Art Physics

Through a unique mix of personal stories, the exploration of global issues, science, and even humor, Bharmal uses physics to explain the social and political interactions that affect us all. From the physics of getting fired to using chaos theory to predict civilisation-level catastrophes, The Art of Physics helps answer some of the most important questions facing our lives and society today.

'Exceptionally interesting' Alain de Botton 'A book that will transform how you understand human behaviour' Thomas Erikson 'Insightful and entertaining' Cal Newport 'Fascinating ... You'll never again view your own world in quite the same way' Ian Stewart Can physics change your life? It already...

Most people are walking around with a Rolls-Royce engine under the hood and no gas in the tank. The world is drowning in "actors" who think they are "shooters." You collect techniques like baseball cards, but when the heat comes and your body screams for oxygen, that knowledge disappears like a mirage. If you run out of gas after three minutes, your advanced techniques become a worthless abortion of movement. Constructed from the recorded conversations of the legendary Karl Gotch, NO GAS, NO RUN is the definitive guide to killing the ego and building a functional combat engine. This isn't ...

A rollicking, enlightening examination of humanity’s changing relationship to creativity, written from the perspectives of the Greek Muses. The thing that sets humans apart from other animals is our ability to create, to imagine how one thing could become something else. For millennia, art and...

"There's joy in self-described "satellite nerd" James Bridle's British-accented voice as he narrates this audiobook about consciousness and the search for planetary intelligence." - AudioFile Magazine This audiobook is read by the author. Artist, technologist, and philosopher James Bridle’s...

Discover the Weird, the Wonderful, and the Downright Mind-Boggling! Did you know that the internet weighs about as much as a single strawberry? Or that it actually rains glass sideways on a gas giant planet 63 light-years away? 1,000 Weird But True Facts takes you on a journey through 40 themed chapters packed with 25 incredible facts each. This isn’t just a list of trivia; it’s a window into the fascinating science, history, and culture that shape our world. From the "beating heart" glacier on Pluto to the reason why birds are actually living dinosaurs, this collection is designed to ...

Are you tired of feeling like a victim of circumstance? What if the universe isn't punishing you, but simply responding to the architecture you've built? For too long, the ancient and profoundly empowering concept of Karma has been reduced to a cheap, modern buzzword for cosmic revenge or celestial reward. We have been conditioned to believe that Karma is an invisible judge keeping score of our rights and wrongs, an external force that dictates our destiny. This fundamental misunderstanding strips us of our agency, trapping us in a culture of fatalism, anxiety, and victimhood. In Karma: The...

A young queer millennial physicist unveils some of the most mind-bending physics concepts in the universe—and uses them to illuminate their own fascinating life story “I see physics everywhere,” Karmela Padavic-Callaghan writes. “It offers itself to me when I try to make sense of all the...

Time travel doesn't require a machine with flashing lights, spinning dials, and a warp engine—in fact, you were born with the power to navigate the timestream. Impossible? Not with the help of Dr. Quantum! The renowned "superhero of science" Fred Alan Wolf is back again, with Dr. Quantum...

What Modern Warfare Myths Get Wrong About The Vikings The shield wall was not broken by courage. It was broken by exhaustion, bleeding, and the brutal reality of human limits. Most modern portrayals of Viking warfare are built on a false premise: that violence in the Dark Ages was driven primarily by berserker rage, strength, and fearlessness. But open the archaeological record, and a very different reality emerges. Viking warfare was not an expression of rage—it was a highly engineered system constrained by logistics. Viking Warfare and Engineering presents the gritty, operational ...

London, 2015. Art scientist James Clarke finds the skulls on his lightbox, along with a figure at Dee's side who should not be there. That night, the light comes back on in his empty office. Someone has kept this secret for four hundred years, and they already know he has found it. With his old friend, Alice Winter, James follows the trail from the painting to the book inside it, the most famous unreadable book in the world, and pages cut from it long ago. In the right hands those pages could be a cure, and in the wrong ones something far worse. Everyone who has held them, from Walter ...

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A “vivid, wide-ranging, and delightful guide” (bestselling author Tim Harford) for understanding how and why predictions go wrong, with practical tips to give you a better chance of getting them right How can you be 100 percent sure you will win a bet? Why did so many Pompeians stay put...

A sweeping inquiry into how the night sky has shaped human history For as long as humans have lived, we have lived beneath the stars. But under the glow of today’s artificial lighting, we have lost the intimacy our ancestors once shared with the cosmos. In Starborn, cosmologist Roberto Trotta...

The Esoteric Art of Living: Metaphysics of Quantum Physics Where Science Meets the Soul: A Modern Guide to Reality, Consciousness, and the Power of the Unseen. What if the laws governing the smallest particles in the universe were actually the blueprints for your greatest potential? In The Esoteric Art of Living, Dennis Waller bridges the gap between the rigorous world of quantum mechanics and the timeless wisdom of metaphysical thought. Building upon the profound foundational work of Joseph Stewart, this book offers a transformative look at how the subatomic world mirrors our internal ...

Unleash the power of inquiry and ignite the fires of discovery with "The Art of Asking Why." This captivating eBook delves into the heart of curiosity, unraveling the mysteries of the universe by asking a simple yet profound question Why? Journey through the compelling origins of curiosity, tracing its role from ancient philosophies to modern science. Discover how asking the right questions can transform mere observation into groundbreaking hypotheses. The narrative transports you from the curious minds of history to the revolutions of modern physics, exploring gravity, quantum mechanics, ...

What is reality? Who are we? What is the ultimate meaning and purpose of anything? This book deconstructs reality, as it is generally understood to be. It reveals a depth of meaning to existence transcending the limited paradigms of religion and science. It articulates, for the reader, a synthesis of knowledge drawn from numerous fields of inquiry, presenting a powerful vision of human identity, meaning and purpose. In an age whereby, previous constructions of identity, meaning and purpose, largely proposed by religion and later discredited by science, continue to lose ground, this book re-...

Bloomsbury presents The Globemakers by Peter Bellerby, read by Simon Ludders. “Beautifully conceived and skillfully executed . . . encourages the reader to linger and explore." —The Wall Street Journal “Peter Bellerby’s tale of learning how to fashion worlds—a journey through history...

The lost literary origin story of #1 bestseller Lev Grossman - including a new foreword about how and why he wrote his first novel: "It is the intense, concentrated, boiled-down essence of the unhappiest years of my life." Twenty-something Hollis Kessler languishes in a hopelessly...

A wisdom-filled collection of life lessons that reminds us to slow down the maddening tempo of our lives A nap is a precious thing. It’s a moment suspended in time between morning and evening, where we close our eyes and let go of the thoughts running through our heads. In this place, there is...