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Brilliance in Exile - The Diaspora of Hungarian Scientists from John von Neumann to Katalin Karikó

By addressing the enigma of the exceptional success of Hungarian emigrant scientists and telling their life stories, Brilliance in Exile ...

The world treasury of physics, astronomy and mathematics

Albert Einstein-The Man and His Theories

Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman - Adventures of a Curious Character

Subtitled, "Adventures Of A Curious Character As Told To Ralph Leighton". Over a period of years, Feynman's conversations with his friend...

Six Not-so-easy Pieces - Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-Time

Six lectures, all regarding the most revolutionary discovery in twentieth-century physics: Einstein's Theory of Relativity. No one--not e...

Six Easy Pieces - Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher

The six easiest chapters from Feynman's landmark work, "Lectures on Physics"-- specifically designed for the general, non-scientist reader.

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

Carlo Rovelli is a theoretical physicist who has made significant contributions to the physics of space and time. He has worked in Italy ...

The World According to Physics

An illuminating look at what physics reveals about the world, from the BBC presenter and bestselling author. Using examples and thought-p...

The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. I - The New Millennium Edition: Mainly Mechanics, Radiation, and Heat

"The whole thing was basically an experiment," Richard Feynman said late in his career, looking back on the origins of his lectures. The ...

Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics

A complement to the "Feynman Lectures On Physics", which has been used for teaching since the 1960s. A hands-on introduction to all the m...

The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. II - The New Millennium Edition: Mainly Electromagnetism and Matter

"The whole thing was basically an experiment," Richard Feynman said late in his career, looking back on the origins of his lectures. The ...

Complexity in Nature and Society - From Dancing Molecules to Collapsing Societies

Global warming, biodiversity, water security, migration and many other challenges of the 21st century urges us to shift from the traditio...

The Feynman Lectures on Physics. The New Millennium Edition

Eagerly awaited by scientists and academics worldwide, the complete series of Feynman's landmark Lectures on Physics

Physics for You - Fifth Edition for All GCSE Examinations

Covering all GCSE specifications, this tried and tested series has been fully updated to match the new (9-1) GCSE Physics specifications ...

Feynman Lectures on Physics 3: Quantum Mechanics

"The whole thing was basically an experiment," Richard Feynman said late in his career, looking back on the origins of his lectures. The ...

Fundamentals - Ten Keys to Reality

One of our great contemporary scientists reveals the ten profound insights that illuminate what everyone should know about the physical w...

Mathematical Physics - A Modern Introduction to Its Foundations

The goal of this book is to expose the reader to the indispensable role that mathematics---often very abstract---plays in modern physics....

The Cambridge Double Star Atlas

The Cambridge Double Star Atlas is back! It is the first and only atlas of physical double stars that can be viewed with amateur astronom...

The Universe

The world's first and only guide to the Universe. The follow-up to our best-selling The World has been developed with NASA and is the wor...

A General Relativity Coursebook

This book provides a gentle introduction to general relativity, striking a balance between ease of use and precision. As a coursebook, it...

Principles & Practice of Physics, Global Edition

Principles & Practice of Physics, Volume 1 (Chapters 1-21), Global Edition

For courses in introductorycalculus-based physics. For a strong, deep, and fundamentallysimple understanding of physics Eric MazurGÇÖsgro...

Conceptual Physics, Global Edition

Thistitle is a Pearson Global Edition. The editorial team at Pearson has workedclosely with educators around the world to include content...

The Physics Book - Big Ideas Simply Explained

How do magnets generate electricity? What is antimatter? Is time travel possible? Discover the answers to these and over 90 other big que...

Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics, Global Edition

For courses in introductory calculus-based physics. A research-driven approach to physics Physics for Scientists and Engineers incorporat...

Physics for Scientists & Engineers with Modern Physics, Global Edition

This title is a Pearson Global Edition. Theeditorial team at Pearson has worked closely with educators around the world toinclude content...

A Mathematical Introduction to Conformal Field Theory

The first part of this book gives a detailed, self-contained and mathematically rigorous exposition of classical conformal symmetry in n ...

Number Theory in Science and Communication - With Applications in Cryptography, Physics, Digital Information, Computing, and Self-Similarity

"Number Theory in Science and Communication" is a well-known introduction for non-mathematicians to this fascinating and useful branch of...

Diffusion Under Confinement - A Journey Through Counterintuition

This book offers the reader a journey through the counterintuitive nature of Brownian motion under confinement. Diffusion is a universal ...

Cryogenic Safety - A Guide to Best Practice in the Lab and Workplace

This book describes the current state of the art in cryogenic safety best practice, helping the reader to work with cryogenic systems and...

Pythagoras's Trousers - God, Physics, and the Gender War

Here is a fresh, astute social and cultural history of physics, from ancient Greece to our own time. From its inception, Margaret Werthei...

Physics I for Dummies

An easy-to-follow guide to introductory physics, from the Big Bang to relativity All science, technology, engineering, and math majors in...

Quantum Measurement - Theory and Practice

This book adopts a novel, physics-first approach to quantum measurement, using physical experiments as the basis to describe the underlyi...

Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition

Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time? Fortunately, there's Schaum's. This all-in-one-package includes more than 700 ful...

University Physics with Modern Physics

For courses in calculus-based physics. Practice makes perfect: Guided practice helps students develop into expert problem solvers Practic...

Ship Resistance and Propulsion - Practical Estimation of Ship Propulsive Power

This updated edition provides a modern scientific approach to evaluating ship resistance and propulsion for a range of ship types.

Complexity Science - The Study of Emergence

This introductory textbook provides detailed coverage of the rapidly growing field of complexity science, for a broad audience of readers.

Machine Learning with Neural Networks - An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers

Modern introduction to machine learning with neural networks. Key principles of the topic are described alongside cutting-edge applications.

Geometry of Black Holes

Black holes present one of the most fascinating predictions of Einstein's general relativity, with strong evidence of their existence thr...

Polymers Near Surfaces: Conformation Properties and Relation to Critical Phenomena

This book gives an introduction to the conformation properties near surfaces of long flexible polymer chains in extreme dilution. These p...

Matter and Interactions, Volume 2 - Electric and Magnetic Interactions

Matter and Interactions, Volume II offers a modern curriculum for introductory physics (calculus-based). It presents physics the way prac...

A First Course in Computational Fluid Dynamics

This book provides a broad coverage of computational fluid dynamics that will interest engineers, astrophysicists, mathematicians, oceano...

Modern Classical Physics - Optics, Fluids, Plasmas, Elasticity, Relativity, and Statistical Physics

"Remarkable for its scope and authority, this text offers a new vision of the 'theoretical minimum' of classical physics that all physici...

IB Physics Course Book 2014 Edition - Oxford IB Diploma Programme

The most comprehensive match to the 2014 Physics syllabus, this completely revised edition gives you unrivalled support for the concept-b...

Quantum Gravity

Quantum theory and Einstein's theory of relativity are at the centre of modern theoretical physics, yet, the consistent unification of bo...

Einstein - A Biography

Albert Einstein is an icon of the twentieth century. Born in Ulm, Germany, in 1879, he is most famous for his theory of relativity, which...

Covariant Physics - From Classical Mechanics to General Relativity and Beyond

A textbook for 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate students using the fundamental principle of covariance as a basis for studying classical me...

Subtle Is the Lord - The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein

Subtle is the Lord is recognized as the definitive scientific biography of Albert Einstein, written by an award-winning physicist turned ...

Cambridge IGCSE(TM) Physics

We are working with Cambridge Assessment International Education to gain endorsement for this forthcoming title.

The world of physics I-III.

Physics, Global Edition

A Whirlwind History of the Universe and Mankind - From the Big Bang to the Higgs Boson

This book is an essential read for everyone who is curious about how we humans came to exist and interested in understanding the science ...

Astrophysical Recipes (Second Edition)

Steven Weinberg: A Life in Physics

"Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg shares his candid thoughts on theoretical physics and cosmology, along with anecdotes and recollections f...

Spectral Analysis of N-Body Schrödinger Operators at Two-Cluster Thresholds

This book provides a systematic study of spectral and scattering theory for many-body Schrödinger operators at two-cluster thresholds. Wh...

Recent Progress on Gravity Tests - Challenges and Future Perspectives

Einstein's theory of general relativity is one of the pillars of modern physics and it is our standard framework for describing gravitati...

Dynamical Properties of Baryon Resonances in the Holographic QCD

This book focuses on the study of the dynamical properties of hadron resonances, especially their transition processes by electromagnetic...

Advances in Non-Destructive Evaluation - Select Proceedings of Nde 2022

Traffic and Granular Flow '22

This book gathers contributions on a variety of flowing collective systems. While primarily focusing on pedestrian dynamics, it also refl...

Mathematical Physics and Its Interactions - In Honor of the 60th Birthday of Tohru Ozawa, Tokyo, Japan, August 2021

This publication comprises research papers contributed by the speakers, primarily based on their planned talks at the meeting titled 'Mat...