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109 EAST PALACE: ROBERT OPPENHEIMER AND THE SECRET CITY OF LOS ALAMOS

  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: CONANT, JENNET
  • PUBLISHER: SIMON & SCHUSTER
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $26.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0743250079
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    ALBERT EINSTEIN'S VISION: REMARKABLE DISCOVERIES THAT SHAPED MODERN SCIENCE
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: PARKER, BARRY
  • PUBLISHER: PROMETHEUS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $28.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1591021863
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    AMERICAN PROMETHEUS: THE TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY OF F. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: BIRD, KAI
  • PUBLISHER: ALFRED A KNOPF
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $35.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0375412026
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    ANNUS MIRABILIS: 1905, ALBERT EINSTEIN, AND THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: GRIBBIN, JOHN R.
  • PUBLISHER: PENGUIN BOOKS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $25.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1596091444
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    BIG WEATHER: CHASING TORNADOES IN THE HEART OF AMERICA
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: SVENVOLD, MARK
  • PUBLISHER: HENRY HOLT
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $26.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0805076468
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    BLACKETT: PHYSICS, WAR, AND POLITICS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: NYE, MARY JO
  • PUBLISHER: HARVARD UNIV PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $39.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0674015487
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    BOILING POINT: HOW POLITICIANS, BIG OIL AND COAL, JOURNALISTS, AND ACTIVISTS ARE FUELING THE CLIMATE CRISIS--AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO AVERT DISASTER
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: GELBSPAN, ROSS
  • PUBLISHER: BASIC BOOKS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $22.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 046502761X
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    CLIMATE CHANGE: DEBATING AMERICA'S POLICY OPTIONS
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: VICTOR, DAVID G.
  • PUBLISHER: COUN ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $15.00 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0876093438
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    CLIMATE CRASH: ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR FUTURE
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: COX, JOHN D.
  • PUBLISHER: NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2005
  • $27.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0309093120
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    COMPLEAT SYSTEM OF OPTICKS: A POPULAR, A MATHEMATICAL, A MECHANICAL, AND A PHILOSOPHICAL TREATISE
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: SMITH, ROBERT
  • PUBLISHER: THOEMMES PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $425.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1843710692
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    DEEP DOWN THINGS: THE BREATHTAKING BEAUTY OF PARTICLE PHYSICS
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: SCHUMM, BRUCE A., 1958-
  • PUBLISHER: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $29.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 080187971X
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    DEFINING THE WIND: THE BEAUFORT SCALE, AND HOW A NINETEENTH-CENTURY ADMIRAL TURNED SCIENCE INTO POETRY
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: HULER, SCOTT
  • PUBLISHER: CROWN
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $23.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1400048842
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    DEGREES KELVIN: A TALE OF GENIUS, INVENTION, AND TRAGEDY
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: LINDLEY, DAVID, 1956-
  • PUBLISHER: NATL ACADEMY PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $27.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0309090733
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    EDWARD TELLER: THE REAL DR. STRANGELOVE
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: GOODCHILD, PETER
  • PUBLISHER: HARVARD UNIV PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $29.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0674016696
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    EINSTEIN A TO Z
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: FOX, KAREN C.
  • PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $17.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0471466743
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    EINSTEIN AND OUR WORLD
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: CASSIDY, DAVID C., 1945-
  • PUBLISHER: HUMANITY BOOKS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $21.00 PAPER
  • ISBN: 1591022568
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    EINSTEIN DEFIANT: GENIUS VERSUS GENIUS IN THE QUANTUM REVOLUTION
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: 1OLLES, EDMUND BLAIR, 1942-
  • PUBLISHER: NATL ACADEMY PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $27.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0309089980
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    ENRICO FERMI: HIS WORK AND LEGACY
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: CARLO BERNARDINI
  • PUBLISHER: SPRINGER
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $49.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 3540221417
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    EXTREME WEATHER: A GUIDE & RECORD BOOK
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: BURT, CHRISTOPHER C.
  • PUBLISHER: W W NORTON
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $24.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0393326586
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    FITZROY: THE REMARKABLE STORY OF DARWIN'S CAPTAIN AND THE INVENTION OF THE WEATHER FORECAST
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: GRIBBIN, JOHN R.
  • PUBLISHER: YALE UNIV PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $35.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0300103611
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    GASP!: THE SWIFT & TERRIBLE BEAUTY OF AIR
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: SHERMAN, JOE, 1945-
  • PUBLISHER: SHOEMAKER & HOARD
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $26.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1593760256
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    GRAVITY'S SHADOW: THE SEARCH FOR GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: COLLINS, HARRY
  • PUBLISHER: UNIV OF CHICAGO PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $100.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0226113779
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  • $39.00 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0226113787
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    GREAT BEYOND: HIGHER DIMENSIONS, PARALLEL UNIVERSES, AND THE EXTRAORDINARY SEARCH FOR A THEORY OF EVERYTHING
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: HALPERN, PAUL
  • PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $27.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 047146595X
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    GREAT SEA ISLAND STORM OF 1893
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: MARSCHER, BILL, 1929-
  • PUBLISHER: MERCER UNIV PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $16.00 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0865548676
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    HIGH TIDE: NEWS FROM A WARMING WORLD
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: LYNAS, MARK
  • PUBLISHER: FLAMINGO
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $32.89 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 000713939X
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    IMPACTS OF A WARMING ARCTIC: ARCTIC CLIMATE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: HASSOL, SUSAN JOY
  • PUBLISHER: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $29.99 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0521617782
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    LIFE OF DISCOVERY: MICHAEL FARADAY, GIANT OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: HAMILTON, JAMES
  • PUBLISHER: RANDOM HOUSE
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $35.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1400060168
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    LIGHT IS A MESSENGER: THE LIFE AND SCIENCE OF WILLIAM LAWRENCE BRAGG
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: HUNTER, GRAEME K
  • PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $59.50 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 019852921X
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    MELTDOWN: THE PREDICTABLE DISTORTION OF GLOBAL WARMING BY SCIENTISTS, POLITICIANS, AND THE MEDIA
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: MICHAELS, PATRICK J.
  • PUBLISHER: CATO INSTITUTE
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $24.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1930865597
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    MODELING REALITY: HOW COMPUTERS MIRROR LIFE
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: BIALYNICKI-BIRULA, IWO
  • PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIV PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $44.50 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0198531001
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    MORTAL CRIMES: THE GREATEST THEFT IN HISTORY: SOVIET PENETRATION OF THE MANHATTAN PROJECT
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: WEST, NIGEL
  • PUBLISHER: ENIGMA
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $27.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1929631219
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    NOBEL LAUREATES AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY PHYSICS
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: DARDO, M. (MAURO)
  • PUBLISHER: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $110.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0521832470
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  • $39.99 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0521540089
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    OPPENHEIMER: PORTRAIT OF AN ENIGMA
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: BERNSTEIN, JEREMY, 1929-
  • PUBLISHER: IVAN R DEE, INC
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $25.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1566635691
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    OUR IMPROBABLE UNIVERSE: A PHYSICIST CONSIDERS HOW WE GOT HERE--
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: MALLARY, MICHAEL
  • PUBLISHER: THUNDER'S MOUTH
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $15.00 PAPER
  • ISBN: 156858301X
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    OUT OF THIS WORLD: COLLIDING UNIVERSES, BRANES, STRINGS, AND OTHER WILD IDEAS OF MODERN PHYSICS
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: WEBB, STEPHEN
  • PUBLISHER: COPERNICUS SPRINGER-VERLA
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $27.50 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0387029303
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    PHYSICS OF SKIING: SKIING AT THE TRIPLE POINT
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: LIND, DAVID
  • PUBLISHER: AMER INST OF PHYSICS-AIP
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $69.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0387007229
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    QUANTUM PHYSICS: ILLUSION OR REALITY?
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: RAE, ALASTAIR I. M
  • PUBLISHER: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $16.99 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0521542669
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    QUANTUM QUARK
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: WATSON, ANDREW, 1958-
  • PUBLISHER: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $30.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0521829070
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    QUANTUM WORLD: QUANTUM PHYSICS FOR EVERYONE
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: FORD, KENNETH WILLIAM, 1926-
  • PUBLISHER: HARVARD UNIV PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $24.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0674013425
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    REMARKABLE PHYSICISTS: FROM GALILEO TO YUKAWA
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: JAMES, I. M. (IOAN MACKENZIE), 1928-
  • PUBLISHER: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $90.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0521816874
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  • $34.99 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0521017068
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    SCHRODINGER'S RABBITS: THE MANY WORLDS OF QUANTUM
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: BRUCE, COLIN
  • PUBLISHER: NATL ACADEMY PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $24.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0309090512
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    SHAGGY STEED OF PHYSICS: MATHEMATICAL BEAUTY IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: OLIVER, DAVID
  • PUBLISHER: SPRINGER-VERLAG
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $59.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0387403078
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    SPECULATIVE TRUTH: HENRY CAVENDISH, NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, AND THE RISE OF MODERN THEORETICAL SCIENCE
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: MCCORMMACH, RUSSELL
  • PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIV PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $35.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0195160045
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    STALIN'S GREAT SCIENCE: THE TIMES AND ADVENTURES OF SOVIET PHYSICISTS
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: KOJEVNIKOV, ALEXEI B.
  • PUBLISHER: IMPERIAL COLLEGE PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $58.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1860944191
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  • $32.00 PAPER
  • ISBN: 1860944205
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    STATEHOUSE AND GREENHOUSE: THE EMERGING POLITICS OF AMERICAN CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: RABE, BARRY GEORGE, 1957-
  • PUBLISHER: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION PRESS
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $47.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0815773102
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  • $19.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0815773099
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    STORM WARNING: THE ORIGINS OF THE WEATHER FORECAST
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: HALFORD, PAULINE
  • PUBLISHER: SUTTON PUBLISHING LTD
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $24.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0750932155
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    SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: GINZBURG, V. L.
  • PUBLISHER: WORLD SCIENTIFIC
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $16.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 981238913X
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    UNDERSTANDING THE UNIVERSE: FROM QUARKS TO THE COSMOS
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: LINCOLN, DON
  • PUBLISHER: WORLD SCIENTIFIC
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $88.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 981238703X
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  • $28.00 PAPER
  • ISBN: 9812387056
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    UNIVERSE ON A T-SHIRT: THE QUEST FOR THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: FALK, DAN
  • PUBLISHER: ARCADE
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $24.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1559707070
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    WONDERS OF PHYSICS; TRANS. BY A.A. ABRIKOSOV
  • AUTHOR/EDITOR: ASLAMAZOV, L. G. (LEV GRIGOREVICH)
  • PUBLISHER: WORLD SCIENTIFIC
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2004
  • $56.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 9812560564
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