Subtle is the Lord is widely recognized as the definitive scientific biography of Albert Einstein.

In this collection of essays, the great scientist discusses the urgent problems of modern society: social, religious, educational, and racial relationships.

Covering such issues as the aims of science, the role it plays in our civilization, the moral responsibiliby of the scientist, the function of a university, and the choice between reason and revolution, this book defends science and ...

Designed for non-scientists, "Six Easy Pieces" is an unparalleled introduction to the world of physics by one of the greatest teachers of all time.

This six-volume masterwork also includes 380 articles summarizing the time-line of ideas in the leading fields of science, technology, mathematics and philosophy, plus useful tables, figures and photos, and 20 ‘Science Progress Reports’ ...

Argues that the discoveries of twentieth-century physics--relativity and the quantum theory--demand a radical reformulation of the fundamentals of reality and a way of thinking, that is closer to mysticism than materialism.

Handbook of Physics is a veritable toolbox for rapid access to a wealth of physics information for everyday use in problem solving, homework, and examinations.

Presents the author's thesis that consciousness, in its manifestation in the human quality of understanding, is doing something that mere computation cannot; and attempts to understand how such non-computational action might arise within ...

This book gives a clear and comprehensive exposition of Niels Bohr's philosophy of physics.

Since its first edition almost 30 years ago this book has become the standard in the field of solid-state lasers for scientists,engineers and graduate students.