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Posted by admin | Mar 18th, 2010
Minds, Machines and the Multiverse – The Quest for the Quantum Computer
Minds Machines and the Multiverse The Quest for the Quantum Computer
Just how smart can computers get? Science journalist Julian Brown takes a hard look at the spooky world of quantum computation in Minds, Machines, and the Multiverse–and his report is optimistic. Based in large part on the groundbreaking work of David Deutsch, the book mostly sidesteps the shouting matches of the AI debate...
Posted by admin | Mar 18th, 2010
The Black Hole War – My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics
The Black Hole War My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics
At the beginning of the 21st century, physics is being driven to very unfamiliar territory–the domain of the incredibly small and the incredibly heavy. The new world is a world in which both quantum mechanics and gravity are equally important. But mysteries remain. One of the biggest involved black holes....
Posted by admin | Mar 18th, 2010
Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell Second Edition
Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell Second Edition
Since it was first published, Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell has quickly established itself as the most accessible and comprehensive introduction to this profound and deeply fascinating area of theoretical physics. Now in this fully revised and expanded edition, A. Zee covers the latest advances while providing a solid conceptual foundation for students...
Posted by admin | Mar 18th, 2010
Principles of Quantum Mechanics
Principles of Quantum Mechanics
'An excellent text….The postulates of quantum mechanics and the mathematical underpinnings are discussed in a clear, succint manner.'–American Scientist, from a review of the First Edition The author introduces major additions and updates key presentations in the long-awaited new edition of this classic text. New features of the Second Edition include...
Posted by admin | Mar 15th, 2010
Quantum Physics – A Beginners Guide
Quantum Physics A Beginners Guide
As Alastair Rae points out in his introduction, “quantum physics is not rocket science”. It may have gained a reputation as the theory that no one really understands, but its practical applications are all around us in everyday life. If it were not for quantum physics, computers would not function, metals would not conduct electricity, and the power stations that heat...
Posted by admin | Mar 15th, 2010
The Little Book of String Theory Science Essentials
The Little Book of String Theory Science Essentials
The Little Book of String Theory offers a short, accessible, and entertaining introduction to one of the most talked-about areas of physics today. String theory has been called the "theory of everything." It seeks to describe all the fundamental forces of nature. It encompasses gravity and quantum mechanics in one unifying theory. But it is unproven...
Posted by admin | Mar 15th, 2010
The Quantum World – Quantum Physics for Everyone
The Quantum World Quantum Physics for Everyone
As Kenneth W. Ford shows us in The Quantum World, the laws governing the very small and the very swift defy common sense and stretch our minds to the limit. Drawing on a deep familiarity with the discoveries of the twentieth century, Ford gives an appealing account of quantum physics that will help the serious reader make sense of a science that, for all its...
Posted by admin | Mar 15th, 2010
A Users Guide to the Universe – Surviving the Perils of Black Holes, Time Paradoxes and Quantum Uncertainty
A Users Guide to the Universe Surviving the Perils of Black Holes Time Paradoxes and Quantum Uncertainty
Answers to science's most enduring questions from "Can I build a transporter, like on Star Trek?" and "Is there life on other planets?" to "What is empty space made of?"
In A User's Guide to the Universe, physicists Dave Goldberg and Jeff Blomquist make good...
Posted by admin | Mar 14th, 2010
Universe or Multiverse
Universe or Multiverse
Recent developments in cosmology and particle physics, such as the string landscape picture, have led to the remarkable realization that our universe – rather than being unique – could be just one of many universes. The multiverse proposal helps to explain the origin of the universe and some of its observational features. Since the physical constants can be different in...
Posted by admin | Mar 13th, 2010
Who's Afraid of the Multiverse
Whos Afraid of the Multiverse
Jeff Zweerink, explores multiverse theory and its implications for biblical creation models in the booklet Who's Afraid of the Multiverse? Do other worlds exist beyond the observable universe? If we do live in what scientists call a multiverse, doesnt this rule out the necessity of a Creator? In Who's Afraid of the Multiverse? astrophysicist Jeff Zweerink, Ph.D.,...
Posted by admin | Mar 13th, 2010
Science and the Akashic Field – An Integral Theory of Everything
Science and the Akashic Field An Integral Theory of Everything
Presents the unifying world-concept long sought by scientists, mystics, and sages: an Integral Theory of Everything
• Explains how modern science has rediscovered the Akashic Field of perennial philosophy
• New edition updates ongoing scientific studies, presents new research inspired by the first edition, and includes new case studies and...
Posted by admin | Mar 12th, 2010
Dancing Wu Li Masters An Overview of the New Physics
Dancing Wu Li Masters An Overview of the New Physics
At an Esalen Institute meeting in 1976, tai chi master Al Huang said that the Chinese word for physics is Wu Li, "patterns of organic energy." Journalist Gary Zukav and the others present developed the idea of physics as the dance of the Wu Li Masters–the teachers of physical essence. Zukav explains the concept further:
The Wu Li...
Posted by admin | Mar 12th, 2010
The Self Aware Universe
The Self Aware Universe
Brings together the most recent discoveries in quantum physics and provides a powerful argument for transforming not only the way we view nature, but also how we view our own personal reality. This book challenges readers to give up their prejudices regarding material realism, to open ourselves up to the new language and new concepts that have paralleled the growth of quantum physics,...
Posted by admin | Mar 11th, 2010
How to Teach Physics to Your Dog
How to Teach Physics to Your Dog
When physics professor Chad Orzel went to the pound to adopt a dog, he never imagined Emmy. She wasn't just a friendly mutt who needed a home; she was a talking dog with an active interest in what her new owner did for a living and how it could work for her.
Soon Emmy was trying to use the strange ideas of quantum mechanics for the really important things in her life:...
Posted by admin | Mar 11th, 2010
QED – The Strange Theory of Light and Matter, Princeton Science Library
QED The Strange Theory of Light and Matter Princeton Science Library
Celebrated for his brilliantly quirky insights into the physical world, Nobel laureate Richard Feynman also possessed an extraordinary talent for explaining difficult concepts to the general public. Here Feynman provides a classic and definitive introduction to QED (namely quantum electrodynamics), that part of quantum field theory describing...
Posted by admin | Mar 10th, 2010
Spook – Science Tackles the Afterlife
Spook Science Tackles the Afterlife
If author Mary Roach was a college professor, she'd have a zero drop-out rate. That's because when Roach tackles a subject–like the posthumous human body in her previous bestseller, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, or the soul in the winning Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife–she charges forth with such zeal, humor, and ingenuity that...
Posted by admin | Feb 26th, 2010
The End of Certainty
The End of Certainty
In this intellectually challenging book, Nobel laureate Ilya Prigogine tackles some of the difficult questions that bedevil physicists trying to provide an explanation for the world we observe. How is it, for instance, that basic principles of quantum mechanics–which lack any differentiation between forward and backward directions in time–can explain a world with an...
Posted by admin | Feb 24th, 2010
Fractal Time – The Secret of 2012 and a New World Age
Fractal Time The Secret of 2012 and a New World Age
In this fascinating book, Gregg Braden merges the modern discoveries of natures patterns (fractals) with the ancient view of a cyclic universe. The result is a powerful model of time, fractal time and a realistic window into what we can expect for the mysterious year 2012 . . . and beyond.
Applying fractal time to the history of the world and life, he...
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