The Matter of Everything: How Curiosity, Physics, and Improbable Experiments Changed the World 9780525658764, 2022021649, 9780525658757, 0525658769

A Brief History of Everything Wireless: How Invisible Waves Have Changed the World 9783319789101, 9783319789095, 3319789104

Since the discovery of electromagnetic waves less than 150 years ago, the application of wireless communications technol

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Cool: How Air Conditioning Changed Everything 9780823261789

A narrative history of the development of air conditioning from its beginnings to its current state, with an emphasis on

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The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World 0674244214, 9780674244214

An epic history of the Mongols as we have never seen them―not just conquerors but also city builders, diplomats, and sup

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The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World 9780674259997

The Mongols are universally known as conquerors, but they were more than that: influential thinkers, politicians, engine

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The World Itself: Consciousness and the Everything of Physics 1954276117, 9781954276116

There is a wonderfully weird but real world out there, and we are a part of it. It is time for physics to take life seri

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What Changed When Everything Changed: 9/11 and the Making of National Identity 9780300195200

Beautifully written and carefully reasoned, this bold and provocative work upends the conventional wisdom about the Amer

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Nuclear Physics: Exploring the Heart of Matter

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Stan Lee: How Marvel Changed The World 9781526771353, 9781526771346, 1526771357

Discover the astonishing history of modern American entertainment, seen through the eyes of a pop-culture icon who lived

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Box Boats: How Container Ships Changed the World 9780823291090

Fifty years ago—on April 26, 1956—the freighter Ideal X steamed from Berth 26 in Port Newark, New Jersey. Flying the fla

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Pride Parades: How a Parade Changed the World 9781479817788

On June 28, 1970, two thousand gay and lesbian activists in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago paraded down the streets

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