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Quantum Reality
Beyond the New Physics
Paperback
ISBN: 0385235690
A look at quantum physics covers wave motion, the problem with measurement, Bell's theorem, and the implications concerning the nature of reality
A Natural History of the Senses
Paperback
ISBN: 0679735666
A naturalist guides readers through the human senses, discussing the evolution of the kiss, the sadistic cuisine of eighteenth-century England, the chemistry of pain, and the melodies of Earth
Wonderful Life
The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
Paperback
ISBN: 039330700x
A study of the Burgess Shale, a sea bed 530 million years old, and attempts to tackle what the findings are and what it means
History of Mathematics
Paperback
ISBN: 0486204308
Volume 2 of an unusually clear and readable 2-volume history — from Egyptian papyri and medieval maps to modern graphs and diagrams. Evolution of arithmetic, geometry, trigonometry, calculating devices, algebra, calculus, more. Includes problems, recreations and applications.
The Scientific Background to Modern Philosophy
Selected Readings
Paperback
ISBN: 0872200744
A supplementary text for courses in the history of modern philosophy, helping to link developments in modern science and modern philosophy.
Home Economics
Fourteen Essays
Paperback
ISBN: 0865472750
Essays examine subjects such as family farms, modern universities, national defense policy, and the relationship between humanity and nature
Encounters With the Archdruid
Paperback
ISBN: 0374514313
Depicts the problems which ensue when a mining engineer, a resort developer, and a civil engineer alternately confront a militant conservationist
The Birth of a New Physics
Paperback
ISBN: 0393300455
Relates man's search from the sixteenth century to the present for a physics to describe the dynamics of a universe in motion
Ancient Astronauts, Cosmic Collisions and Other Popular Theories About Man's Past
Paperback
ISBN: 0879752858
Examines theories about the great flood, Noah's ark, Atlantis, ancient technology, the pyramids, and early voyages to America, and suggests rational explanations
Labyrinths of Reason
Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of Knowledge
Paperback
ISBN: 0385242719
Explores the timeless question of how we know what we know by rethinking the paradoxes guiding our understanding in areas such as matter and antimatter, black holes and time travel
