The highest-energy particle accelerator ever built, the Large Hadron Collider runs under the border between France and Switzerland. It leapt into action on September 10, 2008. Exploring what the collider does and what it might find, the author explains what the LHC is likely to teach us about more..

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First appearing in the 1980s, this comprehensive reference covers the history of the spread of new ideas, for academics and professionals alike. more..

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Reveals Hubble as an engineering accomplishment that documents the solar system's workings and growth, the accelerated expansion of the universe, and even humankind's potential demise by the same kind of comet that decimated the dinosaurs millions of years ago. more..

Explains how to set up and use a home chemistry lab, with step-by-step instructions for conducting experiments in basic chemistry. This book shows how to do real lab work: purify alcohol by distillation; produce hydrogen and oxygen gas by electrolysis; smelt metallic copper from copper ore you make more..

Forensic science, with its connections to crime and detective work, is a subject of wide fascination. This Very Short Introduction looks at the nature of forensic science, how forensic scientists work, the different techniques involved, and the broader legal issues it raises. more..

Many students fear and loathe research methods classes, which conjure up images of musty, dusty books, boredom, and confusion. This work includes a chapter on using power to plan and interpret research and provides information on traditional perspectives and alternative approaches to the research more..

Physics and computer science genius Stephen Wolfram, sets his sights on a daunting goal: understanding the universe. A New Kind of Science is a gorgeous, 1,280-page tome more than a decade in the making. With patience, insight, and self-confidence to spare, Wolfram outlines a fundamental new more..

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