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Shape of Inner Space - Shing-tung Yau; Steve Nadi
String theory says we live in a ten-dimensional universe, but that only four are accessible to our everyday senses. According to theorists, the missing six are curled up in bizarre... -
Rogue Saucer - John Vornholt
SUMMARY:"ROUGE SAUCER" While its own saucer section receives needed repairs, the "U.S.S. Enterprise(TM)" tests a new experimental saucer. In theory, the new saucer can survi... -
Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You_ - Marcus Chown
SUMMARY:The two towering achievements of modern physics are quantum theory and Einsteins general theory of relativity. But, almost a century after their advent, most people ... -
Once Before Time - Martin Bojowald
In 2000, Martin Bojowald, then a twenty-seven-year-old post-doc at Pennsylvania State University, used a relatively new theory called loop quantum gravity—a cunning combination of ... -
Incomplete Nature_ How Mind Eme - Terrence W. Deacon
As physicists work toward completing a theory of the universe and biologists unravel the molecular complexity of life, a glaring incompleteness in this scientific vision becomes ap... -
Frames of Mind_ The Theory of M - Howard Gardner
Product DescriptionMore than 200,00 copies of earlier editions have been sold; this reissue includes a new introduction by the author to mark the twenty-first birthday of this rema... -
Cryoburn - Lois McMaster Bujold
Miles Vorkosigan is back! Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. Barrayaran Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan can hardly disapprovehe's been cheating death his whole... -
Chaos Theory - John Whitman
Product DescriptionA brilliant madman dedicated to anarchy has dark plans for the U.S. In twenty-four hours, America will be plunged into chaos—the result of an unthinkable assassi... -
A More Perfect Heaven - Dava Sobel
By 1514, the reclusive cleric Nicolaus Copernicus had written and hand-copied an initial outline of his heliocentric theory-in which he defied common sense and received wisdom to p...