General Physics category: 2746 books
by Russ Swan
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018
Can you really lose weight by consuming nothing but ice cream and beer? How does the latest blockbuster movie get squeezed onto a disk, and how do they make the pictures seem 3D? How much does a selfie weigh? What's the science behind forensic investigations, body scans, and the dating of ancient...
by Carlo Rovelli
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
**The New York Times bestseller from the author of The Order of Time and Reality Is Not What It Seems
“One of the year’s most entrancing books about science.”—The Wall Street Journal
“Clear, elegant...a whirlwind tour of some of the biggest ideas in physics.”—The New York...
The Theory of Relativity: and Other Essays
and Other Essays
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
E=mc2: It may be Einstein’s most well-known contribution to modern science, but how many people understand the thought process or physics behind this famous equation?
In this collection of his seven most important essays on physics, Einstein guides his reader step-by-step through the many...
For the Love of Physics
From the End of the Rainbow to the Edge Of Time - A Journey Through the Wonders of Physics
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
“YOU HAVE CHANGED MY LIFE” is a common refrain in the emails Walter Lewin receives daily from fans who have been enthralled by his world-famous video lectures about the wonders of physics. “I walk with a new spring in my step and I look at life through physics-colored eyes,” wrote one such...
Reality Is Not What It Seems
The Journey to Quantum Gravity
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
“The man who makes physics sexy . . . the scientist they’re calling the next Stephen Hawking.” —**The Times Magazine
From the New York Times–bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and The Order of Time, a closer look at the mind-bending nature of the universe.**
What...
Einstein Wrote Back
My Life in Physics
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
John W. Moffat was a poor student of math and science. That is, until he read Einstein’s famous paper on general relativity. Realizing instantly that he had an unusual and unexplained aptitude for understanding the complex physics described in the paper, Moffat wrote a letter to Einstein that would...
The Cosmic Code
Quantum Physics as the Language of Nature
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
"The Cosmic Code can be read by anyone. I heartily recommend it!" — The New York Times Book Review
"A reliable guide for the nonmathematical reader across the highest ridges of physical theory. Pagels is unfailingly lighthearted and confident." — Scientific American
"A...
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...
by Richard Lung
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2015
I have drawn on my experience of life and books, in discussing the following works.The physicist, John Davidson under-took an epic investigation into the mystic meaning of Jesuses teachings, as for our other-worldly salvation, supplemented by a revelation in non-canonic texts of the gnostics.The...
Physics and Technology for Future Presidents
An Introduction to the Essential Physics Every World Leader Needs to Know
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2010
Physics and Technology for Future Presidents contains the essential physics that students need in order to understand today's core science and technology issues, and to become the next generation of world leaders. From the physics of energy to climate change, and from spy technology to quantum computers,...
by W. Pauli
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Wolfgang Pauli (1900–1958) was one of the 20th-century's most influential physicists. He was awarded the 1945 Nobel Prize for physics for the discovery of the exclusion principle (also called the Pauli principle). A brilliant theoretician, he was the first to posit the existence of the neutrino...
High School Physics Unlocked
Your Key to Understanding and Mastering Complex Physics Concepts
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
UNLOCK THE SECRETS OF PHYSICS with THE PRINCETON REVIEW.
High School Physics Unlocked focuses on giving you a wide range of key lessons to help increase your understanding of physics. With this book, you'll move from foundational concepts to complicated, real-world applications, building confidence...
by Consumer Dummies
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015
Practice makes perfect – and helps deepen your understanding of physics
Physics I Practice Problems For Dummies gives you hundreds of opportunities to learn and practice everything physics. A physics course is a key requirement for careers in engineering, computer science, and medicine and...
by Max Born
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
A book in which one great mind explains the work of another great mind in terms comprehensible to the layman is a significant achievement. This is such a book. Max Born is a Nobel Laureate (1955) and one of the world's great physicists: in this book he analyzes and interprets the theory of Einsteinian...