The Wave Watcher's Companion: From Ocean Waves to Light Waves via Shock Waves, Stadium Waves, and All the Rest of Life's Undulations

5 best books like The Wave Watcher's Companion: From Ocean Waves to Light Waves via Shock Waves, Stadium Waves, and All the Rest of Life's Undulations (Gavin Pretor-Pinney): Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow, Johnny Tremain, Big Red, Relativity: The Special and the General Theory, True North: Travels in Arctic Europe

Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow

Author	Susan Campbell Bartoletti
ISBN	0439353793

"I begin with the young. We older ones are used up . . . But my magnificent youngsters! Look at these men and boys! What material! With them, I can create a new world." --Adolf Hitler, Nuremberg 1933

By the time Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, 3.5 million children belonged to the Hitler...

Johnny Tremain

Author	Esther Forbes
ISBN	0440442508

Probably the greatest book ever written, by both man and child, woman and other writing entity, Johnny Tremain tells the story of a young genius who becomes a silversmith and burns the crappin' hell out of his hand. He's always embarrassed by his sort of melty hand and keeps it in his pockets or in his mother's...

Big Red

Author	Jim Kjelgaard
ISBN	0553154346

From the moment Danny sees the beautiful Irish setter, he knows Red is the dog for him.  Fast and smart, strong and noble, Red is the only dog Danny wants by his side.  Soon, neither boy nor dog can stand to be apart.  Together Danny and Red face many dangers in the harsh Wintapi wilderness that...

Relativity: The Special and the General Theory

Author	Albert Einstein
ISBN	0143039822

An accesible version of Einstein's masterpiece of theory, written by the genius himself

According to Einstein himself, this book is intended "to give an exact insight into the theory of Relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are interested...

True North: Travels in Arctic Europe

Author	Gavin Francis
ISBN	1846970784

The stark, vast beauty of the remote Arctic Europe landscape has been the focus of human exploration for thousands of years. In this striking blend of travel writing, history and mythology, Gavin Francis offers a unique portrait of the northern fringes of Europe. His journey begins in the Shetland...