Clifford A Pickover
1) The math book: from Pythagoras to the 57th dimension, 250 milestones in the history of mathematics
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Pub. Date
c2009
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The infinite mysteries and beauty of mathematics is unfolded, beginning millions of years ago with ancient 'ant odometers' & moving through time to our modern day quest for new dimensions. Among the numerous delights readers will learn about in this inviting anthology include cicada generated prime numbers.
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Pub. Date
c2011
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Following the hugely successful The Science Book and The Math Book comes a richly illustrated chronology of physics, containing 250 short, entertaining, and thought-provoking entries. In addition to exploring such engaging topics as dark energy, parallel universes, the Doppler effect, the God particle, and Maxwell's demon, the book's timeline extends back billions of years to the hypothetical Big Bang and forward trillions of years to a time of "quantum...
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Pub. Date
c1998
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"What would aliens look like? An intelligent octopus-like creature is certainly plausible. What about odd numbers of limbs - a three-legged alien with three arms and three eyes? Could there be an entire planet of immobile, silicon-based "trees" that communicate with each other via electrical signals? The Science of Aliens gets weirder still. Could a giant interstellar cloud be "alive" and intelligent? Could creatures live at extremely high pressures...
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Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
From the publisher. Archimedes to Hawking takes the reader on a journey across the centuries as it explores the eponymous physical laws--from Archimedes' Law of Buoyancy and Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle and Hubble's Law of Cosmic Expansion--whose ramifications have profoundly altered our everyday lives and our understanding of the universe. Throughout this fascinating book, Clifford Pickover invites us to...
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Pub. Date
2001
Description
"Do a Little Armchair Space Travel. Rub Elbows with Alien Life Forms, and Stretch your mind to the further corners of our uncharted universe. With this guide book, The Stars of Heaven, you need not be an astronomer to explore the mysteries of stars and their profound meaning for human existence." "Stars has fascinated humankind since the dawn of history. In fact, we have always looked to the stars as a source of inspiration and transcendence that...
8) Spider legs
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Pub. Date
[1998]
Description
Harvard scientist Nathan Smallwood leads an expedition to capture a giant sea spider which is killing fishermen off Newfoundland. The spider was genetically engineered by a woman biologist to punish people for polluting the sea.
