Gravitation: Foundations and Frontiers

Category: Astronomy and Cosmology

Covering all aspects of gravitation in a contemporary style, this advanced textbook is ideal for graduate students and researchers in all areas of theoretical physics. The 'Foundation' section develops the formalism in six chapters, and uses it in the next four chapters to discuss four key applications - spherical spacetimes, black holes, gravitational waves and cosmology.

Great Critical Thinking Puzzles

 Eighty puzzles. The answers are easy! But getting there is the hard part. Uncover connections and identify hidden relationships until suddenly the answers are appearing as if by magic. Solve situations on the moon, around an insect-eating plant and gold-record racing through space in the Voyager spacecraft.

Hi – Lo Pasages TO BUILD Comprehension – Grades 3 - 4

25 high – interest / low readability fiction and nonfiction passages to help struggling readers build comprehension and test – taking skills.

Human Diseases and Conditions, Second Edition

Created by a team of doctors and health education experts based at the du Pont Hospital for Children, this user-friendly, accessible reference work presents the most accurate and up-to-date information available on diseases and conditions.

Human Diseases and Conditions, Second Edition is the completely reviewed, revised, and expanded version of Charles Scribner’s Sons’ well received Human Diseases and Conditions (2000) and its two supplements (2001, 2003). 

Using inexpensive, easy-to-find parts and tools, and following standard science fair requirements, these creative new projects test 46 theories from various disciplines, including physics, astronomy, energy, environmental science, and economics. Each project begins with an intriguing hypothesis that leaves plenty of room for you to add your own tweaks, making the project entirely different and new-the only limit is your imagination!