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A Short History Of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson
In A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bryson follows his greatest challenge yet: to understand—and, if possible, answer—the oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselves. From the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to there being us. The result is a profound, funny, and wonderfully clear and entertaining adventure into the realms of human knowledge, as only Bill Bryson can render it.
Physics
by Douglas C Giancoli
For algebra-based introductory physics courses taken primarily by pre-med, agricultural, technology, and architectural students.
This best-selling algebra-based physics text is known for its elegant writing, engaging biological applications, and exactness. Physics: Principles with Applications, 6e retains the careful exposition and precision of previous editions with many interesting new applications and carefully crafted new pedagogy. It was written to give students the basic concepts of physics... Read more about this item
This best-selling algebra-based physics text is known for its elegant writing, engaging biological applications, and exactness. Physics: Principles with Applications, 6e retains the careful exposition and precision of previous editions with many interesting new applications and carefully crafted new pedagogy. It was written to give students the basic concepts of physics... Read more about this item
Introduction To Electrodynamics
by David J Griffiths
About the Book This book is known for its clear, concise and accessible coverage of standard topics in a logical and pedagogically sound order. The Third Edition features a clear, accessible treatment of the fundamentals of electromagnetic theory, providing a sound platform for the exploration of related applications (ac circuits, antennas, transmission lines, plasmas, optics, etc.). Its lean and focused approach employs numerous examples and problems. More About Title Friendly, informal style. Clear...
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Cosmos
by Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan was the David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and Director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University; Distinguished Visiting Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; and the cofounder and President of the Planetary Society, the largest space-interest group in the world. For the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, he was an adviser on the Mariner, Voyager, and Viking unmanned space missions, and he briefed...
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A Brief History Of Time
by Stephen Hawking
A Brief History of Time is a popular science book written by Stephen Hawking and first published by the Bantam Dell Publishing Group in 1988. It became a best-seller and has sold more than 9 million copies. It was also on the London Sunday Times best-seller list for more than four years. There is also a documentary by the same name, directed by Errol Morris and released in 1991. Unlike the book, the documentary is primarily a biography of Stephen Hawking.
A Brief History Of Time
by Stephen W Hawking
A Brief History of Time is a popular science book written by Stephen Hawking and first published by the Bantam Dell Publishing Group in 1988. It became a best-seller and has sold more than 9 million copies. It was also on the London Sunday Times best-seller list for more than four years. There is also a documentary by the same name, directed by Errol Morris and released in 1991. Unlike the book, the documentary is primarily a biography of Stephen Hawking.
Optics
by Eugene Hecht
Optics, Fifth Edition is distinguished by three core imperatives for the reader: up-to-date content in line with the ever-evolving technological advances in the Optics field; a modern approach to discourse including studies on photons, phasors, and theory; and improvements and revisions to the previous edition’s pedagogy including over one hundred new worked examples.
The Elegant Universe
by Brian Greene
The Elegant Universe is a book by Brian Greene published in 1999 which introduces string theory and provides a comprehensive though non-technical assessment of the theory and some of its shortcomings.
The Road To Reality
by Roger Penrose
Roger Penrose is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. In 1988 he shared the Wolf Prize for physics with Stephen Hawking for their joint contribution to our understanding of the universe.From the Hardcover edition.
Annals Of the Former World
by John McPhee
Annals of the Former World is a book on geology written by John McPhee and published in 1998 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. It won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. The book presents a geological history of North America, and was researched and written over the course of two decades beginning in 1978."Most mountain ranges around the world are the result of compression, of segments of the earth's crust being brought together, bent, mashed, thrust and folded, squeezed up into the sky-- the...
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Einstein
by Walter Isaacson
Walter Isaacson, presidente del Instituto Aspen, ha sido presidente de la CNN y director ejecutivo de la revista Time. Es autor de Einstein, su vida y su universo (Debate, 2008), Benjamin Franklin: An American Life y Kissinger: A Biography, y es coautor, con Evan Thomas, de The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. Vive con su mujer en Washington, D.C.Walter Isaacson is the CEO of the Aspen Institute, has been chairman of CNN and the managing editor of...
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Organic Chemistry
by John E McMurry
A best-selling text for organic chemistry students, this text boasts illustrations, problems, and media-based “Organic Knowledge Tools.”
The Fabric Of the Cosmos
by Brian Greene
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality is the second book on theoretical physics, cosmology, and string theory written by Brian Greene, professor and co-director of Columbia's Institute for Strings, Cosmology, and Astroparticle Physics (ISCAP).
The Organic Chem Lab Survival Manual
by James W Zubrick
Written for the laboratory that accompanies the sophomore/junior level
courses in Organic Chemistry, Zubrick provides students with a valuable
guide to the basic techniques of the Organic Chemistry lab. The book will
help students understand and practice good lab safety. It will also help
students become familiar with basic instrumentation, techniques and
apparatus and help them master the latest techniques such as interpretation
of infrared spectroscopy. The guide is mostly macroscale in its
orientation.
courses in Organic Chemistry, Zubrick provides students with a valuable
guide to the basic techniques of the Organic Chemistry lab. The book will
help students understand and practice good lab safety. It will also help
students become familiar with basic instrumentation, techniques and
apparatus and help them master the latest techniques such as interpretation
of infrared spectroscopy. The guide is mostly macroscale in its
orientation.
The Tao Of Physics
by Fritjof Capra
The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism is a book by physicist Fritjof Capra, published in 1975 by Shambhala Publications of Berkeley, California. It was a bestseller in the United States, and has been published in 43 editions in 23 languages. The fourth edition in English was published in 2000.
Relativity
by Albert Einstein
The Nobel Prize-winning scientist's presentation of his landmark theoryAccording to Einstein himself, this book is intended "to give an exact insight into the theory of Relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics." When he wrote the book in 1916, Einstein's name was scarcely known outside the physics institutes. Having just completed his...
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Six Easy Pieces
by Richard P Feynman
The Feynman Lectures on Physics is a 1964 physics textbook by Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton and Matthew Sands, based upon the lectures given by Feynman to undergraduate students at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1961–63. It includes lectures on mathematics, electromagnetism, Newtonian physics, quantum physics, and even the relation of physics to other sciences.
Physical Sciences Books & Ephemera
The Sky at Night
by Moore, Patrick
Patrick Stephens Limited, 1985. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good. wraps are shelf rubbed and edge worn. tanning. light marks. well bound. fairly good copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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€6.62
New Worlds for Old
by Duncan Lunan
Morrow, New York, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. 268 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Morrow, New York, 1979. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Dust jacket has superficial rubbing. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. Dust jacket is unclipped. Edges of pages are slightly soiled. . Foxing on end pages. *** Quantity Available: 1....
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€12.97
Scientific American Mind - 2018 Special Collector's Edition. Behavior, Brain Science, Insights
by Andrea Gawrylewski (Collections Editor)
New York : Scientific American, a Division of Nature America, Inc. , 2018. Soft cover. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. New, and pristine. See scans and description. New York: Scientific American, a Division of Nature America, Inc., 2018. Scientific American Mind - 2018 Special Collector's Edition, edited by Andrea Gawrylewski. Quarto, illustrated perfect-bound wraps,113 pp. New, and flawless. See scans. SA, with its usual inspired graphics as accompaniment, discusses state-of-the-art...
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€33.08
Ages in Chaos Volume 1 : from the Exodus to King Akhnaton
by Velikovsky, Immanuel
Sidgwick & Jackson, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor/Poor. Volume 1 Only. jacket is worn, torn and tape repaired. edge wear and knocking on boards. thorough foxing and marks. loose binding and visible netting. mainly a reading copy.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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€8.51
Encyclopedia of Infrared Spectroscopy: Volume II (Minerals and Glass)
by Hugo Kaye
Hardback. New.
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€93.93
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO BUYING GEMS
by Matlins, Antoinette Leonard & Antonio Bonanno
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Crown. Near Fine in Good Dust Jacket. 1985. Stated 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0517547929 . 206 pages; Signed by Author; Black boards with blue spine. Spine with silver lettering. Spine is straight. Pages are clean, unmarked, tight, ivory. Incribed and signed by both authors: It was terrific meeting / you aboard the QEII's 1985 / World Cruise - We hope you / had as much fun as we did! Dust jacket with edge rubbing and wear. There is a tear at the top back near...
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€5.67
The Last Three Minutes: Conjecture About The Ultimate Fate Of The Universe : Signed
by Paul Davies
U.S.A.: MARK V. ZIESING, 1994. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1ST. Excellent Copy - Signed By The Author On The Title Page. A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Near Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, No Real Shelf Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Near Fine Condition. Not Chipped Or Crinkled. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks, And Enjoy..
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€141.73
Cosmos: Foreword By Neil Degrasse Tyson
by Sagan, Carl
Ballantine Books. Very Good+. 2013. Paperback. 0345539435 . A Very Good++ Trade Paperback with a sound binding, bright & unmarked pages. Light corner bumping, with an uncreased spine. "Contents: The shores of the cosmic ocean -- One voice in the cosmic feud -- The harmony of worlds -- Heaven and hell -- Blues for a red planet -- Travelers' tales -- The backbone of the night -- Travels in space and time -- The lives of the stars -- The edge of forever -- The persistence of memory --...
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€13.32
Geology Of Southern Africa
by Mountain,Edgar D
Books Of Africa, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The jacket is rubbed and marked.Internally clean.Tightly bound.[Restored]05-06-2019. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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€17.96
Galileo, Courtier: The Practice of Science in the Culture of Absolutism
by Mario Biagioli
Soft Cover. New.
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€26.47
Selectivity in Organic Synthesis
by Robert S. Ward
Paperback / softback. New. Selectivity is an increasingly important part of organic synthesis. The whole basis of organic chemistry, and especially organic synthesis, depends upon the selectivity which can be achieved in organic reactions. This text describes the strategies which can be adopted to improve selectivity.
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€88.35
A Choice of Catastrophes: The Disasters That Threaten Our World
by Asimov, Isaac
NY: Simon & Schuster. Title: A Choice of Catastrophes The Disasters That Threaten Our World Author: Isaac Asimov Publisher: Simon and Schuster Date: 1979 Edition: First Edition Pages: 377 Format: Hardcover in Dust Jacket Size: 8vo "Scientist, author, and Earth-dweller explores the many potential natural and man-made catastrophes that could change life as we know it, or erase us from the face of the Earth. Natural properties and laws might change at any time, rendering life on this...
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€14.18
Astronomy
by John Paton editor
NY: Willowisp Press. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1984. Wrappers. 4 1/2 By 7 Inches. Trade Paperback. ; Color Plates .Packed with color pictures, diagrams, and hundreds of fascinating facts. bx159
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€10.21
Spravochnik po fizike i tekhnike / Справочник по физике и технике
by Enokhovich Anatolij Sergeevich / Енохович Анатолий Сергеевич
Просвещение, 1976. Softcover/Paperback. Good. 60x90/16. Приведены значения основных физических величин в различных областях науки и техники, в окружающей жизни, в природе, а также данные, характеризующие выдающиеся научные и технические достижения наших дней.
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€10.35
Fizika mikromira. Malenkaya entsiklopediya L / Физика микромира. Маленькая энциклопедия (L)
by Redaktor Shirkov Dmitrij Vasilevich / Редактор Ширков Дмитрий Васильевич
Советская энциклопедия, 1980. Hardcover/Hardback. As New. 60x90/16. Энциклопедия «Физика микромира» посвящена квантовой физике, в особенности её наиболее бурно развивающейся части — физике элементарных частиц. Читатель вводится в круг современных представлений о строении материи и законов...
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€22.89
The Invented Universe: The Einstein-De Sitter Controversy
by Pierre Kerszberg
Unread book with a touch of shelf wear. Hard Cover. As New.
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€61.44
Widening Horizons - Man's Quest to Understand the Structure of the Universe
by Kopal, Zdenek
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good -. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine; some rubbing of corners and head/foot of spine; covers are lightly soiled; some erased pencil markings on top right of free front endpaper; otherwise book interior is clean and tight; 8 vo; 176 pages; dustjacket is protected by mylar wrapper; dust jacket is rubbed at edges, and has minor chipping at spine ends; dust jacket has a crease at upper...
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€7.09
Echoes Of The Ancient Skies: The Astronomy Of Lost Civilizations
by DR. E.C. KRUPP
KONECKY & KONECKY, 2004. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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€5.69
The Welsh Borderland (British Regional Geology, 3rd edition)
by Earp, J R & Hains, B A
HMSO, 1971. Book. Good. paperback. 3rd Edition. paperback, spine faded o/w good, col'd folding maps, b&w diagrams, plates, etc, 118pp, ISBN:0118801228.
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€4.55
The Way: An Ecological World-view
by Edward Goldsmith
Paperback / softback. New. First published in 1992, The Way is Edward Goldsmith's magnum opus. In it, he proposes that the stability and integrity of humans depend on the preservation of the balance of natural systems surrounding the individual - family, community, society, ecosystem, and the ecosphere itself.
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€53.89
Introduction to Soft Matter: Synthetic and Biological Self-Assembling Materials
by Ian W. Hamley
Paperback / softback. New. Introduction to Soft Matter, Revised Edition: Synthetic and Biological Self-Assembling Materials provides an introduction to this exciting subject with chapters covering natural and synthetic polymers, colloids, surfactants, and liquid crystals highlighting the many and varied applications of these materials.
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€55.49
Geology and Water Resources of the Edgeley and La Moure Quadrangles North Dakota
by Hard, H. A
Washington, D. C.: U. S. Geological Survey, 1929. First Edition. Bulletin 6. Very Good- with no dust jacket. Unmarked, except for USGS stamps. ; Book Description; Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square with minor wear. Ships Safe and Fast. Published without Dust Jacket. Government Rebound original paperback edition, red boards with guild lettering on spine ; U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin; Vol. 801; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 90 pages.
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€21.74€17.39
Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction
by Callister, William D
Wiley, 1999. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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€6.93
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