Einstein's Refrigerator

Einstein's Refrigerator
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Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages : 196
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0740714198
ISBN-13 : 9780740714191
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Einstein's Refrigerator by : Steve Silverman

Presents strange-but-true stories about such topics as a headless chicken that lived eighteen months, Albert Einstein's designs for refrigerators, and how a Donald Duck cartoon saved a ship.

Mad Science

Mad Science
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Publisher : Hachette UK
Total Pages : 400
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ISBN-10 : 9780316208185
ISBN-13 : 0316208183
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis Mad Science by : Randy Alfred

365 days of inventions, discoveries, science, and technology, from the editors of Wired Magazine. On January 30, Rubik applied for a patent on his cube (1975). On the next day, 17 years earlier, the first U.S. Satellite passed through the Van Allen radiation belt. On March 17, the airplane "black box" made its maiden voyage (1953). And what about today? Every day of the year has a rich scientific and technological heritage just waiting to be uncovered, and Wired's top-flight science-trivia book Mad Science collects them chronologically, from New Year's Day to year's end, showing just how entertaining, wonderful, bizarre, and relevant science can be. In 2010, Wired's popular "This Day in Tech" blog peaked with more than 700,000 page views each month, and one story in 2008 drew more than a million unique viewers. This book will collect the most intriguing anecdotes from the blog's run-one for each day of the year-and publish them in a package that will instantly appeal to hardcore techies and curious laypeople alike.

Moonwalking with Einstein

Moonwalking with Einstein
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 341
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ISBN-10 : 9781101475973
ISBN-13 : 1101475978
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis Moonwalking with Einstein by : Joshua Foer

The blockbuster phenomenon that charts an amazing journey of the mind while revolutionizing our concept of memory “Highly entertaining.” —Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker “Funny, curious, erudite, and full of useful details about ancient techniques of training memory.” —The Boston Globe An instant bestseller that has now become a classic, Moonwalking with Einstein recounts Joshua Foer's yearlong quest to improve his memory under the tutelage of top "mental athletes." He draws on cutting-edge research, a surprising cultural history of remembering, and venerable tricks of the mentalist's trade to transform our understanding of human memory. From the United States Memory Championship to deep within the author's own mind, this is an electrifying work of journalism that reminds us that, in every way that matters, we are the sum of our memories.

Einstein's Fridge

Einstein's Fridge
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 9781501181313
ISBN-13 : 1501181319
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis Einstein's Fridge by : Paul Sen

This entertaining, eye-opening account of how the laws of thermodynamics are essential to understanding the world today—from refrigeration and jet engines to calorie counting and global warming—is “a lesson in how to do popular science right” (Kirkus Reviews). Einstein’s Fridge tells the incredible epic story of the scientists who, over two centuries, harnessed the power of heat and ice and formulated a theory essential to comprehending our universe. “Although thermodynamics has been studied for hundreds of years…few nonscientists appreciate how its principles have shaped the modern world” (Scientific American). Thermodynamics—the branch of physics that deals with energy and entropy—governs everything from the behavior of living cells to the black hole at the center of our galaxy. Not only that, but thermodynamics explains why we must eat and breathe, how lights turn on, the limits of computing, and how the universe will end. The brilliant people who decoded its laws came from every branch of the sciences; they were engineers, physicists, chemists, biologists, cosmologists, and mathematicians. From French military engineer and physicist Sadi Carnot to Lord Kelvin, James Joule, Albert Einstein, Emmy Noether, Alan Turing, and Stephen Hawking, author Paul Sen introduces us to all of the players who passed the baton of scientific progress through time and across nations. Incredibly driven and idealistic, these brave pioneers performed groundbreaking work often in the face of torment and tragedy. Their discoveries helped create the modern world and transformed every branch of science, from biology to cosmology. “Elegantly written and engaging” (Financial Times), Einstein’s Fridge brings to life one of the most important scientific revolutions of all time and captures the thrill of discovery and the power of scientific progress to shape the course of history.

The Perfect Theory

The Perfect Theory
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Publisher : HMH
Total Pages : 309
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ISBN-10 : 9780547554907
ISBN-13 : 0547554907
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis The Perfect Theory by : Pedro G. Ferreira

“One of the best popular accounts of how Einstein and his followers have been trying to explain the universe for decades” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Physicists have been exploring, debating, and questioning the general theory of relativity ever since Albert Einstein first presented it in 1915. This has driven their work to unveil the universe’s surprising secrets even further, and many believe more wonders remain hidden within the theory’s tangle of equations, waiting to be exposed. In this sweeping narrative of science and culture, an astrophysicist brings general relativity to life through the story of the brilliant physicists, mathematicians, and astronomers who have taken up its challenge. For these scientists, the theory has been both a treasure trove and an enigma. Einstein’s theory, which explains the relationships among gravity, space, and time, is possibly the most perfect intellectual achievement of modern physics—yet studying it has always been a controversial endeavor. Relativists were the target of persecution in Hitler’s Germany, hounded in Stalin’s Russia, and disdained in 1950s America. Even today, PhD students are warned that specializing in general relativity will make them unemployable. Still, general relativity has flourished, delivering key insights into our understanding of the origin of time and the evolution of all the stars and galaxies in the cosmos. Its adherents have revealed what lies at the farthest reaches of the universe, shed light on the smallest scales of existence, and explained how the fabric of reality emerges. Dark matter, dark energy, black holes, and string theory are all progeny of Einstein’s theory. In the midst of a momentous transformation in modern physics, as scientists look farther and more clearly into space than ever before, The Perfect Theory exposes the greater relevance of general relativity, showing us where it started, where it has led—and where it can still take us.

Einstein's Beets

Einstein's Beets
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Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages : 793
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ISBN-10 : 9781606999769
ISBN-13 : 1606999761
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Einstein's Beets by : Alexander Theroux

Britney Spears loathes meatloaf and “all lumpy stuff.” Arturo Toscanini hated fish. Ayn Rand despised salads. Alexander Theroux’s Einstein’s Beets is a study of the world of food and food aversions. The novelist and poet probes the secret and mysterious attitudes of hundreds of people―mostly famous and well-known―toward eating and dining out, hilariously recounting tales of confrontation and scandalous alienation: it contains gossip, confession, embarrassment, and perceptive observations.

Albert Einstein, Mileva Maric

Albert Einstein, Mileva Maric
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 139
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ISBN-10 : 9780691088860
ISBN-13 : 0691088861
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Albert Einstein, Mileva Maric by : Albert Einstein

Fifty-four love letters portray the caring relationship between Albert Einstein and his first wife by showing how Maric acted as the genius's intellectual confidant during his isolated years at Princeton.

Little Einsteins: Irish Adventure

Little Einsteins: Irish Adventure
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Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
Total Pages : 24
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ISBN-10 : 9781423170570
ISBN-13 : 1423170571
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis Little Einsteins: Irish Adventure by : Marcy Kelman

Irish Harp needs the teams' help: A leprechaun has stolen two of his strings! Will the Little Einsteins be able to repair Irish Harp in time for the big step-dancing festival at Kilkenny Castle? Find out in this shamrockin' adventure!

When Einstein Walked with Gödel

When Einstein Walked with Gödel
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Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages : 385
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780374717841
ISBN-13 : 0374717842
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis When Einstein Walked with Gödel by : Jim Holt

From Jim Holt, the New York Times bestselling author of Why Does the World Exist?, comes an entertaining and accessible guide to the most profound scientific and mathematical ideas of recent centuries in When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought. Does time exist? What is infinity? Why do mirrors reverse left and right but not up and down? In this scintillating collection, Holt explores the human mind, the cosmos, and the thinkers who’ve tried to encompass the latter with the former. With his trademark clarity and humor, Holt probes the mysteries of quantum mechanics, the quest for the foundations of mathematics, and the nature of logic and truth. Along the way, he offers intimate biographical sketches of celebrated and neglected thinkers, from the physicist Emmy Noether to the computing pioneer Alan Turing and the discoverer of fractals, Benoit Mandelbrot. Holt offers a painless and playful introduction to many of our most beautiful but least understood ideas, from Einsteinian relativity to string theory, and also invites us to consider why the greatest logician of the twentieth century believed the U.S. Constitution contained a terrible contradiction—and whether the universe truly has a future.

A History of Thermodynamics

A History of Thermodynamics
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 336
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9783540462279
ISBN-13 : 3540462279
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis A History of Thermodynamics by : Ingo Müller

This book offers an easy to read, all-embracing history of thermodynamics. It describes the long development of thermodynamics, from the misunderstood and misinterpreted to the conceptually simple and extremely useful theory that we know today. Coverage identifies not only the famous physicists who developed the field, but also engineers and scientists from other disciplines who helped in the development and spread of thermodynamics as well.