Which physics books were flying off the shelves last year? YBP Library Services has released the following list of physics best-sellers for 2005. Titles owned by UMass libraries have clickable links that will bring you to their library catalog records. Think we should own a title on this list?
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Best Sellers in Physics, January–December 2005, as compiled by YBP Library Services
1.
Plows, Plagues, And Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate Ruddiman, W. F.
Princeton U. Press
2005. ISBN 0691121648. $24.95
2.
It's About Time: Understanding Einstein's Relativity Mermin, N. David
Princeton U. Press
2005. ISBN 0691122016. $29.95
3.
Divine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanes Emanuel, Kerry A.
Oxford U. Press
2005. ISBN 0195149416. $45.00
4.
Einstein on Race and Racism Jerome, Fred
Rutgers U. Press
2005. ISBN 0813536170. $23.95
5.
The Ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer: and the Birth of the Modern Arms Race McMillan, Priscilla Johnson
Viking
2005. ISBN 0670034223. $25.95
6.
Knowing: The Nature of Physical Law Munowitz, M.
Oxford U. Press
2005. ISBN 0195167376. $35.00
7. The Theory of Almost Everything: The Standard Model, the Unsung Triumph of Modern Physics
Oerter, Robert
Prentice Hall
2006. ISBN 0132366789. $24.95
8.
Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions Randall, Lisa
Ecco
2005. ISBN 0060531088. $27.95
9.
Environmental Change: Key Issues and Alternative Approaches Oldfield, Frank
Cambridge U. Press
2005. ISBN 0521829364. $120.00
10.
Cosmic Landscape: String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design Susskind, Leonard
Little, Brown
2006. ISBN 0316155799. $24.95
11. Thin Ice: Unlocking the Secrets of Climate in the World's Highest Mountains
Bowen, Mark
Henry Holt
2005. ISBN 0805064435. $30.00
12.
Worlds of Flow: A History of Hydrodynamics from the Bernoullis to Prandtl Darrigol, Olivier
Oxford U. Press
2005. ISBN 0198568436. $74.50
13. Ozone Depletion and Climate Change: Constructing a Global Response
Hoffman, Matthew J.
State U. of New York Press
2005. ISBN 079146525x. $81.50
14.
Ice: The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance Gosnell, Mariana
Alfred A. Knopf
2005. ISBN 0679426086. $30.00
15.
Thermodynamics: A Dynamical Systems Approach Haddad, Wassim M.
Princeton U. Press
2005. ISBN 0691123276. $49.50
16.
Weighing the World: The Quest to Measure the Earth Danson, Edwin
Oxford U. Press
2006. ISBN 0195181697. $29.95
17.
Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos Chaisson, Eric
Columbia U. Press
2006. ISBN 0231135602. $34.50
18.
Electromagnetic Processes Gould, Robert J.
Princeton U. Press
2006. ISBN 0691124434. $89.50
19. Quantum Wells, Wires and Dots: Theoretical and Computational Physics of Semiconductor Nanostructures
Harrison, Paul
John Wiley
2005. ISBN 0470010797. $150.00
20.
Pauli's Exclusion Principle: The Origin and Validation of a Scientific Principle Massimi, Michela
Cambridge U. Press
2005. ISBN 0521839114. $75.00