Short Physics

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Sidney Perkowitz
    • Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
    • Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 01-31-23
    • Language: English
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    • Physics, the fundamental science of matter and energy, encompasses all levels of nature from the subatomic to the cosmic, and underlies much of the technology around us....

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Frank Close
    • Narrated by: Mike Cooper
    • Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 07-09-24
    • Language: English
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    • Following the discovery of the Higgs boson, Frank Close has produced this major revision to his classic and compelling introduction to the fundamental particles that make up the universe.

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: J. L. Heilbron
    • Narrated by: Sean Runnette
    • Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 10-16-18
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • How does the physics we know today link back to its origins as a liberal art in Ancient Greece? What is the path that leads from the old philosophy of nature and its concern with humankind's place in the universe to modern massive international projects? Listen to learn more....

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Leonard Smith
    • Narrated by: Michael Page
    • Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 07-27-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • The beauty of fractal patterns and their relation to chaos, as well as the history of chaos, and its uses in the real world and implications for the philosophy of science are all discussed in this Very Short Introduction audiobook....

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Katherine Blundell
    • Narrated by: Leila Birch
    • Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 06-08-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • This Very Short Introduction audiobook addresses a variety of questions about black holes, including what a black hole actually is, how they are characterized and discovered, and what would happen if you came too close to one....

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: David Wallace
    • Narrated by: Walter Dixon
    • Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 04-27-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 29 ratings
    • Philosophy of Physics is concerned with the deepest theories of modern physics - notably quantum theory, our theories of space, time and symmetry, and thermal physics - and their strange, even bizarre conceptual implications....

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    • By: Bill Bryson
    • Narrated by: William Roberts
    • Length: 18 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 12-26-04
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,187 ratings
    • A Short History of Nearly Everything is Bill Bryson's quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization....

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    • By: Bill Bryson
    • Narrated by: Bill Bryson
    • Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 04-01-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 539 ratings
    • A Short History of Nearly Everything is Bill Bryson’s quest to find out everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization....

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: John Polkinghorne
    • Narrated by: Dennis Holland
    • Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 06-08-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 29 ratings
    • Quantum theory is the most revolutionary discovery in physics since Newton. This book gives a lucid, exciting, and accessible account of the surprising and counterintuitive ideas that shape our understanding of the sub-atomic world....

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    • The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman
    • By: Richard P. Feynman
    • Narrated by: Sean Runnette
    • Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 04-15-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,819 ratings
    • The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard P. Feynman....

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Richard Earl
    • Narrated by: Bruce Mann
    • Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 06-16-20
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, Richard Earl gives a sense of the more visual elements of topology (looking at surfaces) as well as covering the formal definition of continuity....

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Kenneth Falconer
    • Narrated by: Jason Huggins
    • Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 06-01-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • From the contours of coastlines to the outlines of clouds, and the branching of trees, fractal shapes can be found everywhere in nature. In this Very Short Introduction, Kenneth Falconer explains the basic concepts of fractal geometry....

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Stephen J. Blundell
    • Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
    • Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 06-22-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • Superconductivity is one of the most exciting areas of research in physics today....

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Frank Close
    • Narrated by: Ray Chase
    • Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 06-01-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 21 ratings
    • This short, smart book tells you everything you need to know about "nothing". What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - "nothing" - exist? Find out....

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Eric Lauga
    • Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
    • Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 09-20-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • This Very Short Introduction presents the field of fluid mechanics by focusing on the underlying physical ideas and using everyday phenomena to demonstrate them, from dripping taps to swimming ducks....

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Peter Atkins
    • Narrated by: Nick Sullivan
    • Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 06-22-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
    • The laws of thermodynamics drive everything that happens in the universe. This powerful and compact introduction explains what these four laws are and how they work, using accessible language and virtually no mathematics....

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Jennan Ismael
    • Narrated by: Kate Zane
    • Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 01-02-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
    • What is time? What does it mean for time to pass? Is it possible to travel in time? What is the difference between the past and future? Until the work of Newton, these questions were purely topics of philosophical speculation....

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