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  • Falling Felines and Fundamental Physics

    by Gregory J. Gbur ...
    How do cats land on their feet? A "lively, entertaining" look at how the question stumped brilliant minds for centuries—and what was learned along the way ( Ars Technica).The question of how falling cats land on their feet has long intrigued humans. In this playful and eye-opening history, physicist and cat parent Gregory Gbur explores how attempts to understand the cat-righting reflex have ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Invisibility

    The History and Science of How Not to Be Seen

    by Gregory J. Gbur ...
    A lively exploration of how invisibility has gone from science fiction to factIs it possible for something or someone to be made invisible? This question, which has intrigued authors of science fiction for over a century, has become a headline-grabbing topic of scientific research.In this book, science writer and optical physicist Gregory J. Gbur traces the science of invisibility from its sci-fi ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Mathematical Methods for Optical Physics and Engineering

    by Gregory J. Gbur ...
    The first textbook on mathematical methods focusing on techniques for optical science and engineering, this text is ideal for upper division undergraduate and graduate students in optical physics. Containing detailed sections on the basic theory, the textbook places strong emphasis on connecting the abstract mathematical concepts to the optical systems to which they are applied. It covers many ... Read more

    $133.99 CAD

  • Singular Optics

    by Gregory J. Gbur ...
    Series series Series in Optics and Optoelectronics
    "This engagingly written text provides a useful pedagogical introduction to an extensive class of geometrical phenomena in the optics of polarization and phase, including simple explanations of much of the underlying mathematics." —Michael Berry, University of Bristol, UK"The author covers a vast number of topics in great detail, with a unifying mathematical treatment. It will be a useful ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

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    Falling Felines and Fundamental Physics

    by Gregory J. Gbur ...
    Narrated by David Stifel ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 18 min

    How do cats land on their feet? Discover how this question stumped brilliant minds and how its answer helped solve other seemingly impossible puzzles.The question of how falling cats land on their feet has intrigued humans since at least the middle of the nineteenth century. In this playful and eye-opening history, physicist and cat parent Gregory Gbur explores how attempts to understand the cat ... Read more

    $27.95 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Invisibility

    The History and Science of How Not to Be Seen

    by Gregory J. Gbur ...
    Narrated by Derek Dysart ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 58 min

    A lively exploration of how invisibility has gone from science fiction to factIs it possible for something or someone to be made invisible? This question, which has intrigued authors of science fiction for over a century, has become a headline-grabbing topic of scientific research.In this book, science writer and optical physicist Gregory J. Gbur traces the science of invisibility from its sci-fi ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Hot Protestants

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    JFK vs. Allen Dulles

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    Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune

    How Younger Sons Made Their Way in Jane Austen's England

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    How to Love the Universe

    A Scientist’s Odes to the Hidden Beauty Behind the Visible World

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    An eye-opening celebration of the marvels of space, time, the cosmos, and moreHow to Love the Universe is a new kind of science writing by an author truly enamored of the world around him. In ten short chapters of lyrical prose—each one an ode to a breathtaking realm of discovery—Stefan Klein uses everyday objects and events as a springboard to meditate on the beauty of the underlying science ... Read more

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