The Fabric of the Cosmos
Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality

By: Brian Greene

Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9780375727207
Publication Date: February 8, 2005

Brian Greene is a professor of physics and mathematics and director of Columbia University’s Center for Theoretical Physics and is renowned for his groundbreaking discoveries in superstring theory.

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The five ages of the universe
The Five Ages of the Universe
Inside the Physics of Eternity

By: Fred Adams and Greg Laughlin

Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9780684865768
Publication Date: June 19, 2000

Fred Adams received his Ph.D. from the University of California. Recipient of the Helen B. Warner Prize, Adams is a professor of physics at the University of Michigan and lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Gregory P. Laughlin is a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Yale University.  He is interested in hydrodynamic simulations, the characterization of extrasolar planets and planet-forming environments as well as the far future of the universe.

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The Form of the Firm
A Normative Political Theory of the Corporation

By: Abraham A. Singer

Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780190698348
Publication Date: November 22, 2018

Abraham A. Singer is currently assistant professor of Management at Loyola University Chicago’s Quinlan School of Business. His research and teaching interests lie within and between business ethics and political theory.

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The hidden reality
The Hidden Reality
Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos

By: Brian Greene

Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307278123
Publication Date: November 1, 2011

Brian Greene is a professor of physics and mathematics and director of Columbia University’s Center for Theoretical Physics and is renowned for his groundbreaking discoveries in superstring theory. He is the author of The Elegant UniverseThe Fabric of the Cosmos, and The Hidden Reality, which have collectively spent sixty-five weeks on The New York Times best-seller list and sold more than two million copies worldwide, and he has hosted two Peabody and Emmy Award winning NOVAminiseries based on his books.

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The Making of Modern Japan

By: Marius B. Jansen

Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674009916
Publication Date: October 15, 2012

Marius B. Jansen was Professor Emeritus of Japanese History and East Asian Studies, Princeton University, and author of Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration.

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The Martial Spirit
An introduction to the origin, philosophy, and psychology of the martial arts

By: Herman Kauz

Publisher: Overlook Books
ISBN: 0879513276
Publication Date: April 26, 2005

Herman Kauz is a fourth-degree black belt in Judo and a second-degree black belt in Karate. He has taught martial arts for over 35 years and is the author of the best-selling Tai Chi Handbook.

The Morality of Law

By: Lon L. Fuller

Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300010701
Publication Date: September 10, 1965

Lon L. Fuller (1902–1978) was Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence at the Harvard Law School.

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The New Urban Crisis
How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class-and What We Can Do About It

By: Richard Florida

Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465079741
Publication Date: April 11, 2017

Richard Florida is a university professor in the University of Toronto’s School of Cities and Rotman School of Management, a distinguished visiting fellow at NYU’s Schack Institute of Real Estate, and the cofounder and editor at large of the Atlantic’s CityLab.

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The Organized Mind
Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

By: Daniel J. Levitin

Publisher: Penguin Canada
ISBN: 0143189441
Publication Date: July 28, 2015

Daniel J. Levitin, Ph.D., is the James McGill professor of psychology and behavioural neuroscience at McGill University.

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The Origins of Political Order
From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution

By: Francis Fukuyama

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 9780374533229
Publication Date: March 27, 2012

Francis Fukuyama is the Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. He has previously taught at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University and at the George Mason University School of Public Policy.

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