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Out of Nowhere: The Emergence of Spacetime in Theories of Quantum Gravity

September 11, 2025 01:36 PM
Out of Nowhere helps physicists clarify what new conceptual framework—not resting on space and time—may be necessary to achieve a theory of quantum gravity. This book also shows philosophers how the world may not be spatiotemporal at root, and what kind of a world we might then live in.

Uploaded September 2025

I Am a Part of Infinity: The Spiritual Journey of Albert Einstein

September 11, 2025 01:27 PM
Einstein asked us to commune with the cosmos, to treat every living creature with compassion, to channel the power that permeated all things and put it to use for pure purposes. Drawing on little-known conversations, recently published letters, and new archival research, I Am a Part of Infinity reveals what Einstein really believed and why his perspective still matters today.

Uploaded September 2025

Free Creations of the Human Mind: The Worlds of Albert Einstein

September 11, 2025 01:23 PM
Free Creations of the Human Mind: The Worlds of Albert Einstein presents a concise and nuanced account of Einstein's life and work embedded in his intellectual and social contexts, based on the substantial discoveries made through the study of his tremendous personal archive and several generations of assiduous scholarship. This book shows Einstein as a man of the modern world, faced with intellectual and existential challenges of extraordinary magnitude, whose life was framed by turbulent, violent historical events.

Uploaded September 2025

Forty Ways to Know a Star: Using Stars to Understand Astronomy

September 09, 2025 05:38 PM
40 Ways to Know a Star offers forty short essays that explore everything from the Milky Way to planetary nebulae, from how a star is born to the colors of stars, each enhanced by a color illustration or graphic image.

Uploaded September 2025

Energy, Environment, and Climate

September 09, 2025 05:35 PM
Help students understand and prepare for a changing energy landscape. With major updates to its coverage of climate and sustainability - particularly as it relates to the latest IPCC reports, trends towards electrification in transportation, and energy policy - the new Fourth Edition of Energy, Environment, and Climate is the most modern, up-to-date text for your energy course.

Uploaded September 2025

Electromagnetics of Superconductor/Paramagnet Heterostructures

September 09, 2025 05:31 PM
Through a methodical analysis and noteworthy solutions, Electromagnetics of Superconductor/Paramagnet Heterostructures presents a phenomenological account of the remarkable electromagnetic properties of superconductor paramagnet heterostructures, as captured by Maxwell's electrodynamics, generalized London theory, and Bean's model of the critical state.

Uploaded September 2025

Classical Mechanics

September 09, 2025 05:30 PM
Classical Mechanics is intended for students who have studied some mechanics in an introductory physics course, such as "freshman physics." ... the book covers most of the topics normally found in books at this level, including conservation laws, oscillations, Lagrangian mechanics, two-body problems, non-inertial frames, rigid bodies, normal modes, chaos theory, Hamiltonian mechanics, and continuum mechanics.

Uploaded September 2025

Clamor: How Noise Took Over the World and How We Can Take it Back

September 09, 2025 05:25 PM
Drawing on extensive research and original reporting, Berdik shows how a too-limited understanding of noise, focused on loud sounds and decibel counts, has undermined a century of noise-control efforts and obscured the full toll noise exacts on us and the environment.

Uploaded September 2025

Theoretical Physics for the Masses

July 07, 2025 02:31 PM
Written for the general reader, this book provides an overview of modern theoretical physics, focusing on the history and development of theoretical physics over the past century, while providing supplemental mathematical derivations for the more advanced reader. It takes the reader through a fascinating journey with a broad overview of the evolving universe that we live in.

July 2025

The Wonders of Science: A User Friendly Guide

July 07, 2025 02:27 PM
The Wonders of Science reveals that the physical world is a far more complex and amazing world than it appears to be, so wondrous that it almost defies comprehension. No detailed knowledge of science is required to understand these new discoveries, which include quantum theory, relativity theory, string theory, chaos theory, black holes, dark matter, dark energy, the multidimensional universe, quarks, and much more.

July 2025

Dan Broadbent

Physical & Computer Sciences Librarian
dan_broadbent@byu.edu