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Author
Language
English
Description
One night after an evening out, Jason Dessen, forty-year-old physics professor living with his wife and son in Chicago, is kidnapped at gunpoint by a masked man, driven to an abandoned industrial site and injected with a powerful drug. As he wakes, a man Jason's never met smiles down at him and says, "Welcome back, my friend." But this life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife; his son was never born; and he's not an ordinary college...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
304 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the second book of this already internationally acclaimed series, Sean Carroll, the most trusted explainer of the most mind-boggling concepts, digs deep into matter itself. What is the universe made of? In his quest to redefine the "popular" treatment of the biggest ideas in the universe, Sean Carroll is creating a profoundly new approach to physics and math as reviewer after reviewer has attested. Adventuring in the math of fields, he now intrepidly...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 428 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the world-renowned physicist, co-founder of the World Science Festival, and best-selling author of The Elegant Universe comes this utterly captivating exploration of deep time and humanity's search for purpose. Brian Greene takes readers on a breathtaking journey from the big bang to the end of time and invites us to ponder meaning in the face of this unimaginable expanse. He shows us how, from its original orderly state the universe has been...
Author
Series
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
6 sound discs (6 hr.) : digital, 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
These twelve half-hour lectures are about what Einstein got wrong. He may have kindled a scientific revolution with his famous theory of relativity and his proof that atoms and light quanta exist, but he balked at accepting the most startling implications of these theories-such as the existence of black holes, the big bang, gravity waves, and mind-bendingly strange phenomena in the quantum realm. In a course that assumes no background in science and...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The wonder of light has fascinated readers for ages. Walter Wick's mesmerizing photographs paired with simple yet fascinating text and scientific observations help readers understand the secrets and complexity of light. You will learn what light is made of and how it fits alongside everything else in the world. Walter introduces readers into the mystery behind incandescence, light waves, the color spectrum and iridescence as well how we perceive...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
385 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"By an experimental physicist who works on the Large Hadron Collider, a mind-altering look at the foundational questions bedeviling modern physics, among them: Where does matter come from? Carl Sagan famously said, "If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe." But what fundamental matter is the universe made of? What banged in the Big Bang? And how did that matter arise from nothing into the world we now know?...
Author
Publisher
BenBella Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xv, 253 pages; illustrations: 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Orzel, author of How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog, explores how quantum connects with everyday reality, and offers engaging, layperson-level explanations of the mind-bending ideas central to modern physics.--
20) Mass at work
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
From weight to size to motion, science is at work all around us! Mass at Work introduces young readers to a physical science concept. A high-impact design and engaging visuals help bring this important concept to life as readers learn all about mass in the real world. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Applied to STEM Concepts of Learning Principles.