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  • The Quantum Moment

    How Planck, Bohr, Einstein, and Heisenberg Taught Us to Love Uncertainty

    by Robert P. Crease, Alfred Scharff Goldhaber ...
    "A very fun way to learn about where quantum physics comes from and the strange, even astonishing places it has gone." —Peter Galison, Harvard University, author of Einstein’s Clocks, Poincaré’s MapsFrom multiverses and quantum leaps to Schrödinger’s cat and time travel, quantum mechanics has irreversibly shaped the popular imagination. Entertainers and writers from Lady Gaga to David Foster ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Mad Science

    Einstein's Fridge, Dewar's Flask, Mach's Speed, and 362 Other Inventions and Discoveries That Made Our World

    by Randy Alfred ...
    365 days of inventions, discoveries, science, and technology, from the editors of Wired Magazine.On January 30, Rubik applied for a patent on his cube (1975). On the next day, 17 years earlier, the first U.S. Satellite passed through the Van Allen radiation belt. On March 17, the airplane "black box" made its maiden voyage (1953). And what about today? Every day of the year has a rich scientific ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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    50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories 5: More Than 24 Hours of Classic Science Fiction

    Legendary Authors. Timeless Stories. Endless Imagination.

    by Ray Bradbury, Henry Hasse, Keith Laumer, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Robert F. Young, Fredric Brown, Andre Norton, Philip K. Dick, Murray Leinster, George T. Spillman0, Gene L. Henderson1, Robert Sheckley2, Robert Sheckley3, Jack Williamson4, Frank M. Robinson5, Richard Matheson6, Bryce Walton7, Edmond Hamilton8, Ray Cummings9, Mike Curry0, Scott F. Grenville1, Edward W. Ludwig2, William Oberfield3, Donald F. Daley4, Voltaire5, Charles Einstein6, Miguel Hidalgo7, Robert Silverberg8, Carl Jacobi9, Clifford D. Simak0, Donald A. Wollheim1, Frederik Pohl2, H. G. Wells3, Dean Evans4, Donald E. Westlake5, Charles E. Fritch6, Jerry Shelton7, Fritz Leiber8, Alfred Bester9 ...
    Narrated by Scott Miller0 ...
    Series Audiobook box set - Lost Sci-Fi Anthologies

    Unabridged

    24 hours 7 min

    50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories 5: More Than 24 Hours of Classic Science FictionStep into a remarkable collection of imagination, adventure and unforgettable storytelling with 50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories 5. Spanning more than 24 hours, this massive anthology brings together fifty classic tales from the pioneers who helped shape science fiction into one of the world’s most beloved genres ... Read more

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    Beyond the Stars 6: Classic Science Fiction Adventures

    Explore Strange Worlds Beyond the Final Frontier

    by Arthur C. Clarke, Fredric Brown, Mack Reynolds, Alfred Coppel, Andre Norton, Robert F. Young, Ray Bradbury, Henry Hasse, Jack Williamson, Gene L. Henderson, Frank M. Robinson, Robert Sheckley, Bryce Walton, Mike Curry, Voltaire, William Oberfield, Donald A. Wollheim, Charles Einstein, Frederik Pohl, Ray Cummings, Alfred Bester ...
    Narrated by Scott Miller ...
    Series Audiobook box set - Lost Sci-Fi Anthologies

    Unabridged

    10 hours 17 min

    Beyond the Stars 6 delivers twenty-two unforgettable adventures from the golden age of science fiction, bringing together an extraordinary collection of timeless stories that continue to captivate readers decades after they were first published. From distant galaxies and mysterious planets to unexpected encounters and astonishing discoveries, every story celebrates the limitless possibilities of ... Read more

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    The Quantum Moment

    How Planck, Bohr, Einstein, and Heisenberg Taught Us to Love Uncertainty

    by Robert P. Crease, Alfred Scharff Goldhaber ...
    Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 32 min

    The fascinating story of how quantum mechanics went mainstreamThe discovery of the quantum—the idea, born in the early 1900s in a remote corner of physics, that energy comes in finite packets instead of infinitely divisible quantities—planted a rich set of metaphors in the popular imagination.Quantum imagery and language now bombard us like an endless stream of photons. Phrases such as multiverse, ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    1950s Science Fiction 8 - 29 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories from the 1950s

    by Robert Silverberg, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Frank Herbert, Lord Dunsany, Walter M. Miller Jr, Bryce Walton, Mike Curry, Edward W. Ludwig, Charles Einstein, Miguel Hidalgo, Dean Evans, Robert Sheckley, Charles E. Fritch, William Oberfield, Frank M. Robinson, Evelyn E. Smith, C. M. Kornbluth, Lynn Venable, Fritz Leiber, Alfred Bester, Donald E. Westlake, J. F. Bone, Roger D. Aycock, Joseph Slotkin, David Mason ...
    Narrated by Scott Miller ...
    Series Audiobook box set - Lost Sci-Fi Decades

    Unabridged

    12 hours 31 min

    1950s Science Fiction 8 - 29 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories from the 1950sNever Trust a Thief! by Robert SilverbergMoon of Memory by Bryce WaltonMetamorphosis by Mike CurryInheritance by Edward W. LudwigShort Snorter by Charles EinsteinHomecoming by Miguel HidalgoProof of the Pudding by Robert SheckleyNot a Creature Was Stirring by Dean EvansSkin Game by Charles E. FritchThe Enorm... ... Read more

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    The Wonder of Birds

    What They Tell Us About Ourselves, the World, and a Better Future

    by Jim Robbins ...
    Narrated by Danny Campbell ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 10 min

    Birds, Jim Robbins posits, are our most vital connection to nature. They compel us to look to the skies, both literally and metaphorically; draw us out into nature to seek their beauty; and let us experience vicariously what it is like to be weightless. Birds have helped us in so many of our human endeavors: learning to fly, providing clothing and food, and helping us better understand the human ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Jefferson's America

    The President, the Purchase, and the Explorers Who Transformed a Nation

    by Julie M. Fenster ...
    Narrated by John Pruden ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 11 min

    At the dawn of the 19th century the stakes for American expansion were incalculably high. Even after the purchase of the Louisiana Territory, Spain coveted that land and sought to retain it. With war expected at any moment, Jefferson played a game of strategy, putting on the ground the only Americans he could: a cadre of explorers who finally annexed it through courageous exploration.President ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    The Georgian Star

    How William and Caroline Herschel Revolutionized Our Understanding of the Cosmos

    by Michael D. Lemonick ...
    Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...
    Series series The Great Discoveries Series

    Unabridged

    5 hours 36 min

    Responsible for the greatest advances in astronomy since Copernicus, William and Caroline Herschel forever transformed our view of the heavens.Trained as a musician, amateur scientist William Herschel found international fame after discovering the planet Uranus in 1781. Though he is still best known for this finding, his partnership with his sister Caroline yielded groundbreaking work, including ... Read more

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    Also available as: eBook

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    Overwhelmed

    Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time

    by Brigid Schulte ...
    Narrated by Tavia Gilbert ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 6 min

    Can working parents in America—or anywhere—ever find true leisure time?According to the Leisure Studies Department at the University of Iowa, true leisure is "that place in which we realize our humanity." If that’s true, argues Brigid Schulte, then we're doing dangerously little realizing of our humanity. In Overwhelmed, Schulte, a staff writer for The Washington Post, asks: Are our brains, our ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    Conquerors

    How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire

    by Roger Crowley ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Davis ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 7 min

    As remarkable as Columbus and the conquistador expeditions but far more wide-ranging, the dynamic burst of Portuguese voyaging at the start of the sixteenth century is one of the tipping points of world history : the moment that the world went global. Within a short time span a tiny country, whose population did not exceed a million, created a maritime empire that stretched from Brazil to Nagasaki ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Also available as: eBook

  • Physics 100 Ideas in 100 Words

    A Whistle-stop Tour of Science's Key Concepts

    by DK ...
    Satisfy your scientific curiosity and learn about physics' big ideas in a small number of words. Get facts at your fingertips with the beautifully illustrated 100 Ideas in 100 Words.One of the first in a series, this book introduces essential areas of physics such as fundamental forces, energy, motion, and quantum physics, and explains the 100 key ideas of each topic in just 100 words! Perfect for ... Read more

    $7.99 USD