Physics

Thinking in Systems is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem-solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. This essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world....

The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist. What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There’s no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and...

Cosmos is one of the bestselling science books of all time. In clear-eyed prose, Sagan reveals a jewel-like blue world inhabited by a life form that is just beginning to discover its own identity and to venture into the vast ocean of space....

*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* America's favorite astrophysicist has written the most entertaining and universally appealing book of his stellar career: a practical guide for dealing with Alien visitors, an exploration of how it might happen, and a cultural history of our fascination with...

Nearly everyone is familiar with holograms - three-dimensional images projected into space with the aid of a laser. Two of the world's most eminent thinkers believe that the universe itself may be a giant hologram, quite literally a kind of image or construct created, at least in part, by the...

A bold and all-embracing exploration of the nature and progress of knowledge from one of today's great thinkers. Throughout history, mankind has struggled to understand life's mysteries, from the mundane to the seemingly miraculous. In this important new book, David Deutsch, an award-winning...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of the greatest minds of our time explores profound questions such as: How did the universe begin—and what made its start possible? Does time always flow forward? Is the universe unending—or are there boundaries? Are there other dimensions in space? What will...

Chemistry and Our Universe: How It All Works is your in-depth introduction to this vital field, taught through 60 engaging half-hour lectures that are suitable for any background or none at all....

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER The definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of...

My Big TOE: Awakening, written by a nuclear physicist in the language of contemporary culture, unifies science and philosophy, physics and metaphysics, mind and matter....

One of TIME’s Ten Best Nonfiction Books of the Decade "Meet the new Stephen Hawking . . . The Order of Time is a dazzling book." --The Sunday Times From the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Reality Is Not What It Seems, Helgoland, and Anaximander comes a concise, elegant...

Winner of the 2008 Audie Award for Biography/Memoir The definitive, internationally bestselling biography of Albert Einstein. Now the basis of Genius, the ten-part National Geographic series on the life of Albert Einstein, starring the Oscar, Emmy, and Tony Award–winning actor Geoffrey Rush as...

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard P. Feynman, from interviews and speeches to lectures and printed articles. A sweeping, wide-ranging collection, it presents an intimate and fascinating view of a life in science - a life like no other...

One of AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of 2019! A New York Times Best Book of the Year A Time Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence Winner From journalist Adam Higginbotham, the New York Times bestselling “account that...

**Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award** The definitive history of nuclear weapons—from the turn-of-the-century discovery of nuclear energy to J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project—this epic work details the science, the...

Welcome to the Universe is a personal guided tour of the cosmos by three of today's leading astrophysicists....

Apollo is the behind-the-scenes story of an epic achievement. Based on exhaustive research that included many exclusive interviews, Apollo tells how America went from a standing start to a landing on the moon at a speed that now seems impossible. It describes the unprecedented engineering...

The author of the best seller The Beginning of Infinity, David Deutsch, explores the four most fundamental strands of human knowledge: quantum physics, and the theories of knowledge, computation, and evolution - and their unexpected connections....

Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America's manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades. As a flight director in NASA's Mission Control, Kranz witnessed firsthand the making of history. He participated in the space program from the early days of the Mercury program...

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is essential listening for understanding the history, philosophy, and evolution of science....

“The man who makes physics sexy . . . the scientist they’re calling the next Stephen Hawking.” —The Times Magazine From the New York Times–bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, The Order of Time, Helgoland, and Anaximander, a closer look at the mind-bending nature of...

Time rules our lives, woven into the very fabric of the universe. Nothing so pervades our existence and yet is so difficult to explain....

"This engaging, conversational book begs to be read aloud, and who better than its author?... Tyson’s warmth and erudition make him a superb narrator of this excellent, thought-provoking book."- Library Journal "Like a spaceship traveling the stars, Tyson's voice flows smoothly as he delivers...

"This is science writing as wonder and as inspiration." —The Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal From one of the most influential scientists of our time, a dazzling exploration of the hidden laws that govern the life cycle of everything from plants and animals to the cities we live in...

In one of the most exciting and accessible explanations of The Theory of Relativity in recent years, Professors Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw go on a journey to the frontier of 21st century science to consider the real meaning behind the iconic sequence of symbols that make up Einstein's most...

Unlock the extraordinary hidden in the ordinary with "Everyday Quantum Physics," a captivating journey into the quantum realm that exists all around us. Dive into the world where paradoxes transform into practical marvels, unveiling the secrets behind the technology that powers our daily lives. This eBook transforms complex concepts into approachable insights, revealing the quantum tricks inside your pocket-sized gadgets. Explore the enigmatic toolkit of quantum mechanics, from the dual nature of electrons to the curious case of quantum tunneling. Peek behind the curtain of the micro-world ...

Unlock the mysteries of the universe with "The Hidden World of Atoms," a captivating exploration into the unseen world that composes everything around us. This eBook offers an enchanting journey through the fundamental building blocks of matter, revealing how atoms influence every aspect of our daily lives. Begin your adventure with a peek inside the reasons why atoms matter, uncovering the tiny scales that shape our world and the everyday marvels born from atomic behavior. Delve into the fascinating history of how we discovered these invisible particles, constructing a picture of what ...

Dive into the unseen world of electrons and uncover the mysteries that drive the technology we use every day. "How Electrons Really Work" offers a captivating journey from the tiniest scales of matter to the awe-inspiring complexities of modern electronics, all without the heavy lifting of complicated math. Start your adventure with an approachable introduction to the electron—a particle so small, yet responsible for so much. Understand their presence and influence through landmark experiments and the subtle signs of their work in everyday life. Explore why the planetary model of orbits ...

Quantum mechanics predicts measurement outcomes with extraordinary precision. More than a century later, physicists still disagree about what its mathematics describes. Many popular accounts present the wavefunction as though it were a picture of something physical—a field, a fluid, or a guiding wave. The Obstruction argues that this habit lies behind much of the interpretive disagreement. Drawing on the Kochen–Specker theorem, Spekkens's generalized noncontextuality, the sheaf-theoretic formulation of contextuality, the quantum reconstruction program, and the negativity of the Wigner ...

What if the universe is not merely something we observe — but something that becomes real through observation? John Archibald Wheeler was one of the most imaginative physicists of the twentieth century. He helped popularize the term “black hole,” explored wormholes and quantum foam, revived the study of general relativity, and trained some of the greatest minds in modern physics. But his most provocative ideas reached beyond gravity and spacetime into the deepest mystery of quantum reality: the role of the observer. In Wheeler and the Self-Observing Cosmos, Clayton Louis Turnage ...

In a universe without primitive time, direction emerges from irreversible quantum commitments. The Arrow of Time in a Blockchain Universe explores time not as a flowing river, but as an accumulating ledger of entangled states—validated, recorded, and exponentially costly to reverse. Drawing on philosophy, relativity, quantum gravity, and information theory, Boris Kriger argues that the past is fixed because it is entangled, the future open because it awaits validation, and spacetime itself arises from patterns of mutual information.

What if the universe is not made of separate things? For centuries, science imagined reality as a world of local causes: objects here, objects there, influences traveling through space, and hidden properties waiting to be revealed. But quantum mechanics shattered that classical dream. In John Bell and the Nonlocal Universe, Clayton Louis Turnage tells the gripping story of the quiet physicist who turned one of the deepest philosophical arguments in science into an experimental test. Einstein believed quantum mechanics was incomplete. Bohr defended the strange new language of Copenhagen. ...

"Quantum High Performance Computing" is a definitive, hands-on, end-to-end technical guide designed specifically for the modern technology landscape. As quantum computing transitions out of the physics laboratory and into the enterprise data center, the demand for professionals who can actually build and deploy hybrid applications is skyrocketing. This book is engineered to meet that precise industry demand. It covers the entire lifecycle of Quantum-HPC solutions: from scratch to design, build, setup, deployment, implementation, all the way to final production. Philosophy The core ...

Stop memorizing physics formulas. Start understanding where they come from. Physics from First Principles is a calculus-based self-study guide that presents introductory physics as one connected chain of reasoning—from measurement and vectors to mechanics, thermodynamics, and special relativity. Instead of treating equations as rules to accept, this book derives them from observations, definitions, and fundamental laws. You will learn what each equation means physically, which assumptions make it valid, and how to test your results using dimensional analysis, units, limiting cases, and ...

Embark on an unforgettable journey through the wonders of the Solar System with this fascinating and comprehensive guide to our cosmic neighborhood. Explore the birth of the Sun, the formation of the planets, the mysteries of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, and the incredible worlds of dwarf planets like Pluto. Discover spectacular moons, towering volcanoes, hidden underground oceans, dazzling rings, powerful solar storms, asteroids, comets, meteors, and the distant Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud. Learn how gravity shaped the Solar System, how space probes and...

Absorb mind-blowing astronomy facts engineered to induce deep sleep in this soothing journey through the universe. Transform your nightly bedtime routine into a tranquil drift through the cosmos. Designed specifically for listeners struggling with insomnia or racing thoughts, this audiobook...

Dive into "A 1-HOUR PHYSICS GUIDE" — a compact, captivating primer that distills big ideas into a single hour. Perfect for curious readers, science enthusiasts, and busy minds, this clear, accessible guide delivers broad concepts and deep insights with zero mathematics. Whether you're new to cosmology or brushing up on popular science, you'll get a crisp, engaging tour of gravity, spacetime, event horizons, singularities, and relativistic effects without the equations. Readable, punchy chapters make complex ideas memorable and shareable — ideal for casual learners, students, and ...

Discover the extraordinary true story of Ingenuity, NASA's groundbreaking Mars helicopter that achieved the first powered, controlled flight on another planet. Ingenuity: The Helicopter That Conquered Mars: The Extraordinary Story of the First Powered Flight on Another World takes readers on an unforgettable journey through the science, engineering, innovation, and determination that transformed an impossible dream into one of the greatest achievements in space exploration. Explore the challenges of flying in Mars' ultra-thin atmosphere, the revolutionary technologies that made autonomous ...

Physics has two spectacularly successful theories that cannot share a room. General relativity describes gravity as the curvature of a continuous spacetime, and it has passed every experimental test for a hundred years. Quantum mechanics describes matter as discrete and probabilistic, and it too has never been shown wrong. Try to combine them, and the mathematics produces nonsense: infinities that will not go away, predictions that cannot be extracted. That failure is the biggest open question in physics. This book walks you through the whole landscape of that question in plain English, ...

Unlock the Invisible Ocean of Data Flowing Right Through You. For most of human history, the radio spectrum was a locked box, accessible only to governments, military engineers, and hobbyists with thousands of dollars of specialized equipment. That world is dead. Today, a thirty-dollar USB dongle and a piece of wire are all you need to turn your computer into a master key for the electromagnetic spectrum. In Signals in the Aether, David Maiolo takes you on a thrilling, hands-on journey into the world of Software Defined Radio (SDR). Ditching dry, math-heavy textbooks, this guide is built on...

What if time does more than pass? What if it helps drive the expansion of the universe, turns possibility into fact, and preserves every consequence as history? In The Compiler Universe, Dr. Peter Laurence introduces Resonant Compiler Cosmology, a provocative speculative framework built around the idea of Time Density—a proposed hidden state of time that may influence both cosmic expansion and the way reality becomes permanent. From dark energy, quantum possibility, and black holes to morality, death, God, and artificial intelligence, this book connects the greatest mysteries of the ...

"Remote Sensing and AI" is a comprehensive, highly practical, and industry-focused manual designed to teach the end-to-end development of artificial intelligence applications using geospatial and satellite data. This section provides a detailed explanation of the book's core philosophy, pedagogical structure, key features, target audience, and the primary takeaways readers will acquire upon completion. Philosophy The guiding philosophy of this book is strictly centered on practical implementation and real-world applicability. In the rapidly evolving tech industry, possessing theoretical ...

What if quantum mechanics is not telling us that reality disappears when we look — but that reality is deeper, more unified, and more mysterious than we ever imagined? Basil Hiley was one of the most important yet least publicly known figures in the hidden-order tradition of quantum physics. As David Bohm’s closest long-term collaborator, Hiley helped carry Bohm’s radical vision beyond pilot waves and hidden variables into a deeper search for the mathematical structure of wholeness. In Basil Hiley and the Undivided Universe, readers enter the world of Bohmian mechanics, quantum ...

What if common sense is not the foundation of reality, but only its surface? For centuries, realism seemed obvious. Objects possess properties. Events have histories. Measurement reveals what is already there. A clock ticks whether anyone watches it. A cat is alive or dead, but not both. Quantum mechanics shattered that confidence. In Leggett and the Tests of Realism, Clayton Louis Turnage explores the work of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Anthony Leggett, one of the key figures who pushed quantum foundations beyond Bell’s theorem and into the strange territory of macroscopic reality. ...

What happens when the observer becomes part of the experiment? Eugene Wigner was not a mystic standing outside science. He was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, a master of symmetry, and one of the great mathematical minds of the twentieth century. Yet at the edge of quantum theory, Wigner saw a problem that physics could not easily escape: measurement does not merely produce numbers. It produces known results. In Eugene Wigner and the Conscious Observer, Clayton Louis Turnage explores one of the most provocative questions in the foundations of quantum mechanics: does consciousness play a ...

What if the universe never chooses? For decades, quantum mechanics seemed to say that reality existed as a cloud of possibilities until measurement forced one outcome to become real. A particle could be here or there. An atom could decay or not decay. Schrodinger’s cat could be alive or dead—until someone opened the box. But Hugh Everett III asked a terrifyingly simple question: What if the wave function never collapses? In Hugh Everett and the Many Worlds, Clayton Louis Turnage explores one of the most radical ideas in the history of physics: the possibility that every quantum outcome ...

A fish swims without seeing water. A person may go to work for years without truly knowing what “work” is. A human being lives, yet still cannot fully answer what “life” means. Perhaps the closest realities are not the ones we understand best. Perhaps they are the ones we forget to question. Among those forgotten words, one remains everywhere: Time. We measure it. We divide it. We schedule it. We lose it. We wait for it. We fear it. But do we truly know what time is? Time = The Universe’s DATA Management is Book I in New Physics of Time, a disciplined inquiry into a question so ...

CO2 levels are rising. Temperatures are rising. Sea levels are rising. But history tells us the climate system is far more complex. Drawing on deep geological records, ice cores, ocean sediments, and long-term climate cycles, this book explores a provocative question that challenges conventional thinking: Could Earth be heading toward a new ice age? From past glacial periods to today’s accelerating changes, Are we Entering the Next Ice Age? takes you on a journey through the planet’s ancient climate rhythms to reveal what may lie ahead – and what it means for humanity’s future.

On September 14, 2015, at 5:51 in the morning, a ripple in the fabric of spacetime that had been traveling toward Earth for 1.3 billion years arrived at two detectors in Louisiana and Washington State, and moved a pair of mirrors by less than a ten-thousandth the width of a proton. LIGO caught it. That single detection ended a century of doubt, opened a new sense for perceiving the cosmos, and won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics. This book tells the whole story in plain language, from Einstein's 1916 prediction through his own near-retraction in 1936, through Joseph Weber's decade of false ...

What kind of reality must exist for a quantum computer to work? David Deutsch did not merely help pioneer quantum computation. He challenged physics to rethink reality itself. In David Deutsch and the Quantum Multiverse, Clayton Louis Turnage explores one of the boldest thinkers in modern quantum foundations. Deutsch argues that quantum mechanics is not just a tool for predicting experiments — it is a description of a vast physical reality where the wave function is real, collapse never occurs, and our world may be only one branch of an immense quantum multiverse. This book examines ...