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Planck: Driven by Vision, Broken by War Planck: Driven by Vision, Broken by War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 4.13 — 167 ratings — published 2015
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How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 4.12 — 16,030 ratings — published 2014
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Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 3.99 — 15,635 ratings — published 2010
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Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 4.31 — 10,779 ratings — published 2000
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Kelly: More Than My Share of It All Kelly: More Than My Share of It All (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,045 ratings — published 1985
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Ignition!: An informal history of liquid rocket propellants Ignition!: An informal history of liquid rocket propellants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,979 ratings — published 1972
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Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 4.46 — 17,794 ratings — published 1994
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Man of the Hour: James B. Conant, Warrior Scientist Man of the Hour: James B. Conant, Warrior Scientist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 4.25 — 135 ratings — published
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A Mind Always in Motion: The Autobiography of Emilio Segre A Mind Always in Motion: The Autobiography of Emilio Segre (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 4.25 — 16 ratings — published 1993
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Genius in the Shadows: A Biography of Leo Szilard, the Man Behind the Bomb Genius in the Shadows: A Biography of Leo Szilard, the Man Behind the Bomb (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 4.19 — 120 ratings — published 1992
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Big Science: Ernest Lawrence and the Invention that Launched the Military-Industrial Complex Big Science: Ernest Lawrence and the Invention that Launched the Military-Industrial Complex (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 4.03 — 386 ratings — published 2015
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The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 4.12 — 40,239 ratings — published 2014
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Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 3.60 — 4,733 ratings — published 2012
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The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 4.04 — 17,318 ratings — published 2011
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The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 4.54 — 1,669 ratings — published 2001
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Brotherhood of the Bomb: The Tangled Lives and Loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Teller Brotherhood of the Bomb: The Tangled Lives and Loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Teller (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 3.91 — 283 ratings — published 2002
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The Last Man Who Knew Everything: The Life and Times of Enrico Fermi, Father of the Nuclear Age The Last Man Who Knew Everything: The Life and Times of Enrico Fermi, Father of the Nuclear Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,085 ratings — published 2017
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A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,943 ratings — published 2017
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The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 4.31 — 928 ratings — published 2016
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Doing the Impossible: George E. Mueller & the Management of NASA's Human Spaceflight Program Doing the Impossible: George E. Mueller & the Management of NASA's Human Spaceflight Program (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 4.15 — 27 ratings — published 2012
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The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 4.21 — 9,082 ratings — published 2012
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The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 4.02 — 7,540 ratings — published 2009
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Alvarez: Adventures of a Physicist Alvarez: Adventures of a Physicist (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 4.21 — 67 ratings — published 1987
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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 4.30 — 60,899 ratings — published 2005
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A Force of Nature: The Frontier Genius of Ernest Rutherford (Great Discoveries) A Force of Nature: The Frontier Genius of Ernest Rutherford (Great Discoveries)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 4.03 — 175 ratings — published 1971
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Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 4.01 — 589 ratings — published 2007
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The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 4.27 — 456 ratings — published 2005
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Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,502 ratings — published 2000
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The Art of Systems Architecting The Art of Systems Architecting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 3.83 — 69 ratings — published 2000
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Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,492 ratings — published 2002
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The Chip : How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution The Chip : How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 4.27 — 928 ratings — published 1984
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The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,707 ratings — published 1996
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Endless Frontier: Vannevar Bush, Engineer of the American Century Endless Frontier: Vannevar Bush, Engineer of the American Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 3.93 — 113 ratings — published 1997
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb The Making of the Atomic Bomb (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as physicists-engineers)
avg rating 4.40 — 24,878 ratings — published 1986
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