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Superstrings and the Search for the Theory of Everything
by F David Peat
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"Peat grapples with these amazingly recondite notions and succeeds brilliantly in making them clear." --Publishers Weekly... ( read more)
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Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universe, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension
by Michio Kaku
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The first book-length exploration of the most exciting development in modern physics, the theory of 10-dimensional space. The theory of hyperspace, which Michio Kaku pioneered, may be the leading candidate for the Theory of Everything that Einstein spent... ( read more)
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A New Kind of Science
by Stephen Wolfram
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This long-awaited work from one of the world's most respected scientists presents a series of dramatic discoveries never before made public. Starting from a collection of simple computer experiments — illustrated in the book by striking computer... ( read more)
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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
by Brian Greene
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Greene, originator of groundbreaking discoveries in superstring
theory, describes exciting new research in the field and discusses
implications for the future of science. Using plain language with no
math or technical jargon, he tells how superstring... ( read more)
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A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes
by Stephen W. Hawking
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Stephen Hawking has earned a reputation as the most brilliant theoretical physicist since Einstein. In this landmark volume, Professor Hawking shares his blazing intellect with nonscientists everywhere, guiding us expertly to confront the supreme... ( read more)
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God and the New Physics
by Paul Davies
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How did the universe begin and how will it end? What is matter? What is mind, and can it survive death? What are time and space, and how do they relate to ideas about God? Is the order of the universe the result of accident or design? The most profound... ( read more)
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Einstein's Unfinished Symphony: Listening to the Sounds of Space-Time
by Marcia Bartusiak
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With each chapter, Bartusiak continues her musical metaphor in tracing the story of general relativity, from the time "Maestro" Einstein enters physics, through the "Starlight Waltz" of neutron stars twisting space-time around themselves, to the... ( read more)
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In Search of Schrodinger's Cat
by John Gribbin
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It is so shocking that Einstein could not bring himself to accept it. It is so important that it provides the fundamental underpinning of all modern sciences. Without it, we'd have no nuclear power or nuclear bombs, no laser, no TV, no computers, no... ( read more)
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A Briefer History of Time
by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
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Stephen Hawking& #8217; s worldwide bestseller, < i> A Brief History of Time< /i> , has been a landmark volume in scientific writing. Its author& #8217; s engaging voice is one reason, and the compelling subjects he addresses is... ( read more)
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The Whole Shebang: A State-of-the-Universe(s) Report
by Timothy Ferris
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From the prizewinning author who has been called "the greatest science writer in the world" comes this delightfully comprehensive and comprehensible report on how science today envisions the universe as a whole. Timothy Ferris provides a clear, elegantly... ( read more)
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Spies Among Us
by Ira Winkler
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They truly ARE everywhere. But if you're looking for James Bond or Sydney Bristow, you're going to be disappointed. The real spies are so much more effective.
They convinced your neighbor to "confirm" his PayPal information at a bogus Web site where... ( read more)
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Code (DV-Undefined)
by Charles Petzold
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What do flashlights, the British invasion, black cats, and seesaws have to do with computers? In "Code", they show us the ingenious ways we manipulate language and invent new ways to communicate with each other. And through "Code", we see how this... ( read more)
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Cosmogenesis: The Growth of Order in the Universe
by David Layzer
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Eminent Harvard astrophysicist David Layzer offers readers a unified theory of natural order and its origins, from the permanence, stability, and orderliness of sub-atomic particles to the evolution of the human mind. Cosmogenesis provides the first... ( read more)
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Schrodinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality: Solving the Quantum Mysteries Tag: Author of in Search of Schrod. Cat
by John Gribbin
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Gribbin's classic 150,000-copy bestseller In Search of Schrodinger's Cat explained the mysterious and confounding world of quantum mechanics. Now, in this long-awaited sequel, he shows how dramatic improvements in experimental techniques and fascinating... ( read more)
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Don't Know Much about the Universe: Everything You Need to Know about the Cosmos But Never Learned
by Kenneth C Davis
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From the ancients who charted the stars, to Jules Verne and Flash Gordon, to The X-Files, Apollo 13, and Armageddon, subjects engaging the heavens and outer space have intrigued people through the ages. And yet so many of us look up at the night sky and... ( read more)
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A World Without Time
by Palle Yourgrau
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It is a widely known but little considered fact that Albert Einstein and Kurt Gödel were best friends for the last decade and a half of Einstein's life. The two walked home together from Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study every day; they... ( read more)
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Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology
by Eric Drexler
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This brilliant work heralds the new age of nanotechnology, which will give us thorough and inexpensive control of the structure of matter. Drexler examines the enormous implications of these developments for medicine, the economy, and the environment... ( read more)
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The Metaphysics of Virtual Reality
by Michael Heim
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Computers have dramatically altered life in the late twentieth century. Today we can draw on worldwide computer links, speeding up communications by radio, newspapers, and television. Ideas fly back and forth and circle the globe at the speed of... ( read more)
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The Inflationary Universe: The Quest for a New Theory of Cosmic Origins
by Alan H Guth
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This is the compelling, first-hand account of Alan Guth’s paradigm-breaking discovery of the origins of the universe—and of his dramatic rise from young researcher to physics superstar. Guth’s startling theory—widely regarded as... ( read more)
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The Red Limit: The Search for the Edge of the Universe
by Timothy Ferris
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For centuries, it was assumed that our universe was static. In the late 1920s, astronomers defeated this assumption with a startling new discovery. From Earth, the light of distant galaxies appeared to be red, meaning that those galaxies were receding... ( read more)
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