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  • The Theoretical Minimum

    What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics

    Series series The Theoretical Minimum
    **A master physicist and a self-taught scientist present the ultimate introduction to classical mechanics for people who are serious about learning physicsA New York Times BestsellerA Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year“Beautifully clear explanations of famously ‘difficult’ things.” ―Wall Street Journal**If you ever regretted not taking physics in college – or simply want to know how to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory

    The Theoretical Minimum

    Series series The Theoretical Minimum
    **The third volume in the bestselling physics series cracks open Einstein's special relativity and field theory.“This is physics the way it's really done, in all its glory, nothing swept under the rug.”―Sean Carroll, author of The Biggest Ideas in the Universe**Physicist Leonard Susskind and data engineer Art Friedman are back. This time, they introduce readers to Einstein's special relativity and ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Quantum Mechanics

    The Theoretical Minimum

    Series series The Theoretical Minimum
    **From the bestselling author of The Theoretical Minimum, an accessible introduction to the math and science of quantum mechanics“If you want to know how physicists really think about the world, this book is the place to start.”―Sean Carroll, author of The Particle at the End of the Universe**First he taught you classical mechanics. Now, physicist Leonard Susskind teams up with data engineer Art ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • General Relativity

    The Theoretical Minimum

    Series series The Theoretical Minimum
    **The latest volume in the New York Times–bestselling physics series explains Einstein’s masterpiece: the general theory of relativity **He taught us classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, and special relativity. Now, physicist Leonard Susskind, assisted by a new collaborator, mathematician André Cabannes, returns to tackle Einstein’s general theory of relativity. Starting from the equivalence ... Read more

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  • The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. II

    The New Millennium Edition: Mainly Electromagnetism and Matter

    "The whole thing was basically an experiment," Richard Feynman said late in his career, looking back on the origins of his lectures. The experiment turned out to be hugely successful, spawning publications that have remained definitive and introductory to physics for decades. Ranging from the basic principles of Newtonian physics through such formidable theories as general relativity and quantum ... Read more

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  • The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. I

    The New Millennium Edition: Mainly Mechanics, Radiation, and Heat

    "The whole thing was basically an experiment," Richard Feynman said late in his career, looking back on the origins of his lectures. The experiment turned out to be hugely successful, spawning publications that have remained definitive and introductory to physics for decades. Ranging from the basic principles of Newtonian physics through such formidable theories as general relativity and quantum ... Read more

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  • Spooky Action at a Distance

    Why Space and Times Are Doomed—and What It Means for Black Holes, the Big Bang, and Theories of Everything

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    Long-listed for the 2016 PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardDelightfully readable, Spooky Action at a Distance is a mind-bending voyage to the frontiers of modern physics that will change the way we think about reality.What is space? It isn't a question that most of us normally ask. Space is the venue of physics; it's where things exist, where they move and take shape. Yet over the ... Read more

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  • The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. III

    The New Millennium Edition: Quantum Mechanics

    "The whole thing was basically an experiment," Richard Feynman said late in his career, looking back on the origins of his lectures. The experiment turned out to be hugely successful, spawning publications that have remained definitive and introductory to physics for decades. Ranging from the basic principles of Newtonian physics through such formidable theories as general relativity and quantum ... Read more

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  • QED

    The Strange Theory of Light and Matter

    Series series Princeton Science Library
    Celebrated for his brilliantly quirky insights into the physical world, Nobel laureate Richard Feynman also possessed an extraordinary talent for explaining difficult concepts to the general public. Here Feynman provides a classic and definitive introduction to QED (namely quantum electrodynamics), that part of quantum field theory describing the interactions of light with charged particles. Using ... Read more

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  • Higgs Discovery

    The Power of Empty Space

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    On July 4, 2012, physicists at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva madehistory when they discovered an entirely new type of subatomic particle that many scientists believe is the Higgs boson. For forty years, physicists searched for this capstone to the Standard Model of particle physics—the theory that describes both the most elementary components that are known in matter and the forces through ... Read more

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  • Lakes

    Their Birth, Life, and Death

    “Lakes is my favorite kind of natural history: meticulously researched, timely, comprehensive, and written with imagination and verve.”—Jerry Dennis, author of The Living Great LakesLakes might be the most misunderstood bodies of water on earth. And while they may seem commonplace, without lakes our world would never be the same. In this revealing look at these lifegiving treasures, John Richard ... Read more

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