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How the Universe Got Its Spots: Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite SpaceIs the universe infinite, or is it just really big? Does nature abhor infinity?
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Quantum Field Theory, as Simply as PossibleQuantum field theory is by far the most spectacularly successful theory in physics, but also one of the most mystifying. Quantum Field Theory, as Simply as Possible provides an essential primer on the subject
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Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum RevolutionHelgoland is a treeless island in the North Sea where the twenty-three-year-old Werner Heisenberg made the crucial breakthrough for the creation of quantum mechanics, setting off a century of scientific revolution.
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The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Quanta and FieldsThe universe is made of atoms and Sean Carroll explains exactly what that means and how we know it.
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The Invisible Universe: Why There's More to Reality than Meets the EyeFrom the discovery of entirely new kinds of galaxies to a window into cosmic ‘prehistory’, Bothwell shows us the Universe as we’ve never seen it before – literally.
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Coming of Age in the Milky WayFrom the first time mankind had an inkling of the vast space that surrounds us, those who study the universe have had to struggle against political and religious preconceptions.
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Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and BeingAn electrifying introduction to complexity theory, the science of how complex systems behave—from cells to human beings, ecosystems, the known universe and beyond—that profoundly reframes our understanding and illuminates our interconnectedness.
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Nature's Blueprint: Supersymmetry and the Search for a Unified Theory of Matter and ForceFor decades, physicists have been fascinated with the possibility that two seemingly independent aspects of our world—matter and force—may in fact be intimately connected and inseparable facets of nature.
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The Physics of Wall Street: A Brief History of Predicting the UnpredictableNot all geeks are created equal. While many of the mathematicians and software engineers on Wall Street failed when their abstractions turned ugly in practice, a special breed of physicists has a much deeper history of revolutionizing finance.
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The God Effect: Quantum Entanglement, Science's Strangest PhenomenonThe phenomenon that Einstein thought too spooky and strange to be true