![Obsessed by a Dream]( "Obsessed by a Dream")
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Sørheim, A. (2020)
This Open Access biography chronicles the life and achievements of the Norwegian engineer and physicist Rolf Widerøe. Readers who meet him in the pages of this book will wonder …
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![Plutonium]( "Plutonium")
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von Hippel, F., Takubo, M., Kang, J. (2019)
This book provides a readable and thought-provoking analysis of the issues surrounding nuclear fuel reprocessing and fast-neutron reactors, including discussion of resources, …
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![How to Drive a Nuclear Reactor]( "How to Drive a Nuclear Reactor")
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Tucker, C. (2019)
Have you ever wondered how a nuclear power station works? This lively book will answer that question. It’ll take you on a journey from the science behind nuclear reactors, through …
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![Nico Bloembergen]( "Nico Bloembergen")
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Herber, R. (2019)
This biography is a personal portrait of one of the best-known Dutch physicists, Nicolaas Bloembergen. Born in 1920 in Dordrecht, Bloembergen studied physics in Utrecht, leaving …
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![Saint Joan of New York]( "Saint Joan of New York")
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Alpert, M. (2019)
SAINT JOAN OF NEW YORK is a novel about a math prodigy who becomes obsessed with discovering the Theory of Everything. Joan Cooper, a 17-year-old genius traumatized by the death …
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![Exploring Science Through Science Fiction]( "Exploring Science Through Science Fiction")
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Luokkala, B. B. (2019)
How does Einstein’s description of space and time compare with Doctor Who? Can James Bond really escape from an armor-plated railroad car by cutting through the floor with a …
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![Close Encounters of Art and Physics]( "Close Encounters of Art and Physics")
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Pesce, L. (2019)
Close Encounters of Art and Physics is a voyage in time through the abstract ideas harboured in the minds of humans, starting from the graffiti art of cave dwellers and extending …
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![The Time Machine Hypothesis]( "The Time Machine Hypothesis")
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Broderick, D. (2019)
Every age has characteristic inventions that change the world. In the 19th century it was the steam engine and the train. For the 20th, electric and gasoline power, aircraft, …
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![Ball Lightning]( "Ball Lightning")
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Boerner, H. (2019)
Ball lightning is an enigma. These luminous objects that appear occasionally during thunderstorms and can reach several meters in diameter have been a mystery to science for about …
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![The Dawn of Science]( "The Dawn of Science")
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Padmanabhan, T., Padmanabhan, V. (2019)
This lucid and captivating book takes the reader back to the early history of all the sciences, starting from antiquity and ending roughly at the time of Newton — covering the …
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![Fake Physics: Spoofs, Hoaxes and Fictitious Science]( "Fake Physics: Spoofs, Hoaxes and Fictitious Science")
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May, A. (2019)
People are used to seeing “fake physics” in science fiction – concepts like faster-than-light travel, antigravity and time travel to name a few. The fiction label ought to be a …
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![Information—Consciousness—Reality]( "Information—Consciousness—Reality")
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Glattfelder, J. B. (2019)
This open access book chronicles the rise of a new scientific paradigm offering novel insights into the age-old enigmas of existence. Over 300 years ago, the human mind discovered …
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![Particle Panic!]( "Particle Panic!")
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Larsen, K. (2019)
From novels and short stories to television and film, popular media has made a cottage industry of predicting the end of the world will be caused by particle accelerators. Rather …
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![Einstein and Heisenberg]( "Einstein and Heisenberg")
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Kleinknecht, K. (2019)
This is a fascinating account of two great scientists of the 20th century: Einstein and Heisenberg, discoverers, respectively, of the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. …
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![New Light Through Old Windows: Exploring Contemporary Science Through 12 Classic Science Fiction Tales]( "New Light Through Old Windows: Exploring Contemporary Science Through 12 Classic Science Fiction Tales")
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Webb, S. (2019)
This book presents the reader with some of the earliest classic SF short stories – all of them published between 1858 and 1934, featuring both well-known and long-forgotten …
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![The Laser Inventor]( "The Laser Inventor")
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Maiman, T. H. (2018)
In these engaging memoirs of a maverick, Theodore H. Maiman describes the life events leading to his invention of the laser in 1960. Maiman succeeded using his expertise in …
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![Quantum Physics, Mini Black Holes, and the Multiverse]( "Quantum Physics, Mini Black Holes, and the Multiverse")
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Nomura, Y., Poirier, B., Terning, J., Nekoogar, F. (Ed) (2018)
"Modern physics is rife with provocative and fascinating ideas, from quantum mechanics to the multiverse. But as interesting as these concepts are, they are also easy to …
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![Marcel Grossmann]( "Marcel Grossmann")
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Graf-Grossmann, C. (2018)
Zurich, summer 1912. Albert Einstein has just returned from Prague to the city on the Limmat. He sends a plea for help to his former fellow student, the mathematician Marcel …
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![The Second Quantum Revolution]( "The Second Quantum Revolution")
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Jaeger, L. (2018)
This book tells the story of the second quantum revolution which will shape the 21st century as much as the first quantum revolution shaped the 20th century. It provides unique …
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![Feynman and His Physics]( "Feynman and His Physics")
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Resag, J. (2018)
This book takes the reader on a journey through the life of Richard Feynman and describes, in non-technical terms, his revolutionary contributions to modern physics. Feynman was …
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