Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Study guide to accompany Sears, Zemansky, Young Study guide to accompany Sears, Zemansky, Young James R. Gaines "This guide has been written to help you learn how to solve the kind of problems you will encounter in homework assignments and examinations."--Pref. OL15153278W
The Hidden Reality The Hidden Reality Brian Greene From the best-selling author of The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos comes his most expansive and accessible book to date—a book that takes on the grandest question: Is ours the only uni… OL15663797W
Welt und Wirkungsprinzip Welt und Wirkungsprinzip Werner Landgraf **Welt und Wirkungsprinzip** Über die Selbstentfaltung, innere -organisation, Abgrenzung, Wechselwirkungen untereinander, und inneren und äußeren Effekte, von mehr oder weniger isolierten Ereig… OL16018628W
Knocking on heaven's door Knocking on heaven's door Lisa Randall "From the one of Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People in the World"-- and bestselling author of Warped Passages--an exhilarating and readable overview of the latest ideas in physics and a rou… OL16342081W
An introduction to atmospheric physics An introduction to atmospheric physics David G. Andrews "A quantitative introduction to the Earth's atmosphere for intermediate-advanced undergraduate and graduate students, with an emphasis on underlying physical principles. This edition has been brought… OL16915448W
Farewell to reality Farewell to reality J. E. Baggott Presenting portraits of many central figures in modern physics, including Stephen Hawking and Leonard Susskind, this critique of modern theoretical physics provides the latest ideas about the nature … OL18169423W
Art & physics Art & physics Leonard Shlain i read this book when i was a freshman in high it really opened my eyes to the world of physics and how art mymics reality and vise versa OL1891888W
Five Equations That Changed the World Five Equations That Changed the World Michael Guillen Robert Frost once suggested that a poem is a pithy form of expression that, by definition, can never be translated accurately. The same can be said about mathematics: The best way to understand and a… OL1925971W
Physik Physik Jürgen Eichler Physik gehört zu den wichtigen Grundlagenfächern in vielen Ingenieurstudiengängen. Dieses Lehrbuch stellt dafür die Grundlagen relevanter Teilgebiete der Physik praxisnah und prägnant dar. Besonderer… OL19894974W
Turning points in physics Turning points in physics R. J. Blin-Stoyle "Based on the paper read on selected aspects of this vast theme." OL20542156W
Inquiry into physics Inquiry into physics Donald J. Bord,Vern J. Ostdiek The text integrates simple mathematics into the conceptual physics framework so students can see the practicality of physics and have means of testing its validity. The authors emphasize the relevanc… OL24208055W
College physics College physics Franklin Miller Interesting OL4199896W
The Ambidextrous Universe The Ambidextrous Universe Martin Gardner From where does the difference between left and right come? Is it a fundamental property of the universe, or is it arbitrary? OL459996W
Space Puzzles Space Puzzles Martin Gardner Brief introductions to space flight and the various bodies in the solar system are followed by sections of related puzzle questions. Answers are given at the back of the book. OL460010W
Night thoughts of a classical physicist Night thoughts of a classical physicist Russell McCormmach " ... Professor Victor Jakob, is a sad and aging German theoretical physicist ... who is facing the imminent defeat of his country in the last months of the Great War, and reflects on the end of the … OL6440754W
Head First Physics Head First Physics Heather Lang An introduction to how things work in the natural world using real-life scenarios, simple experiments, hypothetical projects, and plenty of illustrations to bring physics to life. OL9481408W