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Using and Understanding Mathematics: A Quantitative Reasoning Approach (4th Edition)
Most students taking this course do so to fulfill a requirement, but the true benefit of the course is learning how to use and understand mathematics in daily life. This quantitative reasoning text ... > read more -
Fundamentals of Physics, Volume 1 (Chapters 1 - 20)
The front cover is an image by Eric J. Heller depicting electron flow over a microscopically bumpy surface. The paths of the 100,000 electrons begin at the upper right but branch and fold back on one ... > read more -
Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
In this companion volume to the two-part NOVA television special by the same title, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and astronomy writer Donald Goldsmith attempt to cram 14 billion years of ... > read more -
Solid State Physics: Problems and Solutions
The ideal supplement to the standard texts in condensed matter physics Solving homework problems is the single most effective way for students to familiarize themselves with the language and ... > read more -
The Extravagant Universe: Exploding Stars, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Cosmos (Princeton Science Library)
One of the world's leading astronomers, Robert Kirshner, takes readers inside a lively research team on the quest that led them to an extraordinary cosmological discovery: the expansion of the ... > read more -
Contact with Alien Civilizations: Our Hopes and Fears about Encountering Extraterrestrials
What are the implications for Humankind of alien civilizations that may be "out there?" In thinking about contact with extraterrestrials, we have to grapple with a host of philosophical, religious, ... > read more -
iGenetics: A Molecular Approach (2nd Edition with CD-ROM) (The Genetics Place Series)
iGenetics: A Molecular Approach reflects the dynamic nature of modern genetics by emphasizing an experimental, inquiry-based approach with a solid treatment of many research experiments. ... > read more -
Ancient Turkey: A Traveller's History
Seton Lloyd's lively account of Turkey's early history is for the ever-increasing number of people visiting the ancient sites of this fabled land. Written by an archaeologist who has spent much of ... > read more -
The Nature of Space and Time
Who doesn't love a good argument? When physics heavyweights Stephen W. Hawking and Roger Penrose delivered three sets of back-and-forth lectures capped by a final debate at Cambridge's Isaac Newton ... > read more -
The Medici Conspiracy: The Illicit Journey of Looted Antiquities, From Italy's Tomb Raiders to the World's Greatest Museums
Their names are splashed all over the newspapers: Marion True, Robert Hecht, Giacomo Medici. The Medici Conspiracy tells the complete history behind the headlines. The story begins with a botched ... > read more
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