physicists

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Stephen Hawking

a life in science
2002
Biography of physicist Stephen Hawking interweaving the events of his life with concise explanations of his theories.

Angels & demons

2006
World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol that has been seared into the chest of a murdered physicist, and to his surprise and horror he discovers that an ancient secret brotherhood has resurfaced.

Isaac Newton

the last sorcerer
1997
Biography of late seventeenth and early eighteenth century scientist, Sir Isaac Newton, discussing his childhood and scientific pursuits and providing new information on how he did his research.

Genius

a photobiography of Albert Einstein
2008
Presents a biography of Albert Einstein, in words and photographs, and examines the life of the physicist whose theories revolutionized the way science views the space-time continuum, and integrates Einstein's political, cultural, and social interests with his scientific beliefs.

Spell robbers

Quantum league, Book 1
Ben Warner is invited to join a "science camp" led by a quantum physicist Dr. Madeleine Hughes, and with his new friend Peter he discovers the secret art of Actuation--the ability to change reality by imagining it differently--but he also finds that there are people willing to kill for that secret.

Relativity

from Einstein to black holes
1988
Surveys Einstein's work on developing his theory of relativity and discusses recent developments in radioastronomy, cosmology, and field theory based on Einstein's discovery.

Isaac Newton

1990
Describes the scientific and mathematical discoveries of Isaac Newton through a biographical approach to his work, which resulted in modern science.

Albert Einstein

the rebel behind relativity
1996
Describes the life and work of the scientist whose theory of relativity revolutionized scientific thinking.

Memoirs

a twentieth-century journey in science and politics
2001
An autobiographical account of the life of Edward Teller which provides information on his childhood in Hungary, his experiences with Nazism and anti-Semitism, two world wars, and the McCarthy area, and his contributions to the science world.

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