-stirring essays and interviews espousing viewpoints ranging from the cultural and the political to the professional and the...
Drawing Physics
2,600 Years of Discovery From Thales to Higgs
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
Drawings and short essays offer engaging and accessible explanations of key ideas in physics, from triangulation to relativity and beyond.
Humans have been trying to understand the physical universe since antiquity. Aristotle had one vision (the realm of the celestial spheres is perfect), and...
by W. G. Paulson Townsend
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Remarkably broad in its applications, this helpful reference covers a wide variety of plants. More than 100 precise drawings of flowers, leaves, buds, and growth patterns are provided for such plants as the anemone, arbutus, broad bean, bell-flower, briar rose, campanula, canterbury bell, dahlia, and...
by Russell Stannard
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2008
100 years ago, Einstein's theory of relativity shattered the world of physics. Our comforting Newtonian ideas of space and time were replaced by bizarre and counterintuitive conclusions: if you move at high speed, time slows down, space squashes up and you get heavier; travel fast enough and you could...
101 Textures in Graphite & Charcoal
Practical drawing techniques for rendering a variety of surfaces & textures
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
***101 Textures in Graphite & Charcoal *is a must-have resource for all graphite and charcoal artists. This guide provides step-by-step instructions on drawing key textures you'd find in any illustration. **
Accurately rendering surfaces and textures is one of the most challenging aspects...
by Joanne Baker
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2007
We encounter physics before we've even left the house in the morning; an alarm clock tracks time, a mirror reflects light waves and our mobile phones rely on satellites held in their orbit by gravity.
Where would we be without the Bernoulli equation to explain how planes fly, electromagnetic...
by Gian Francesco Giudice
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2009
At this very moment the most ambitious scientific experiment of all time is beginning, and yet its precise aims are little understood by the general public. This book aims to provide an everyman's guide for understanding and following the discoveries that will take place within the next few years...
Fundamentals of Physics
Mechanics, Relativity, and Thermodynamics
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014
Professor R. Shankar, a well-known physicist and contagiously enthusiastic educator, was among the first to offer a course through the innovative Open Yale Course program. His popular online video lectures on introductory physics have been viewed over a million times. In this concise and self-contained...
Light is the Bridge between God, Relativity and Quantum Physics
The Power of Light, #7
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2018
The presented theory in this book has been grounded on a fundamental mathematical mistake in the famous George Maxwell's Classical Electromagnetic Field Theory with an Impact on General Relativity, Quantum Physics and the boundaries of our Universe.
In this new theory the old concept in Quantum...
Under the Microscope
A Brief History of Microscopy
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
This is a brief history of the development of microscopy, from the use of beads and water droplets in ancient Greece, through the simple magnifying glass, to the modern compound microscope. The technology and optical theory are developed in a straightforward manner, and this leads to a description...