Featured Books

A fun look at science on the Simpsons:

What's Science Ever Done for Us?
What the Simpsons Can Teach Us About Physics, Robots, Life and the Universe

A marvelous journey through the history of higher dimensions:

The Great Beyond
Higher Dimensions, Parallel Universes and the Extraordinary Search for a Theory of Everything

Paul Halpern: Science Books and Articles

Paul Halpern is Professor of Physics at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. A prolific author, he has written twelve science books and dozens of articles. His interests range from space, time and higher dimensions to cultural aspects of science. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, Fulbright Scholarship, and an Athenaeum Literary Award, he has appeared on the History Channel and the PBS series "Future Quest."

Halpern's books include Time Journeys, Cosmic Wormholes, The Cyclical Serpent, Faraway Worlds, The Great Beyond, Brave New Universe, What's Science Ever Done for Us? and most recently:

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The Search for the World's Smallest Particles

ISBN-10:

0470286202

ISBN-13:

978-0470286203

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• A gem. The prose sparkles, the descriptions are exquisitely understandable, and the narrative is just plain fun.
  —Dr. Catherine Westfall, Co-author of Fermilab: Physics, the Frontier and Megascience
• …a stimulating odyssey on topics ranging from particle physics and dark matter to unexplored dimensions of space. Buy this book and feed your mind!
  —Dr. Cliff Pickover, author of Archimedes to Hawking and The Math Book