Sun in a Bottle: The Strange History ...
Charles SeifeWhen weapon builders detonated the first hydrogen bomb in 1952, they tapped into the vastest source of energy in our solar system—the very same phenomenon that makes the sun shine. Nuclear fusion was a virtually unlimited source of ...
Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Id...
Charles SeifeA concise and appealing look at the strangest number in the universe and its continuing role as one of the great paradoxes of human thoughtThe Babylonians invented it, the Greeks banned it, the Hindus worshiped it, and the Church used...