Physics

*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* America's favorite astrophysicist has written the most entertaining and universally appealing book of his stellar career: a practical guide for dealing with Alien visitors, an exploration of how it might happen, and a cultural history of our fascination with...

Thinking in Systems is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem-solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. This essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world....

“The man who makes physics sexy . . . the scientist they’re calling the next Stephen Hawking.” —The Times Magazine From the New York Times–bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, The Order of Time, Helgoland, and Anaximander, a closer look at the mind-bending nature of...

Cosmos is one of the bestselling science books of all time. In clear-eyed prose, Sagan reveals a jewel-like blue world inhabited by a life form that is just beginning to discover its own identity and to venture into the vast ocean of space....

How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better guide through these questions than astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson....

One of TIME’s Ten Best Nonfiction Books of the Decade "Meet the new Stephen Hawking . . . The Order of Time is a dazzling book." --The Sunday Times From the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Reality Is Not What It Seems, Helgoland, and Anaximander comes a concise, elegant...

Welcome to the Universe is a personal guided tour of the cosmos by three of today's leading astrophysicists....

Nearly everyone is familiar with holograms - three-dimensional images projected into space with the aid of a laser. Two of the world's most eminent thinkers believe that the universe itself may be a giant hologram, quite literally a kind of image or construct created, at least in part, by the...

A bold and all-embracing exploration of the nature and progress of knowledge from one of today's great thinkers. Throughout history, mankind has struggled to understand life's mysteries, from the mundane to the seemingly miraculous. In this important new book, David Deutsch, an award-winning...

One of AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of 2019! A New York Times Best Book of the Year A Time Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence Winner From journalist Adam Higginbotham, the New York Times bestselling “account that...

The story of the science of plasma and its revolutionary implications for the way we understand the universe and our place in it. Histories of science in the 20th century have focused on relativity and quantum mechanics. But, quietly in the background, there has been a third area of exploration...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of the greatest minds of our time explores profound questions such as: How did the universe begin—and what made its start possible? Does time always flow forward? Is the universe unending—or are there boundaries? Are there other dimensions in space? What will...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The national bestselling author of The God Equation traverses the frontiers of astrophysics, artificial intelligence, and technology to offer a stunning vision of man's future in space, from settling Mars to traveling to distant galaxies. “Amazing … Kaku is in...

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER The definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of...

**Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award** The definitive history of nuclear weapons—from the turn-of-the-century discovery of nuclear energy to J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project—this epic work details the science, the...

In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people....

Apollo is the behind-the-scenes story of an epic achievement. Based on exhaustive research that included many exclusive interviews, Apollo tells how America went from a standing start to a landing on the moon at a speed that now seems impossible. It describes the unprecedented engineering...

My Big TOE: Awakening, written by a nuclear physicist in the language of contemporary culture, unifies science and philosophy, physics and metaphysics, mind and matter....

From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd comes this hilarious and informative book of answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask. Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe’s iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An exhilarating tour of humanity's next great technological achievement—quantum computing—which may supercharge artificial intelligence, solve some of humanity's biggest problems, like global warming, world hunger, and incurable disease, and eventually...

The Babylonians invented it, the Greeks banned it, the Hindus worshiped it, and the Church used it to fend off heretics. Now it threatens the foundations of modern physics. For centuries the power of zero savored of the demonic; once harnessed, it became the most important tool in mathematics...

‘So staggering you go “whoa!” every few seconds’ Guardian ‘Really impressive’ Eamonn Holmes, ITV This MorningA companion book to the critically acclaimed BBC series. The bestselling authors of Wonders of the Universe are back with another blockbuster, a groundbreaking exploration of...

"This engaging, conversational book begs to be read aloud, and who better than its author?... Tyson’s warmth and erudition make him a superb narrator of this excellent, thought-provoking book."- Library Journal "Like a spaceship traveling the stars, Tyson's voice flows smoothly as he delivers...

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is essential listening for understanding the history, philosophy, and evolution of science....

Nobel laureate Erwin Schrödinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the 20th century. A distinguished physicist's exploration of the question which lies at the heart of biology, it was written for the layman but proved one of the spurs to the birth of molecular biology and...

By most popular accounts, the universe started with a bang some 13.8 billion years ago. But what happened before the Big Bang? And how do we know it happened at all? Here prominent cosmologist Niayesh Afshordi and science communicator Phil Halper offer a tour of the peculiar possibilities...

Bestselling author and acclaimed physicist Lawrence Krauss offers a paradigm-shifting view of how everything that exists came to be in the first place. “Where did the universe come from? What was there before it? What will the future bring? And finally, why is there something rather than...

What astronauts' extraordinary experiences of awe and humility teach us about humanity. What is it like to stand in the shadow of Earth and the Moon and look out at the vastness of the Milky Way? To confront a view so grand it cannot be reproduced in a photo? These are the questions space...

The Physics of Theme Parks: Roller Coasters, Gravity, Motion, Illusions, and Crowd Design explains how theme parks turn basic physics into speed, suspense, immersion, and flow. This Practical Atlas guide looks closely at the systems riders actually encounter: lift hills, drops, loops, brake runs, restraint systems, dark ride scenes, sound effects, lighting, pathways, and queues. Rather than treating parks as pure fantasy, it shows how force, motion, timing, and perception are used in careful, repeatable ways to shape what guests feel from one moment to the next. The book gives a clear ...

As a fundamental particle, the electron is central to an understanding of the nature of matter. All of chemistry is dependent on the interaction of electrons on the outside of atoms. But the electron has also become increasingly central to our lives, first through the deployment of electricity...

Werner Heisenberg entered the atom and found Plato waiting inside. At the foundations of quantum physics lies a strange revelation: matter is not what it seems. The deeper science looks into the physical world, the less reality resembles tiny solid objects moving through empty space. Instead, it reveals uncertainty, probability, measurement, mathematical structures, and invisible forms beneath appearance. In Heisenberg and the Platonic Foundations of Quantum Physics, Clayton Louis Turnage explores the philosophical imagination behind one of the founders of quantum mechanics. From matrix ...

You knew, without being able to say exactly how, that something was wrong before it happened. The traffic was fine, and then it wasn't. The project was on track and then it collapsed. The conversation was going well, and then it spun completely out of control. You were surprised, but some part of you wasn't, because these things always seem to happen like that slowly, then suddenly, without a visible warning, and without any obvious single cause large enough to explain the effect. Chaos theory is the science that explains exactly why. And for the first time, here it is in plain English no ...

A 1-HOUR PHYSICS GUIDE: Quantum Physics for Absolute Beginners — The Universe Without the Math makes quantum mechanics simple, engaging, and instantly useful. This compact, beginner-friendly guide explains core quantum concepts — wave-particle duality, superposition, entanglement, uncertainty principle, quantum tunneling, and quantum states — using everyday metaphors and clear analogies. Perfect for students, curious adults, self-learners, and busy professionals, this one-hour primer removes intimidating equations and focuses on intuition, real-world applications, and the big ideas ...

Eight issues of rigorous evidence. Now: what does it all mean? Issues 1 through 8 of the UFO Encounters series built the evidentiary case — primary documents, military testimony, government files, PURSUE declassifications. The evidence is now clear: something real is here. Something with performance characteristics that defy known physics. Something that monitors our nuclear weapons, tracks our submarines, and has been documented by governments on every continent for eight decades. But the evidence cannot tell us what it is. That question lives somewhere beyond the documents. UFO ...

Computational chemistry has quietly become the engine behind modern chemical discovery, materials design, and molecular understanding. Yet for many chemists, the world of quantum calculations, molecular simulations, and high‑performance computing still feels opaque, fragmented, or locked behind specialist jargon and software manuals. This book offers a clear, structured path into computational chemistry, turning complex theory and algorithms into a practical toolkit that working chemists, graduate students, and researchers can actually use. Inside this book, readers will learn how to: ...

Relativity told you how the universe bends. Quantum mechanics tells you what it is made of, and the answer is stranger, more precise, and more consequential than anything Einstein's equations alone prepared you for. Every transistor in your computer, every laser in your phone, every MRI machine in every hospital, every GPS satellite overhead runs on quantum mechanics. The atomic clocks that make GPS accurate to within meters use quantum transitions so precise that a second is now officially defined by cesium atoms making a quantum jump. And until now, understanding why required either a ...

Pioneers of Human Behaviour: Albert Einstein A Gateway to His Life, Discoveries, and Legacy Albert Einstein changed the way humanity understands reality. His work reshaped space, time, light, matter, energy, and gravity — yet his life was never only a story of equations. He was a curious child with a compass, a restless outsider in the classroom, a patent-office thinker who overturned physics, a refugee from fascism, a public conscience in the atomic age, and a deeply human figure whose private life was far more complicated than the icon suggests. This concise yet powerful volume distils ...

Every day, artificial intelligence makes headlines. But behind every AI system that recognizes your voice, powers a self-driving vehicle, or monitors your health, there is a piece of hardware making it happen. The next generation of that hardware is being built right now and it is designed to think the way your brain does. This is the book that explains how, in plain English, with no prior knowledge required. Neuromorphic computing is one of the most important technology stories of our era, and almost nobody outside a research lab can explain what it actually is. This book changes that. It ...

Thermodynamics drives nearly every technology in modern engineering, yet most textbooks present it as a sequence of equations with little connection to real systems. This book takes a different approach. Each topic begins with physical intuition and a concrete engineering scenario, then builds toward rigorous mathematics, so readers develop the understanding needed to reason through new problems rather than match them to memorized procedures. Spanning 525 pages across 14 sequenced chapters, the coverage moves from foundational vocabulary through the full arc of thermodynamic theory and ...

Orbital Intelligence: How the SpaceX and xAI Merger is Redefining AI and Space Infrastructure By Anthony Farrior When SpaceX filed its explosive $1.75 trillion IPO prospectus, it revealed a secret that shook both Wall Street and the tech world: the total absorption of Elon Musk’s xAI into a sprawling aerospace empire. But why merge rockets with artificial intelligence? In Orbital Intelligence, I.T. expert and PanfurWare LLC owner Anthony Farrior breaks down the technical and financial realities of Musk’s ultimate infrastructure play: moving the world’s data centers into space. As ...

"Quantum Teleportation" is an exhaustive, strictly practical, and industry-oriented book designed to teach the end-to-end development, implementation, and deployment of quantum state transfer applications. In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, quantum computing has exited the laboratory and entered the commercial sector. However, a significant void exists in educational resources: most materials are heavily steeped in theoretical physics, leaving software engineers and IT professionals without a clear pathway to practical application. This book serves as the definitive ...

Please Note: "Zero Math, Zero Physics, Zero Prior Crypto Experience Required" A new kind of computer is coming—one that can tear through the math protecting today’s encrypted data. If your organization depends on long‑lived secrets, from financial records to government archives, you cannot afford to wait until that happens to rethink how you keep information safe. This book is a clear, concept‑first guide to quantum key distribution (QKD), the physics‑based approach to secure key exchange that does not rely on “hard math” staying hard forever. Inside this book, readers will ...

Quantum computing is often portrayed as a distant scientific curiosity. In reality, it is rapidly becoming one of the most consequential technological revolutions of the twenty-first century. In The Quantum Future, Bernd Riemann provides a clear and authoritative examination of the technologies, institutions, and geopolitical forces that will define the next era of computation. Moving beyond popular headlines and industry hype, this book explains what quantum computing actually is, why it matters, and how its development could transform the foundations of modern civilization. From the ...

We have mapped the surface of Mars with greater precision than the floor of our own oceans. We predict the weather on Jupiter but cannot say when the next earthquake will strike. We speak of the planet’s future with the confidence of prophets—yet we do not know where the water came from, why heavy elements sit in the crust instead of sinking to the core, or how the first living cell assembled itself from dust. Dust and Time is a sweeping, unflinching exploration of the vast territories of geological ignorance that modern science has papered over with confident models and apocalyptic headlines.

Dive into the groundbreaking work of Thomas Louis Navarro as he redefines propulsion with the 4-Phase Motor Generator Device. Drawing from advanced electromagnetic engineering and supersymmetric design, this book introduces a revolutionary concept: using eccentric mass loads and the Higgs Field to move payloads in space—without traditional fuel-based thrust.