Londoners: The Days and Nights of London Now--As Told by Those Who Love It, Hate It, Live It, Left It, and Long for It
Added by: silyuntj | Karma: 1039.76 | E-Books, Fiction literature | 16 March 2012
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Londoners: The Days and Nights of London Now--As Told by Those Who Love It, Hate It, Live It, Left It, and Long for It
Five years in the making, and published on the eve of the 2012 Olympics, "Londoners" is a fresh and compulsively readable view of one of the world's most fascinating cities--a vibrant, narrative portrait of contemporary London, featuring unforgettable stories told by the real people who make the city hum.
Schroedinger's Universe and the Origin of the Natural Laws
This book explains the origin of mass, charge and spin of elementary "particles" which are really just interacting spherical waves that appear to be particles in the fabric of space. Dr. Wolff explains the underlying principles very well. As usual, Dr. Wolff combines humor, intellect and imagination in explaining advanced concepts of physics.
Piper, Cassidy, Mei, and Izzy have been best friends their whole lives. And they've always agreed on one goal: to get out of tiny Paris, Texas, and see the world. The school's foreign exchange program seems like the perfect escape: Piper will go to the original Paris; Mei will go to China; Cassidy will go to Australia; and Izzy, unable to afford the program, will stay at home. To add spice to their semester away, and to stay connected to their best friends, the girls start The International Kissing Club, a Facebook page where they can anonymously update one another and brag about all the amazing guys they're meeting....
Is a loved one missing some body parts? Are blondes becoming extinct? Is everyone at your dinner table of the same species? Humans and chimpanzees differ in only 400 genes; is that why a chimp fetus resembles a human being? And should that worry us? There's a new genetic cure for drug addiction--is it worse than the disease?
