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Discoveries: Great Breakthroughs in 20th Century Science, Including the Original PapersClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
The 20th century saw breakthroughs in every field of science that profoundly changed the way we understand the world and our place in it. Lightman chooses 22 of these discoveries and profiles the sci...
author: Alan Lightman |
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Elements - A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the UniverseClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
A color photo of every element in the universe, along with the story of its discovery, applications, and essential scientific data including atomic weight, atomic radius, a crystal structure diagram, ...
author: Theodore Gray |
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Elements - What You Really Want to KnowClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
Discusses the history of the periodic table of the elements, includes biographies of major figures in the field of chemistry, and provides information on each element. Answers questions such as how e...
author: Ron Miller |
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Films of Charles and Ray Eames (DVD)Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
Volume 1 - Powers of Ten: An adventure in magnitudes, from without and within. Journey from a picnic in Chicago to the outer edges of the universe and back again. Also included is the original 1968 ...
author: Charles Eames, Ray Eames |
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Knowledge and Wonder - The Natural World as Man Knows ItClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
A classic, clear presentation of usually difficult topics, Weisskopf's book summarizes many areas of modern science for the non-physics trained mind. Technical terms clearly explained. Diagrams and ...
author: Victor F. Weisskopf |
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Powers of Ten - The Relative Size of Things in the UniverseClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
A visual journey from the farthest dimensions of the universe to the interior of a single atom, this book contains 42 photos, each a power of ten closer than the one before it (meters in10 to the 25th...
author: Philip Morrison, Phylis Morrison, C. & R. Eames |
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Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics, Explained by its Most Brilliant TeacherClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
An introduction to the fundamentals of physics based on Feynman?s lectures at the California Institute of Technology between 1961and 1963. The six chapters introduce the following topics: atoms, bas...
author: Richard P. Feynman |
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Story of Science - Einstein Adds a New DimensionClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
Though it sometimes seems like scientific knowledge just comes fully formed, Hakim?s book explores that hard-won knowledge ? how anyone ever figured it out, and even why anyone was wondering about it ...
author: Joy Hakim |
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The Discoveries: Great Breakthroughs in 20th Century Science, Including the Original PapersClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
The 20th century saw breakthroughs in every field of science that profoundly changed the way we understand the world and our place in it. Lightman chooses 22 of these discoveries and profiles the sci...
author: Alan Lightman |
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The Elements - A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the UniverseClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
A color photo of every element in the universe, along with the story of its discovery, applications, and essential scientific data including atomic weight, atomic radius, a crystal structure diagram, ...
author: Theodore Gray |
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The Elements - What You Really Want to KnowClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
Discusses the history of the periodic table of the elements, includes biographies of major figures in the field of chemistry, and provides information on each element. Answers questions such as how e...
author: Ron Miller |
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The Films of Charles and Ray Eames (DVD)Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
Volume 1 - Powers of Ten: An adventure in magnitudes, from without and within. Journey from a picnic in Chicago to the outer edges of the universe and back again. Also included is the original 1968 ...
author: Charles Eames, Ray Eames |
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The Story of Science - Einstein Adds a New DimensionClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
Though it sometimes seems like scientific knowledge just comes fully formed, Hakim?s book explores that hard-won knowledge ? how anyone ever figured it out, and even why anyone was wondering about it ...
author: Joy Hakim |
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