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Physics
Biographies Isaac Newton by Harry Sootin A
short biography of Newton who is credited with The Laws of Motion and inventing
calculus Galileo, First Observer of Marvelous Things by Elma Erlich Levinger A biography of Galileo, Renaissance scientist and the first physicist Young Thomas Edison by Sterling North A
biography of the great inventor whose creations have contributed to the comfort,
convenience, and entertainment of people all over the world. A biography of Einstein, the most well-known scientist of the 20th century. Lise Meitner : A Life in Physics by Ruth Lewin Sime A
biography of the Austrian scientist whose discoveries in nuclear physics
played a major part in developing atomic energy Niels Bohr : Gentle Genius of Denmark by Ray Spangenburg and Diane K. Moser A
biography of the Danish physicist who won a Nobel Prize for his discoveries
about the nature of the atom, saved thousands of Jews from the Nazis, and, after
helping to develop the atomic bomb, campaigned for peaceful uses of atomic
energy. Stephen Hawking : Quest for a Theory of the Universe by Kitty Ferguson Presents
the life of the British theoretical physicist who has taken the study of
cosmology farther than most in his field, despite the need for a wheelchair and
computer in order to travel and communicate. Einstein
In Love : A Scientific Romance
by Dennis Overbye (not owned by OHS) Nonfiction The
Universe of Galileo and Newton by
William Bixby The Inventions, Researches, and Writing of Nikola Tesla by Thomas Commerford Martin Includes
three lectures by Tesla: I. Experiments with alternate currents of very
high frequency, and their application to methods of artificial illumination,
delivered before the American Institute of Electrical Engineers at Columbia
College, N.Y., May 20, 1891.--II. Experiments with alternate currents of high
potential and high frequency, delivered before the Institution of Electrical
Engineers, London, Feb. 3, 1892.--III. On light and other high frequency
phenomena, delivered before the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Feb., 1893,
and before the National Electric Light Association, St. Louis, March, 1893. The Physics of Golf by Theodore P. Jorgensen Explains
how you can use the principles of dynamics and energy to improve your stroke,
choose the best club, calculate the aerodynamics of the trajectory, and
understand the complicated handicap system. The Cartoon Guide to Physics by Larry Gonick and Art Huffman Famed
cartoonist Larry Gonick makes learning physics a blast with this animated,
video-enhanced romp through Motion, Projectiles, Energy and much more. Hands-on
workshops teach you about Inertia, Collisions, and Acceleration. A-Z or topical
Glossary-hopping explains unfamiliar terms. A timeline of history's great
scientists shows how our understanding of physics unfolded The Science of Music by Melvin Berger Discusses
how the various musical instruments produce sound and describes how records,
tapes, and disks are made and how the playback equipment for them generates
sound waves. A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen W. Hawking Stephen
Hawking, one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists in history, wrote the
modern classic A Brief History of Time to help nonscientists understand
the questions being asked by scientists today: Where did the universe come from?
How and why did it begin? Will it come to an end, and if so, how? Hawking
attempts to reveal these questions (and where we're looking for answers) using a
minimum of technical jargon. Among the topics gracefully covered are gravity,
black holes, the Big Bang, the nature of time, and physicists' search for a
grand unifying theory.
Fiction Galileo’s Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love by Dava Sobel Everyone
knows that Galileo Galilei dropped cannonballs off the leaning tower of Pisa,
developed the first reliable telescope, and was convicted by the Inquisition for
holding a heretical belief--that the earth revolved around the sun. But did you
know he had a daughter? In Galileo's Daughter, Dava Sobel (author of the
bestselling Longitude)
tells the story of the famous scientist and his illegitimate daughter, Sister
Maria Celeste. Sobel bases her book on 124 surviving letters to the scientist
from the nun, whom Galileo described as "a woman of exquisite mind,
singular goodness, and tenderly attached to me." Mrs. Einstein by Anna McGrail (not owned by OHS) Imagines
what might have become of Lieserl, Einstein’s illegitimate daughter. The
discarded daughter grows up with an astonishing mind and an abiding hatred for
her father. Given her extraordinary mathematical ability--an ability she insists
she has inherited from her mother--she resolves to haunt her father's scientific
career and sets herself to master cutting-edge physics, the science of gravity
and light. She will match each of Einstein's mathematical proofs with one of her
own that goes beyond its conclusions or undermines its findings.
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