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Quirkology: How We Discover the Big Truths in Small Things
Quirkology: How We Discover the Big Truths in Small Things

An award-winning psychologist exposes the truth behind life's little oddities and absurdities in this quirky and practical guide to life.

For over twenty years, psychologist Professor Richard Wiseman has examined the quirky science of everyday life. In Quirkology, he navigates the backwaters of human behavior, discovering the...

The Two Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke
The Two Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke
This groundbreaking exposé brings to light the surprising financial consequences of mothers going to work, and the precarious position of today's middle class.

More than two decades ago, the women's movement flung open the doors of the workplace. Although this social revolution created a firestorm of controversy, no one questioned the...

Lectures On Computation (Frontiers in Physics)
Lectures On Computation (Frontiers in Physics)
From 1983 to 1986, the legendary physicist and teacher Richard Feynman gave a course at Caltech called Potentialities and Limitations of Computing Machines. Here are some of his lectures from that course. DLC: Electronic data processing.

About the Author

The late Richard P. Feynman was Richard
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Rock, Paper, Scissors: Game Theory in Everyday Life
Rock, Paper, Scissors: Game Theory in Everyday Life
“Physicist and Ig Nobel Prize–winner Fisher explores how game theory illuminates social behavior in this lively study…. Fisher does succeed in making the complex nature of game theory accessible and relevant, showing how mathematics applies to the dilemmas we face on a daily basis.”

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Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces
Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces
Science News

"For a safari-like adventure into the world of physics, follow Wilczek's lead. Quirky but knowledgeable, he explores the essence of the matter that makes up the universe — combining the enthusiasm of someone like Jeff Corwin with the thoughtfulness of a David
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The Unfinished Game: Pascal, Fermat, and the Seventeenth-Century Letter that Made the World Modern
The Unfinished Game: Pascal, Fermat, and the Seventeenth-Century Letter that Made the World Modern
PublishersWeekly.com
“This informative book is a lively, quick read for anyone who wonders about the science of predicting what’s next and how deeply it affects our lives.”

New Scientist
“This breezy book shows why probability theory, though
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The "alarming and impassioned"* book on how the Internet is redefining constitutional law, now reissued as the first popular book revised online by its readers (*New York Times)

There's a common belief that cyberspace cannot be regulated-that it is, in its very essence, immune from the government's (or anyone else's)...

  
   
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