Physics & Astronomy

The world’s leading textbook on astrobiology—ideal for an introductory one-semester course and now fully revised and updated

The visionary science behind the digital human twins that will enhance our health and our future

An inspiring anthology of writings by trailblazing women astronomers from around the globe

One of today’s leading astronomers takes readers inside the decades-long search for the first galaxies and the origin of starlight

A brief guide to the real science of interstellar travel

A scientist’s inspiring vision of our return to the Moon as humanity’s next thrilling step in space exploration

An exceptionally accessible introduction to quantum field theory

New York Times bestseller
Journey into the universe through the most spectacular sights in astronomy in stereoscopic 3D

Quantum physicist, New York Times bestselling author, and BBC host Jim Al-Khalili reveals how 8 lessons from the heart of science can help you get the most out of life

Quantum physicist, New York Times bestselling author, and BBC host Jim Al-Khalili offers a fascinating and illuminating look at what physics reveals about the world

From the Nobel Prize–winning physicist, a personal meditation on the quest for objective reality in natural science

From Nobel Prize–winning physicist P. J. E. Peebles, the story of cosmology from Einstein to today

A biophysicist reveals the hidden unity behind nature’s breathtaking complexity

A concise and accessible introduction to exoplanets that explains the cutting-edge science behind recent discoveries

The cutting-edge science that is taking the measure of the universe

Dive into a mind-bending exploration of the physics of black holes

The essential beginner's guide to string theory

Everybody knows that mathematics is indispensable to physics--imagine where we'd be today if Einstein and Newton didn't have the math to back up their ideas. But how many people realize that physics can be used to produce many...

A readable and entertaining look at how Einstein’s special theory of relativity gives us a new understanding of the nature of time

How the internet and powerful online tools are democratizing and accelerating scientific discovery

Our universe seems strangely ''biophilic,'' or hospitable to life. Is this happenstance, providence, or coincidence? According to cosmologist Martin Rees, the answer depends on the answer to another question, the one posed by Einstein's...

The Extravagant Universe tells the story of a remarkable adventure of scientific discovery. One of the world's leading astronomers, Robert Kirshner, takes readers inside a lively research team on the quest that led them to an...

Celebrated for his brilliantly quirky insights into the physical world, Nobel laureate Richard Feynman also possessed an extraordinary talent for explaining difficult concepts to the general public. Here Feynman provides a classic and...

In 1921, five years after the appearance of his comprehensive paper on general relativity and twelve years before he left Europe permanently to join the Institute for Advanced Study, Albert Einstein visited Princeton University, where...

An engaging exploration of beauty in physics, with a foreword by Nobel Prize–winning physicist Roger Penrose

In 1884, Edwin Abbott Abbott wrote a mathematical adventure set in a two-dimensional plane world, populated by a hierarchical society of regular geometrical figures-who think and speak and have all too human emotions. Since then...

J. E. Gordon's classic introduction to the properties of materials used in engineering answers some fascinating and fundamental questions about how the structural world around us works. Gordon focuses on so-called strong materials--such...

A modern approach to classical electromagnetism

A concise, beginner-friendly introduction to quantum field theory

The only graduate-level textbook on quantum field theory that fully integrates perspectives from high-energy, condensed-matter, and statistical physics

A fully updated tutorial on the basics of the Python programming language for science students

A richly illustrated undergraduate textbook on the physics and biology of light

The first comprehensive graduate-level introduction to stochastic thermodynamics

A physicist's guide to the phenomena of life

A signature feature of living organisms is their ability to carry out purposeful actions by taking stock of the world around them. To that end, cells have an arsenal of signaling molecules linked together in signaling pathways, which...

A completely revised edition that combines a comprehensive coverage of statistical and thermal physics with enhanced computational tools, accessibility, and active learning activities to meet the needs of today's students and educators

A definitive new investigation of the science of snowflakes by the world’s leading expert

An updated and expanded new edition of an authoritative book on flight dynamics and control system design for all types of current and future fixed-wing aircraft

A groundbreaking text and reference book on twenty-first-century classical physics and its applications

A groundbreaking textbook on twenty-first-century statistical physics and its applications

A groundbreaking textbook on twenty-first-century waves of all sorts and their applications

A groundbreaking textbook on twenty-first-century fluids and elastic solids and their applications

A groundbreaking textbook on twenty-first-century plasma physics and its applications

A groundbreaking textbook on twenty-first-century general relativity and cosmology

A concise, modern textbook on group theory written especially for physicists

An ideal introduction to Einstein's general theory of relativity

A fully updated edition of the classic text by acclaimed physicist A. Zee

The ideal one-semester astrophysics introduction for science undergraduates—now expanded and fully updated

The essential introduction to modern string theory—now fully expanded and revised

A concise and authoritative introduction to one of the central theories of modern physics

An introduction to high-energy physics that prepares students to understand the experimental frontier

A comprehensive, modern introduction to electromagnetism

A concise introduction to statistical mechanics

A comprehensive introduction to condensed matter and material physics

Covering the fundamentals as well as many special topics of current interest, this is the most concise, up-to-date, and accessible graduate-level textbook on quantum mechanics available. Written by Gerald Mahan, a distinguished research...

The ideal textbook for a one-semester introductory course for graduate students or advanced undergraduates

What we know about dark matter and what we have yet to discover

A concise introduction to the cutting-edge science of particle physics

An authoritative primer on the cutting-edge science of planet hunting

A concise introduction to cosmology and how light first emerged in the universe

A brief, cutting-edge introduction to the brightest cosmic phenomena known to science

A sophisticated introduction to how astronomers identify, observe, and understand black holes

An introduction to celestial mechanics for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers new to the field

A graduate-level textbook on the astrophysics of binary star systems and their evolution

The essential introduction to magnetic reconnection—written by a leading pioneer of the field

This is the definitive treatment of the phenomenology of galaxies--a clear and comprehensive volume that takes full account of the extraordinary recent advances in the field. The book supersedes the classic text Galactic Astronomy that...

Since it was first published in 1987, Galactic Dynamics has become the most widely used advanced textbook on the structure and dynamics of galaxies and one of the most cited references in astrophysics. Now, in this extensively revised...

An essential resource for graduate students and astrophysicists

Over the past twenty years, astronomers have identified hundreds of extrasolar planets--planets orbiting stars other than the sun. Recent research in this burgeoning field has made it possible to observe and measure the atmospheres of...

An essential introduction to the theory of exoplanetary atmospheres

The most authoritative synthesis of the quantitative spectroscopic analysis of stellar atmospheres

This book provides a comprehensive, self-contained introduction to one of the most exciting frontiers in astrophysics today: the quest to understand how the oldest and most distant galaxies in our universe first formed. Until now, most...

Written by leading experts in the field, Stellar Spectral Classification is the only book to comprehensively discuss both the foundations and most up-to-date techniques of MK and other spectral classification systems. Definitive and...

High-energy astrophysics involves the study of exceedingly dynamic and energetic phenomena occurring near the most extreme celestial objects known to exist, such as black holes, neutron stars, white dwarfs, and supernova remnants....

Statistics, Data Mining, and Machine Learning in Astronomy is the essential introduction to the statistical methods needed to analyze complex data sets from astronomical surveys such as the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response...

Studies of stars and stellar populations, and the discovery and characterization of exoplanets, are being revolutionized by new satellite and telescope observations of unprecedented quality and scope. Some of the most significant...

The ideal text for a one-semester course in radio astronomy

Mixing memoir and visionary science, a leading astrophysicist’s groundbreaking personal account of her life and ideas

A provocative and inspiring look at the future of humanity and science from world-renowned scientist and bestselling author Martin Rees

How scientists through the ages have conducted thought experiments using imaginary entities—demons—to test the laws of nature and push the frontiers of what is possible

A fresh look at electricity and its powerful role in life on Earth

A practical guide to making good decisions in a world of missing data

Power, Speed, and Form is the first accessible account of the engineering behind eight breakthrough innovations that transformed American life from 1876 to 1939—the telephone, electric power, oil refining, the automobile, the...

A breathtaking account of how the surrounding cosmos impacts life on Earth

A finely drawn portrait of Einstein's sixteen months in Prague

The extraordinary story of the scientific expeditions that ushered in the era of relativity

A marvelously annotated and illustrated edition of Einstein’s South America travel diary

New perspectives on the iconic physicist's scientific and philosophical formation

First published in 1922 and based on lectures delivered in May 1921, Albert Einstein’s The Meaning of Relativity offered an overview and explanation of the then new and controversial theory of relativity. The work would go on to...

An annotated facsimile edition of Einstein's handwritten manuscript on the foundations of general relativity

The untold story of Albert Einstein's role as the father of quantum theory

A handsome annotated edition of Einstein’s celebrated book on relativity

Albert Einstein’s travel diary to the Far East and Middle East

The explosive debate that transformed our views about time and scientific truth

The complete guide to everything you ever wanted to know about Einstein

The philosophy of religion and the quest for spiritual truth preoccupied Albert Einstein--so much that it has been said "one might suspect he was a disguised theologian." Nevertheless, the literature on the life and work of Einstein...

Volume 1 presents important new material on the young Einstein. Over half the documents made available here were discovered by the editors, including a significant group of over fifty letters that Einstein exchanged with Mileva Maric...

This volume of The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein contains the scientific work Einstein published during the first decade of his career, and includes some of the most significant achievements of twentieth-century physics. The first...

This volume of The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein presents Einstein's writings for the two-year period starting in October 1909. The initial date marks Einstein's departure from the Swiss Patent Office at Bern, which had been his...

This volume presents Einstein's writings from the final period of his work in Switzerland. Most of the material in Volume 4 documents Einstein's search for a relativistic theory of gravitation, a search that ended in Berlin in the fall...

This volume, the first in the series to be devoted to Einstein's correspondence, begins in June 1902, when he went to work at the Swiss Patent Office. It closes in March 1914, as Einstein left Switzerland to take up his appointment as a...

Presented in this volume are Albert Einstein's writings from his arrival in Berlin in the spring of 1914 to take up his new position at the Prussian Academy of Sciences through the end of 1917. During these years he completed the...

In the spring of 1919, two British solar eclipse expeditions confirmed the correctness of general relativity theory and propelled Albert Einstein to instant celebrity. Before this major turning point, the majority of Einstein's writings...

This volume opens in spring 1914 when Einstein takes up a research professorship at the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin and closes with the collapse of the German Empire four and one-half years later. A good portion of the...

The present volume, set in the turbulent post-World War I period, finds Einstein awaiting news of the 1919 British eclipse expedition to test the general relativistic prediction of the deflection of starlight by the sun. With the...

The first half of this volume presents a substantial amount of heretofore unavailable correspondence. From among family letters closed for twenty years after the death of Margot Einstein, who donated them to the Albert Einstein Archives...

This index volume provides quick access to the most authoritative compilation of documents and information concerning Einstein's work and correspondence for the first half of his life. It offers readers a Cumulative Index to the first...

In this latest volume, Einstein's visible public persona is amply documented in his correspondence, honors and prizes, lectures and travels, articles, and the many solicitations asking him to join public initiatives. Einstein joins a...

A translation of selected non-English texts included in Volume 13 is available in paperback. Since this supplementary paperback includes only select portions of Volume 13, it is not recommended for purchase without the main volume.

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The more than one thousand letters and several dozen writings included in this volume cover the years immediately before the final formulation of new quantum mechanics. The discovery of the Compton effect in 1923 vindicates Einstein's...

This volume covers one of the most thrilling two-year periods in twentieth-century physics, as matrix mechanics—developed chiefly by W. Heisenberg, M. Born, and P. Jordan—and wave mechanics—developed by E....

A translation of selected non-English texts included in Volume 16 is available in paperback. Since this supplementary paperback includes only select portions of Volume 16, it is not recommended for purchase without the main volume.

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An updated and expanded edition of the acclaimed writing guide for scientists

An essential handbook to the unwritten and often unspoken knowledge and skills you need to succeed in grad school

A quantitative, broad, hands-on introduction to the cutting-edge science of global warming