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Nature Book Club

This is an in-person event with a virtual option hosted by staff at Southwest Chatham Library. Readers meet to discuss nature related books around a chosen theme. September's theme is "Quantum Physics: Nature at Its Most Basic". Please read a book of your choosing based on this theme (see suggestion list below). Some of our library staff will be reading along with you. 

REGISTRATION is NOT required unless you would like a reminder email. For more information, please call 912-927-4079 or email berckmans@liveoakpl.org. 

Suggested Reading:

Beyond Weird: Why Everything You Thought You Knew About Quantum Physics if Different – Phillip Ball (2018) 377 pp. Ebook available on Hoopla and Audiobook available on Libby

Black Bodies and Quantum Cats:Tales from the Annals of Physics  – Jennifer Ouellette (2005) 320 pp. Ebook available on Libby 

The Evolution of Physics: The Growth of Ideas from Early Ideas to Relativity and Quanta – Albert Einstein (1938) 319 p.

The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything – Michio Kaku (2021) 225 pp. Ebook and Audiobook available on Libby

The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos – Brian Greene (2011) 370 pp.

The One: How an Ancient Idea Holds the Future of Physics – Heinrich Pas (2023) 358 pp.

Quantum Field Theory Demystified – David McMahon (2008) 299 pp. Ebook available on Libby 

The Quantum Moment: How Planck, Bohr, Einstein, and Heisenberg Taught Us to Love Uncertainty – Robert P. Crease (2014) 332 pp. Ebook available on Libby 

Quantum Physics for Dummies – Steven Holzner (2013) 318 pp. Ebook available on Libby (different version of Dummies) 

The Quantum World: Quantum Physics for Everyone (2004) 270 pp.

Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime – Sean M. Carroll (2019) 347 pp.  Ebook and Audiobook available on Libby 

Click link to register.  Zoom login will be emailed prior to the event.  

 

Date:
Saturday, September 21, 2024
Time:
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Location:
Southwest Chatham Library
Audience:
  Adult  
Categories:
  Book Clubs     Virtual Program  
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