-
To Explain the World_ The Discovery of Modern Science - Steven Weinberg
In this rich, irreverent, compelling history, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg takes us from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad and Oxford, from Plato's Academy and t... -
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry - Neil DeGrasse Tyson
The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist.What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit withi... -
Warped Passages - Lisa Randall
From Publishers WeeklyThe concept of additional spatial dimensions is as far from intuitive as any idea can be. Indeed, although Harvard physicist Randall does a very nice job of e... -
Warp speed - Travis S. Taylor
SUMMARY: Dr. Neal Anson Clemons, brilliant physicist and martial arts expert, was born at the very moment that men first landed on the moon, and his dream had always been to find a... -
The Dispossessed - Ursula K. le Guin
PerfectBound e-book extra: A Study Guide to The Dispossessed by Paul Brians.Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. he will seek answers, question the unquestionable... -
Solar - Ian McEwan
The literary event of the season: a new novel from Ian McEwan, as surprising as it is masterful. Michael Beard is a Nobel prize--winning physicist whose best work is behind him. Tr... -
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... -
Everything Is Obvious_ _Once Yo - Duncan J. Watts
Review"Mr. Watts, a former sociology professor and physicist who is now a researcher for Yahoo, has written a fascinating book that ranges through psychology, economics, marketing ... -
Eifelheim - Michael Flynn
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. A present-day scientific odd couple who are longtime domestic partners, physicist Sharon Nagy and historian Tom Schwoerin, look into the fate.... -
Death by black hole_ and other - Neil deGrasse Tyson
EDITORIAL REVIEW: A vibrant collection of essays on the cosmos from the nation's best-known astrophysicist. “One of today’s best popularizers of science.”—Kirkus Reviews. Loyal rea...