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| Brian Greene on String Theory
by Brian Greene
Physicist Brian Greene explains superstring theory, the idea that minscule strands of energy vibrating in 11 dimensions create every particle and force in the universe. |
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| A Briefer History of Time
by Stephen Hawking
This is the origin of and the reason for A Briefer History of Time: its author’s wish to make its content more accessible to readers –as well as to bring it up-to-date with the latest scientific observations and findings. |
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| Complexity and Chaos
by Roger White
Newtonian physics described a regular, clock-like world of forces and reaction; randomness was equated with incomplete knowledge. |
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| The Cosmic Landscape
by Leonard Susskind
Dr. Leonard Susskind discusses his most recent book The Cosmic Landscape: String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design. |
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| Dr. Quantum Presents: A User's Guide to Your Universe
by Fred Alan Wolf
Matter can move backward and forward in time. Objects may be in two places at once. Simply looking at an event can alter it instantaneously." Quantum physics is an astounding (and mind-boggling) field of science—but can you actually use it to change your life? |
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| E=mc2
by David Bodanis
In this lucid and brilliant book, one of the best popularizers of science illuminates one of science's most complex concepts. |
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| Einstein & the Mind of God
by Paul Davies
Part one of this series takes Einstein's science as a starting point for exploring the great physicist's perspective on ideas such as mystery, eternity, and the mind of God. |
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| Einstein's Revolution
by John T. Sanders
Isaac Newton's world had operated in a fixed, rigid, "absolute" framework of space and time. Yet discoveries about electromagnetism in the late nineteenth century created new and troubling inconsistencies. |
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| Einstein: His Life and Universe
by Walter Isaacson
From the bestselling author of "Benjamin Franklin" comes the first full biography of Albert Einstein since all of his papers have become available--a fully realized portrait of this extraordinary human being and great genius. |
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| The First Three Minutes
by Steven Weinberg
Now updated with a major new afterword that incorporates the latest cosmological research, this classic of contemporary science writing by a Nobel Prize-winning physicist explains what happened when the universe began—and how we know. |
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| Great Ideas of Classical Physics
by Steven Pollock
There is a hidden order in the ceaselessly changing world around us. It's called classical physics, and it's about how the world is put together. |
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| The Hidden Reality
by Brian Greene
There was a time when “universe” meant all there is. Everything. Yet, in recent years discoveries in physics and cosmology have led a number of scientists to conclude that our universe may be one among many. |
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| Isaac Newton's New Physics
by Gordon Brittan
Newton was a natural philosopher (the word "scientist" had not yet been coined) who described a planetary system held together by gravitational forces. |
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| NOVA E=mc2 - PBS Podcast
by WGBH Science Unit
To celebrate the centennial of Einstein's E = mc2, NOVA asked 10 top physicists--two Nobel Prize winners among them--how they would describe the equation to curious non-physicists. |
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| Parts Of a Whole
by David Bohm
This internationally known physicist has developed a theory of quantum physics which addresses the totality of existence, including matter and consciousness, as an unbroken whole. |
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| Physics for Future Presidents
by Richard A. Muller
The most interesting and important topics in physics, stressing conceptual understanding rather than math, with applications to current events. |
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| Physics I: Classical Mechanics
by Walter Lewin
8.01 is a first-semester freshman physics class in Newtonian Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, and Kinetic Gas Theory. |
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| Physics in Your Life
by Richard Wolfson
Why does a curve ball curve? Why does ice float? What’s the perfect way to cook egg custard? How do CDs and DVDs work? Why don’t your legs break when you jump off a chair? What keeps a moving bicycle from falling over? |
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| The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
by Richard P. Feynman
"The more one reads of Feynman, the more one falls in love with his refreshingly enthusiastic view of the world." |
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| Quantum Mechanics: The Physics of the Microscopic World
by Benjamin Schumacher
Quantum Mechanics is generously illustrated with diagrams, demonstrations, and experiments and is taught by a professor who is both a riveting lecturer and a pioneer in the field, for Professor Schumacher is an innovator in the exciting new discipline of quantum information. |
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| Richard Feynman: The Messenger Lecture Series
by Richard P. Feynman
Project Tuva is an enhanced video player platform released by Microsoft Research to host the Messenger Lectures series titled The Character of Physical Law given at Cornell University by Richard Feynman in 1964 and recorded by the BBC. |
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| The Theory of Everything
by Stephen Hawking
The Theory of Everything is a unique opportunity to explore the cosmos with the greatest mind since Einstein... |
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| A Theory of Everything
by Colin Blakemore
How did the universe start? What are we and where are we going? If we had a "Theory of Everything", we should be able to answer these questions. |
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