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For over fifty years, children have cared about Pierre, Maurice Sendak's story about a little boy who doesn't care about anything. And they will continue to care about this classic cautionary tale in this durable board book format.

Gerald D. Mahan is Distinguished Professor of Physics at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of two previous physics textbooks, Many-Particle Physics and Applied Mathematics. Covering the fundamentals as well as many special topics of current interest, this is the most concise, up-to-date, and accessible graduate-level textbook on quantum mechanics available. Written by Gerald Mahan, a distinguished research physicist and author of an...

Christopher G. Tully is professor of physics at Princeton University. A leading expert in the Standard Model Higgs boson search, he has made major contributions to high-energy collider programs at CERN and Fermilab. An introduction to high-energy physics that prepares students to understand the experimental frontier The new experiments underway at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland may significantly change our understanding of elementary...

Luca Peliti is professor of statistical mechanics at the University of Naples Federico II in Italy. His books include Biologically Inspired Physics. A concise introduction to statistical mechanics Statistical mechanics is one of the most exciting areas of physics today, and it also has applications to subjects as diverse as economics, social behavior, algorithmic theory, and evolutionary biology. Statistical Mechanics in a Nutshell offers the most...

Ever wondered about the correct way to address a Duke? Or how to get out of a car elegantly? What do you do if you embarrass yourself in public? These, and a whole host of other practical questions, are answered in this charming pocket-sized book. First published in 1960 this charming book provides a wealth of practical information on the right thing to do in just about every situation. Hailing from a time when it was not yet fashionable to condemn...

Quick and Easy - How to make an A In a NUTSHELL No more questions unanswered! The purpose of this guide is to give a refresher for some and a quick course for others on how to successfully pass any and every class that you take with a grade of an "A." As an instructor of different levels of students, I have observed that there are some students that perform very well while there are other students that struggle when it comes to achieving excellent...