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  • The Book of Nothing

    Vacuums, Voids, and the Latest Ideas about the Origins of the Universe

    by John D. Barrow ...
    What conceptual blind spot kept the ancient Greeks (unlike the Indians and Maya) from developing a concept of zero? Why did St. Augustine equate nothingness with the Devil? What tortuous means did 17th-century scientists employ in their attempts to create a vacuum? And why do contemporary quantum physicists believe that the void is actually seething with subatomic activity? You’ll find the answers ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Constants of Nature

    The Numbers That Encode the Deepest Secrets of the Universe

    by John Barrow ...
    Reality as we know it is bound by a set of constants—numbers and values that dictate the strengths of forces like gravity, the speed of light, and the masses of elementary particles. In The Constants of Nature, Cambridge Professor and bestselling author John D.Barrow takes us on an exploration of these governing principles. Drawing on physicists such as Einstein and Planck, Barrow illustrates with ... Read more

    Was $14.99 USD Now $10.99 USD

  • The Infinite Book

    A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless

    by John D. Barrow ...
    For a thousand years, infinity has proven to be a difficult and illuminating challenge for mathematicians and theologians. It certainly is the strangest idea that humans have ever thought. Where did it come from and what is it telling us about our Universe? Can there actually be infinities? Is matter infinitely divisible into ever-smaller pieces? But infinity is also the place where things happen ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • 100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know

    Math Explains Your World

    by John D. Barrow ...
    “Where else does math become a romp, full of entertaining tricks and turns?”—Bryce Christensen, BooklistHave you ever considered why you always get stuck in the longest line? Why two’s company but three’s a crowd? Or why there are six degrees of separation instead of seven? In this hugely informative and endlessly entertaining book, John D. Barrow takes the most baffling of everyday phenomena and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty

    Its Cause and Consequences

    by Sir John Barrow ...
    A must-read for true-crime buffs and fans of maritime history, The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty: Its Cause and Consequences is widely recognized as the most detailed historical account of the mutiny on the Bounty that has spawned dozens of novels, movies, and other pop-culture retellings. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Geography of Hudson's Bay: Being the Remarks of Captain W. Coats, in Many Voyages to That Locality, Between the Years 1727 and 1751. - Edited Title

    Being the Remarks of Captain W. Coats, in Many Voyages to That Locality, Between the Years 1727 and 1751. - Edited Title

    Edited by John Barrow ...
    With an appendix, of extracts from the log of Captain Middleton on his Voyage for the Discovery of the North-West Passage in H.M.S Furnace in 1741-2; this is a reproduction of the remarks of Captain W. Coats in his voyages from 1721 to 1751. ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Mathletics

    100 Amazing Things You Didn't Know about the World of Sports

    by John D. Barrow ...
    An entertaining, eye-opening guide to what math and physics can reveal about sports.How can sprinter Usain Bolt break his world record without expending any additional effort? What dates of birth give rise to the best professional athletes? Is it better to have the inside or outside lane during a race?Drawing on vivid, real-life examples, mathematician John D. Barrow entertainingly explores the ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • 100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know about Math and the Arts

    by John D. Barrow ...
    An entertaining and illuminating collection of 100 surprising connections between math and the arts.At first glance, the worlds of math and the arts might not seem like comfortable neighbors. But as mathematician John D. Barrow points out, they have a strong and natural affinity—after all, math is the study of all patterns, and the world of the arts is rich with pattern. Barrow whisks us through ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Water and Life

    The Unique Properties of H2O

    Edited by Ruth M. Lynden-Bell, Simon Conway Morris, John D. Barrow, John L. Finney, Charles Harper ...
    Reflecting a rich technical and interdisciplinary exchange of ideas, Water and Life: The Unique Properties of H20 focuses on the properties of water and its interaction with life. The book develops a variety of approaches that help to illuminate ways in which to address deeper questions with respect to the nature of the universe and our place withi ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • The Origin Of The Universe

    Science Masters Series

    by John D Barrow ...
    There is no more profound, enduring or fascinating question in all of science than that of how time, space, and matter began. Now John Barrow, who has been at the cutting edge of research in this area and has written extensively about it, guides us on a journey to the beginning of time, into a world of temperatures and densities so high that we cannot recreate them in a laboratory. With new ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Artful Universe Expanded

    by John Barrow ...
    In The Artful Universe (OUP, 1995) John D. Barrow explored the close ties between our aesthetic appreciation and the basic nature of the Universe, challenging the commonly held view that our sense of beauty is entirely free and unfettered. It looked at some of the unexpected ways in which the structure of the Universe, its laws, its environments, and above all its underlying mathematical structure ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • How Not to Make It in the Pop World (Diary of an Almost Has-Been)

    by John Barrow ...
    Leicester-born tenor sax man, John Barrow, is one of the journeymen of pop. In a career that spans more than thirty years he has worked, toured and recorded with world name artists that include: BOY GEORGE / CULTURE CLUB / FUN BOY THREE / IGGY POP / MUSICAL YOUTH / SWINGING LAURELS / JERRY DAMMERS / LAUREL AITKEN / RHODA DAKAR / CRAZYHEAD / SINEAD O' CONNOR / ALI CAMPBELL (UB40) / SUGGS (MADNESS) ... Read more

    $8.99 USD