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The Big Questions of Science

July 07, 2025 02:21 PM
Of all the species that live on this planet, as far as we know, man is the only one capable of awareness; observing the sky, understanding its beauty, and asking questions about the meaning of life and that of death, on the beginning and the end, both about the Universe and man himself. This book aims to introduce and address the questions that are often asked and answer with the knowledge that science provides us.

The Awesome Life of a Physics Teacher

July 07, 2025 02:17 PM
This memoir provides a peek into what it's like to be a physics teacher, illustrating how teaching can transcend a profession and become a lifetime passion. The author details his progression from making physics understandable to making it delightful.

July 2025

Physics to Philosophy and Back: A Search for The Limits of Physics

July 07, 2025 02:01 PM
Filled with personal anecdotes and amusing examples, this book provides the perfect introduction to the topic for readers with a non-scientific background. It also enables the reader to come to their own informed conclusion about the relation between physics and the reality in which we live.

Updated July 2025

Parallel Worlds: Evolution of Life Across the Cosmos

July 07, 2025 01:55 PM
This book takes the form of a step-by-step argument in favor of the hypothesis that there are multiple worlds inhabited by life-forms that are broadly parallel to those of our home planet.

Updated July 2025

Newton's Principia for The Modern Student

July 07, 2025 01:52 PM
This book presents all the wonderful physics in the Principia in a manner that a modern reader can recognize and understand, using physics and mathematics as we understand them in the 21st century.

Updated July 2025

From Galileo to Einstein: Starting on a Journey in Science

July 07, 2025 01:46 PM
his book describes the lives of great scientists from Galileo to Einstein who made remarkable discoveries in science. By focusing on their stories, the reader will understand that the common trait shared by them in their scientific journey was a genuine enthusiasm to scholarship.

Updated July 2025

Elementary Quantum Mechanics: With Problems and Solutions

July 07, 2025 01:31 PM
This book is defined for undergraduate students of mathematics to obtain an introduction to quantum mechanical ideas, and the associated mathematics, without requiring an extensive background in physics.

Updated July 2025

A Geometrical Introduction to Tensor Calculus

July 07, 2025 01:12 PM
This incisive book provides a geometrical understanding of tensors and their calculus from the point of view of a physicist. With a wealth of examples presented in visually engaging boxes, it takes readers through all aspects of geometrical continuum mechanics and the field and dynamic equations of Einstein, Einstein-Cartan, and metric-affine theories of general relativity.

Updated July 2025

From Light to Dark: Daylight, Illumination, and Gloom

June 02, 2025 01:07 PM
Tim Edensor begins by examining the effects of daylight on our perception of landscape, drawing on artworks, particular landscapes, and architectural practice. He then considers the ways in which illumination is often contested and can be used to express power, looking at how capitalist, class, ethnic, military, and state power use lighting to reinforce their authority over space.

Uploaded June

Into the Unknown: The Quest to Understand the Mysteries of the Cosmos

June 02, 2025 01:07 PM
In Into the Unknown, astrophysicist Kelsey Johnson takes us to the edge of scientific understanding about the universe: What caused the Big Bang? What happens inside black holes? Are there other dimensions?

Uploaded June 2025

Dan Broadbent

Physical & Computer Sciences Librarian
dan_broadbent@byu.edu