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Schrodinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality.

The eagle's quest: A physicist's search for truth in the heart of the shamanic world

The eagle's quest: A physicist's search for truth in the heart of the shamanic world

Atoms in the Family: My Life with Enrico Fermi

In this absorbing account of life with the great atomic scientist Enrico Fermi, Laura Fermi tells the story of their emigration to the United States in the 1930s--part of the widespread movement of scientists from Europe to the New World that was so important to the development of the first atomic bomb. Combining intellectual biography and social history, Laura Fermi traces her husband's career from his... (more)

Triad of Being: Book 1

Being of the Field

by Traci Harding

The Future Happens Twice: The Perennial Project (Future Happens Twice)

The Future Happens Twice: The Perennial Project (Future Happens Twice)

by Matt Browne

Debrya Handsen, a 33-year-old professor in computational linguistics at the University of Minnesota, is ready for a career change. She decides to leave her academic post and move to Nevada, where she joins a top secret project that is being sponsored by the American government. Using powerful telescopes on the far side of the Moon, the project's astronomers have discovered an Earth-like planet that is... (more)

Thirty Years That Shook Physics

by George Gamow

Entertaining, rigorous introduction to the development of Quantum Theory traces its history—from Max Planck’s revolutionary discovery of quanta and Niels Bohr’s model of the atom to anti-particles, mesons, and Enrico Fermi’s nuclear research. Numerous line drawings. 1966 ed.

The Age of Entanglement: When Quantum Physics Was Reborn

The Age of Entanglement: When Quantum Physics Was Reborn

by Louisa Gilder

A brilliantly original and richly illuminating exploration of entanglement, the seemingly telepathic communication between two separated particles—one of the fundamental concepts of quantum physics. In 1935, in what would become the most cited of all of his papers, Albert Einstein showed that quantum mechanics predicted such a correlation, which he dubbed “spooky action at a distance.” In that same year, Erwin... (more)

My Einstein (Vintage)

by John Brockman

In this fascinating volume, today’s foremost scientists discuss their own versions and visions of Einstein: how he has influenced their worldviews, their ideas, their science, and their professional and personal lives. These twenty-four essays are a testament to the power of scientific legacy and are essential reading for scientist and layperson alike. Contributors include: • Roger Highfield on the Einstein myth... (more)

Quantum Gods: Creation, Chaos, and the Search for Cosmic Consciousness

Quantum Gods: Creation, Chaos, and the Search for Cosmic Consciousness

by Victor J. Stenger

Does quantum mechanics show a connection between the human mind and the cosmos? Are our brains tuned into a "cosmic consciousness" that pervades the universe enabling us to make our own reality? Do quantum mechanics and chaos theory provide a place for God to act in the world without violating natural laws? Many popular books make such claims and argue that key developments in twentieth-century physics, such as... (more)

A Happy Pocket Full of Money

by David Cameron Gikandi

There is a science of getting rich, and it is an exact science, like algebra or arithmetic... -Wallace D. Wattles In this age when the most powerful economy in the world is in recession and global markets are in turmoil, it wise to go back to the basics and see what went wrong. Was it the innate riskiness of derivatives and other complex financial instruments? Or the instability of the housing market and loans?... (more)

The Parallax View

by Slavoj Zizek

The Parallax View is Slavoj Zizek's most substantial theoretical work to appear in many years; Zizek himself describes it as his magnum opus. Parallax can be defined as the apparent displacement of an object, caused by a change in observational position. Zizek is interested in the "parallax gap" separating two points between which no synthesis or mediation is possible, linked by an "impossible short circuit" of... (more)

Q. E. D.

by Richard P Feynman

The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe

The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe

Programming the UniverseSeth Lloyd

Programming the Universe

by Seth Lloyd

Discipline: A Novel

by Paco Ahlgren

***WINNER: 2008 Eric Hoffer Award for Best Commercial Fiction*** Building on the vision of Kurt Vonnegut, the suspense of Michael Crichton, and the rich characters of Stephen King, Paco Ahlgren's first novel Discipline paints a chilling picture of a world that defies human perception. Douglas Cole is being hunted --and protected--but he doesn't know it. His life has been shattered by inexplicable tragedy, his... (more)

The Vodou Quantum Leap; Alternative Realities, Power, and Mysticism

The Vodou Quantum Leap; Alternative Realities, Power, and Mysticism

by Reginald Crosley

There's an old saying that truth is stranger than fiction. As scientists dive deeper into the very nature of the universe, the truth becomes so bizarre as to be almost inconceivable—multiple universes, parallel dimensions, dark matter, wormholes . . . Wouldn't it be amazing if there were already a map to these discoveries? There is such a map, and it's found deep within the Afro-Caribbean religious system... (more)

The New Time Travelers: A Journey to the Frontiers of Physics

The New Time Travelers: A Journey to the Frontiers of Physics

by David M. Toomey

The story of physicists' quest to answer a mind-boggling question: How can we travel through time? Since H. G. Wells' 1895 classic The Time Machine , readers of science fiction have puzzled over the paradoxes of time travel. What would happen if a time traveler tried to change history? Would some force or law of nature prevent him? Or would his action produce... (more)

Breve História do Infinito, Uma

The Secret Life of QuantaM. Y. Han

The Secret Life of Quanta

by M. Y. Han

Advancing technology in many diverse fields has brought about profound change in every facet of life. The rapid developments in strategic defence and laser research, superconductivity, computers and telecommunications rivet the attention of millions of individuals reeling from the fast pace of change in the Space Age. As the 21st Century aproaches many wonder what it all means and - more importantly - how these... (more)

Meditation, Oneness and Physics: A Journey Through the Laboratories of Physics and Meditation

Meditation, Oneness and Physics: A Journey Through the Laboratories of Physics and Meditation

by Glen Peter Kezwer

An entertaining, informative, and thought-provoking insight into the connections between the sciences of physics and meditation based on the author¹s own direct experience. The first chapter presents the scientific, rational approach to meditation and analyzes this technique in terms of the modern scientific method. Meditation is treated as a science that starts with the observation of the functioning of the... (more)

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