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Commonwealth Fund Book Program Série de Livres électroniques

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  • Black Holes & Time Warps

    Einstein's Outrageous Legacy

    par Kip Thorne ...
    Collections series Commonwealth Fund Book Program
    **Winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in PhysicsEver since Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity burst upon the world in 1915 some of the most brilliant minds of our century have sought to decipher the mysteries bequeathed by that theory, a legacy so unthinkable in some respects that even Einstein himself rejected them.**Which of these bizarre phenomena, if any, can really exist in our ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

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    Why Space and Times Are Doomed—and What It Means for Black Holes, the Big Bang, and Theories of Everything

    par George Musser ...
    Long-listed for the 2016 PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardDelightfully readable, Spooky Action at a Distance is a mind-bending voyage to the frontiers of modern physics that will change the way we think about reality.What is space? It isn't a question that most of us normally ask. Space is the venue of physics; it's where things exist, where they move and take shape. Yet over the ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD

  • The Theory of Relativity: and Other Essays

    and Other Essays

    par Albert Einstein ...
    E=mc2: It may be Einstein’s most well-known contribution to modern science, but how many people understand the thought process or physics behind this famous equation?In this collection of his seven most important essays on physics, Einstein guides his reader step-by-step through the many layers of scientific theory that formed a starting point for his discoveries. By both supporting and refuting ... En savoir plus

    $14.39 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Roman Way

    par Edith Hamilton ...
    This book looks at ancient Rome from the inside—how Romans judged right and wrong, what they admired, and what they feared. Instead of a strict year-by-year history, it follows Roman voices and the lives behind them: statesmen, poets, philosophers, soldiers, and emperors. Their words and choices show a culture shaped by law, duty, and public honor, but also by ambition, pleasure, and cruelty. It ... En savoir plus

    $1.61 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Simulated Multiverse: An MIT Computer Scientist Explores Parallel Universes, The Simulation Hypothesis, Quantum Computing and the Mandela Effect

    Simulation Hypothesis

    par Rizwan Virk ...
    Collections series Simulation Hypothesis
    Do multiple versions of ourselves exist in parallel universes living out their lives in different timelines? In this follow up to his bestseller, The Simulation Hypothesis, MIT Computer Scientist and Silicon Valley Game Pioneer Rizwan Virk explores these topics from a new lens: that of simulation theory.If we are living in a simulated universe, composed of information that is rendered around us, ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Science of Interstellar

    par Kip Thorne ...
    A journey through the otherworldly science behind Christopher Nolan’s award-winning film, Interstellar, from executive producer and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Kip Thorne.Interstellar, from acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan, takes us on a fantastic voyage far beyond our solar system. Yet in The Science of Interstellar, Kip Thorne, the Nobel prize-winning physicist who assisted Nolan on the ... En savoir plus

    $25.79 CAD

  • The Elements We Live By

    How Iron Helps Us Breathe, Potassium Lets Us See, and Other Surprising Superpowers of the Periodic Table

    par Anja Røyne ...
    This "excellent" popular science book explores just what we—and the things around us—are made of ( Aftenposten, Norway).Some elements get all the attention: glittering gold, radioactive uranium—materials we call "precious" because they are so rare. But what could be more precious than the building blocks of life—from the oxygen in our air to the carbon in all living things?In The Elements We Live ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Thomas Cromwell

    The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant

    par Tracy Borman ...
    "An exceptional and compelling biography about one of the Tudor Age's most complex and controversial figures." —Alison WeirThomas Cromwell has long been reviled as a Machiavellian schemer who stopped at nothing in his quest for power. As King Henry VIII's right-hand man, Cromwell was the architect of the English Reformation; secured Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and plotted the downfall ... En savoir plus

    $19.19 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Sleight of Mind

    75 Ingenious Paradoxes in Mathematics, Physics, and Philosophy

    par Matt Cook ...
    This “fun, brain-twisting book . . . will make you think” as it explores 75+ paradoxes in math, philosophy, physics, and social science (Sean Carroll, New York Times–bestselling author of Something Deeply Hidden).Paradox is a sophisticated kind of magic trick. A magician’s purpose is to create the appearance of impossibility, to pull a rabbit from an empty hat. Yet paradox doesn’t require ... En savoir plus

    $31.99 CAD

  • The Quiet Before

    On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas

    par Gal Beckerman ...
    **A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • An “elegantly argued and exuberantly narrated” (The New York Times Book Review) look at the building of social movements—from the 1600s to the present—and how current technology is undermining them“A bravura work of scholarship and reporting, featuring amazing individuals and dramatic events from seventeenth-century France to Rome, ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

  • Radical Technologies

    The Design of Everyday Life

    par Adam Greenfield ...
    A “tremendously intelligent and stylish” guide to the new technologies that are transforming our everyday lives, in ways both good and bad (Guardian)Everywhere we turn, a startling new device promises to transfigure our lives. But at what cost? In this urgent and revelatory excavation of our Information Age, leading technology thinker Adam Greenfield forces us to reconsider our relationship with ... En savoir plus

    $20.99 CAD

  • The World According to Physics

    par Jim Al-Khalili ...
    Quantum physicist, New York Times bestselling author, and BBC host Jim Al-Khalili offers a fascinating and illuminating look at what physics reveals about the worldShining a light on the most profound insights revealed by modern physics, Jim Al-Khalili invites us all to understand what this crucially important science tells us about the universe and the nature of reality itself.Al-Khalili begins ... En savoir plus

    $23.09 CAD