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Alice in Quantumland: an allegory of quantum physics
Par R. S Gilmore. 1995
Physicist Gilmore makes accessible some complex concepts in quantum mechanics by sending Alice to Quantumland - a whole new Wonderland,…
smaller than an atom, where each attraction demonstrates a different aspect of quantum theory. Alice's unusual encounters make the Uncertainty Principle, wave functions, the Pauli Principle, and other elusive concepts easier to grasp. 1995.A war against truth: an intimate account of the invasion of Iraq
Par Paul William Roberts. 2004
Journalist Roberts, who was in Baghdad when the U.S. first attacked, but escaped to Jordan and returned to Iraq two…
weeks later, details the ancient and recent history of the region, and provides on-the-ground reporting of the war. Strong language and descriptions of violence. 2004.Alexander's path: a travel memoir
Par Freya Stark. 1988
This journey takes the reader by bus, jeep, horseback, and on foot through country not frequently travelled in the author's…
search to find out what Alexander the Great actually did on his march through Lycia and Pamphylia. 1988.Across China
Par Peter Jenkins. 1986
Absolute zero and the conquest of cold: And The Conquest Of Cold
Par Tom Shachtman. 1999
Historical survey of western scientists' efforts to control cold. Discusses Boyle's experiments in the seventeenth century, the invention of the…
sealed glass thermometer, the work of Fahrenheit and Celsius, the discovery of refrigeration, twentieth-century research on attaining absolute zero, and related topics of superconductivity and superfluidity. 1999.A time for tea: travels through China and India in search of tea
Par Jason Goodwin. 1990
As a child, Goodwin was introduced to the ceremony and romance of tea by his two grandmothers. He recounts his…
travels to Chinese and Indian tea plantations, ports and auction rooms, and discusses the history of tea. 1990.A snake in the shrine: journeys with Nobby through middle Japan
Par David Geraghty. 2001
The author taught English and travelled in Japan in the late 1990s. This book is an entertaining account of his…
experiences. It offers cultural insights and intelligent discussion of issues in contemporary Japanese life. 2001.A short walk in the Hindu Kush
Par Eric Newby. 1981
Eric Newby was working for a West End fashion house when he suddenly decided he must get out and live.…
He cabled a friend asking him to join him on an expedition to Nuristan. 1981.A portrait of Japan
Par Laurens Van der Post. 1968
The author has based this book mainly on his visit to Japan in 1960, when he sought to reconcile his…
two earlier conflicting visits. The first as a young man in 1926, and the second as a prisoner of the Japanese. 1968.A place within: rediscovering India
Par M. G Vassanji. 2008
Author M. G. Vassanji was born in Africa, where his Indian grandparents had settled, and his relationship to India had…
been complex and contradictory. Vassanji describes his many visits to India, encompassing bustling cities, quiet landscapes, fantastic stories and fascinating characters, in this his part travelogue and description, part history and meditation, and above all a quest for a lost homeland. Some descriptions of violence. Winner of the 2009 Governor General's Literary Award for non-fiction. Canada Reads 2012. 2008.A journey through Afghanistan: a memorial
Par David Chaffetz. 1981
The author recounts his experiences and impressions while traveling and living for four months in western Afghanistan. Describes the old…
city of Herat, the legendary Cave of the Sleepers, the exotic nomads and countryside, as well as life in the bazaars, teahouses and religious shrines. 1981.A brief history of time: from the big bang to black holes
Par Carl Sagan, S. W Hawking. 1988
The author answers the question, "How can an expanding universe follow unchanging laws of nature?" The relativity theory not only…
allows, but requires, a Big Bang. Written in layman's terms, the book explains the nature, origin, evolution and fate of our universe. Bestseller 1988.A Byzantine journey
Par John Ash. 1995
The writer describes his five-week journey from Istanbul through Anatolia to Cappadocia, alternating details of his travels with descriptions of…
historic sites and accounts of their past. For example, he describes rust-pink Hagia Sophia, tells how the Fourth Crusade robbed the church, details principles of Byzantine architecture used in the building, and deplores an ongoing paint job as "close to vandalism." 1995.Life and death on Mt. Everest: Sherpas and Himalayan mountaineering
Par Sherry B Ortner. 1999
For more than a century, climbers from around the world have journeyed to test themselves on Everest's treacherous slopes, enlisting…
the expert aid of the Sherpas who live in the area. Drawing on years of field research in the Himalayas, renowned anthropologist Sherry Ortner presents a compelling account of the evolving relationship between the mountaineers and the Sherpas, a relationship of mutual dependence and cultural conflict played out in an environment of mortal risk. 1999.Discours sur l'origine de l'univers
Par Étienne Klein. 2010
" D'où vient l'univers ? Et d'ou vient qu'il y a un univers ? Irrépressiblement, ces questions se posent à…
nous. Et dès qu'un discours prétend nous éclairer, nous tendons l'oreille, avides d'entendre l'écho du tout premier signal : les accélérateurs de particules vont bientôt nous révéler l'origine de l'univers en produisant des big bang sous terre ; les données recueillies par le satellite Planck nous dévoiler le visage de Dieu ; certains disent même qu'en vertu de la loi de la gravitation l'univers a pu se créer de lui-même, à partir de rien... Le grand dévoilement ne serait donc devenu qu'une affaire d'ultimes petits pas ? Rien n'est moins sûr... Car de quoi parle la physique quand elle parle d' origine ? Qu'est-ce que les théories actuelles sont réellement en mesure de nous révéler ? À bien les examiner, les perspectives que nous offre la cosmologie contemporaine sont plus vertigineuses encore que tout ce que nous avons imaginé : l'univers a-t-il jamais commencé ? " -- 4e de couv.Le vol du paon mène à Lhassa ((Le sentiment géographique).)
Par Élodie Bernard. 2010
Peu de temps après les émeutes de 2008 à Lhassa, alors que la planète regarde vers les Jeux olympiques de…
Pékin, la situation dans l'Ouest chinois est verrouillée. Hors d'un groupe organisé, le séjour pour de simples voyageurs en République autonome du Tibet n'y est plus toléré. Sont nécessaires un guide, un chauffeur et un permis sur lequel sera retranscrit l'exact tracé des chemins empruntés au cours du périple, de manière à contrôler toutes les informations qui sortent du Tibet. Élodie Bernard, alors âgée de 24 ans, a choisi de pénétrer seule et sans autorisation sur le Toit du Monde, pour s'immerger dans la société tibétaine, observer la vie quotidienne dans les villes et les campagnes, rassembler des témoignages de l'intérieur sur la répression en cours [...]. -- 4e de couv.Thaïlande ((Passions d'ailleurs))
Par Pierre Lamant. 2001
Conçus comme un voyage en soi, les livres de la collection font découvrir un pays en entrant peu à peu…
dans : la vie quotidienne, à travers ce que l'on perçoit dès l'arrivée dans le pays ; l'histoire, racontée à travers les grands monuments; les villes, décrites à travers des circuits, des trajets : itinéraires culturels, parcours culinaires, parcs et jardins, marchés... ; les paysages et les sites naturels, présentés de façon à mettre en valeur leurs aspects remarquables : mer, montagnes, îles, déserts ou volcans... ; les loisirs, les fêtes et la culture contemporaine, aident le lecteur à partager la vie des habitants. - 4e de couv.The rope in the water: a pilgrimage to India
Par Sylvia Fraser. 2001
Sylvia Fraser's three-month pilgrimage to India in search of "something larger than myself, something deeper, something more." Travelling 12,000 kilometres…
as a solitary traveler across deserts and through jungles, she visits sacred sites such as the twilight city of Varanasi on the Ganges and the Golden Temple of the Sikhs; spends time with a Hindu sect up Mount Abu and meditates eleven hours a day for ten days in a Buddhist retreat while observing a vow of silence. 2001.The quantum ten: a story of passion, tragedy, ambition and science
Par Sheilla Jones. 2008
The seeds of the shift currently taking place in science were sown years ago, in 1925-7. That's when a dramatic…
two-year revolution in physics reached a climax, and scientists are still trying to resolve the problem, started then, of unifying the classical and quantum worlds. Describes the rush to formalize quantum physics, the work of just a handful of men fired by ambition, philosophical conflicts and personal agendas. c2008.The dolphin's tooth: a decade in search of adventure
Par Bruce Kirkby. 2005
Stuck in an engineer's cubicle and tormented by doubts and boredom, Kirkby quit his job to bicycle the Karakoram Highway…
in northern Pakistan. Over the next fifteen years, he undertook some of the most challenging expeditions the world has to offer, including running Africa's Blue Nile Gorge, climbing Mount Everest, or learning to embrace the wilderness on the Tatshenshini River of Canada's Arctic. 2005.