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A leading figure in twentieth-century physics offers impressions and recollections of the field's development. Nobel Laureate Emilio Segr (1905-89) knew and worked with many of …
This thought-provoking work by a physicist and popular science writer explores the origins of asymmetry from the molecular level to that of the universe at large. His cosmic "tour" …
A carefully reasoned history of astronomy clearly the work of a man who loved his subject. "The Times" (London) "Literary Supplement."Few histories of astronomy offer the special …
This monograph by a prominent Russian expert was a ground-breaking contribution to the literature on the theory of wave propagation in randomly inhomogeneous media. Since the …
Discover more than 300 of the finest celestial wonders that can be viewed with common "backyard" telescopes. The book describes and locates the sun, moon, and planets as well as …
This fascinating popular science journey explores key concepts in information theory in terms of Conway's "Game of Life" program. The author explains the application of natural law …
Discover how cricket chirps can tell us the temperature, why you can't unburn a match, why ice floats, and a host of mysteries of modern living -- including some riddles that maybe …