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    Grace in All Simplicity

    Beauty, Truth, and Wonders on the Path to the Higgs Boson and New Laws of Nature

    by Robert N. Cahn, Chris Quigg ...
    Narrated by Brian Troxell ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 10 min

    In Grace in All Simplicity, listeners will delight in Cahn and Quigg's engaging prose and see how the infinite and the infinitesimal are joined. Today, physicists and astronomers are exploring distances from a billionth of a billionth of the human scale to the entire cosmos, and contemplating time intervals that range from less than a trillionth of a trillionth of a second out to far longer than ... Read more

    $35.72 CAD

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    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Experimental Foundations of Particle Physics

    by Robert N. Cahn, Gerson Goldhaber ...
    Our current understanding of elementary particles and their interactions emerged from break-through experiments. This book presents these experiments, beginning with the discoveries of the neutron and positron, and following them through mesons, strange particles, antiparticles, and quarks and gluons. This second edition contains new chapters on the W and Z bosons, the top quark, B-meson mixing ... Read more

    $123.99 CAD

  • Semi-Simple Lie Algebras and Their Representations

    by Robert N. Cahn ...
    Designed to acquaint students of particle physics already familiar with SU(2) and SU(3) with techniques applicable to all simple Lie algebras, this text is especially suited to the study of grand unification theories. Author Robert N. Cahn, who is affiliated with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California, has provided a new preface for this edition. Subjects include the ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • John David Jackson

    A Course in Quantum Mechanics

    by John David Jackson ...
    A Course in Quantum MechanicsUnique graduate-level textbook on quantum mechanics by John David Jackson, author of the renowned Classical ElectrodynamicsA Course in Quantum Mechanics is drawn directly from J. D. Jackson’s detailed lecture notes and problem sets. It is edited by his colleague and former student Robert N. Cahn, who has taken care to preserve Jackson’s unique style. The textbook is ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • Grace in All Simplicity

    Beauty, Truth, and Wonders on the Path to the Higgs Boson and New Laws of Nature

    by Chris Quigg, Robert N. Cahn ...
    An enthralling and accessible account of humanity’s quest to make sense of our physical world, told through interwoven tales of inspiration, tragedy, and triumph.How do the remarkable recent discoveries of the Higgs boson, dark matter, and dark energy connect with the equally revolutionary discoveries in centuries past? In Grace in All Simplicity, readers will delight in Cahn and Quigg's engaging ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Democracy Reader

    From Classical to Contemporary Philosophy

    Edited by Steven M. Cahn, Andrew T. Forcehimes, Robert B. Talisse ...
    This timely anthology gathers forty historical and contemporary treatments of democracy. Short introductions precede each reading and a general introduction increases student comprehension across the spectrum of readings. This volume is ideal for both the undergraduate and graduate students in political theory and philosophy courses.Historical readings include selections from Plato, Aristotle, ... Read more

    $71.69 CAD

  • High-temperature Structural Materials

    Edited by Robert Cahn, Malcolm McLean, Anthony Evans ...
    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    Conventional materials, such as nickel based alloys, will not be able to match the required performance specifications for the future generation of high temperature materials. This book reviews the characteristics and potential of a wide range of candidate superalloy replacements, such as ceramics, intermetallics, and their composites. Particular attention is devoted to the problems of processing ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Happiness and Goodness

    Philosophical Reflections on Living Well

    by Steven M. Cahn, Christine Vitrano ...
    "A phenomenal book that offers innovative and penetrating insights into the most fundamental questions of human concern . . . vivid and enjoyable."—Dov Weiss, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignHow should we evaluate the success of each person's life? Countering the prevalent philosophical perspective on the subject, Steven M. Cahn and Christine Vitrano defend the view that our well-being ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    A Very Short Introduction

    by Daniel M. Haybron ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
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    $7.99 CAD

  • Being Logical

    A Guide to Good Thinking

    by D.Q. McInerny ...
    An essential tool for our post-truth world: a witty primer on logic—and the dangers of illogical thinking—by a renowned Notre Dame professorLogic is synonymous with reason, judgment, sense, wisdom, and sanity. Beinglogical is the ability to create concise and reasoned arguments—arguments that build from given premises, using evidence, to a genuine conclusion. But mastering logical thinking also ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Wholeness and the Implicate Order

    by David Bohm ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    David Bohm was one of the foremost scientific thinkers and philosophers of our time. Although deeply influenced by Einstein, he was also, more unusually for a scientist, inspired by mysticism. Indeed, in the 1970s and 1980s he made contact with both J. Krishnamurti and the Dalai Lama whose teachings helped shape his work. In both science and philosophy, Bohm's main concern was with understanding ... Read more

    $46.99 CAD

  • A Brief History of Time

    by Stephen Hawking ...
    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA landmark volume in science writing by one of the great minds of our time, Stephen Hawking’s book explores such profound questions as: How did the universe begin—and what made its start possible? Does time always flow forward? Is the universe unending—or are there boundaries? Are there other dimensions in space? What will happen when it all ends?Told in language we all ... Read more

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