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Physics: Getting Started

Reference and research sources for physics, astronomy, and geology.

Books of Note

Relativity Principles and Theories from Galileo to Einstein by Olivier Darrigol
Call Number: OQC173.52 .D37 2022
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022
Astronomical: from quarks to quasars, the science of space at its strangest First Pegasus Books cloth edition by Tim James
Call Number: QB981 .J34 2021
New York : Pegasus Books, 2021
The Secret Life of Stars: Astrophysics for Everyone by Lisa Harvey-Smith
Online Resource
La Vergne : Thames & Hudson Australia Pty Ltd, 2020
Black Boxes: How Science Turns Ignorance into Knowledge by Marco J. Nathan
Online Resource
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021
Conversations on Quantum Gravity by Jácome Armas
Call Number: QC178.C648 2021
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021
Quantum reality: the quest for the real meaning of quantum mechanics by J.E. Baggot
Online Resource
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2020

Victor Hess; Nobel Prize in Physics 1936. Professor at Fordham University 1944-1956.

Style Guides for Scientific Writing

A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations by Kate L. Turabian; Joseph Bizup (Revised by); Wayne C. Booth (Revised by); Gregory G. Colomb (Revised by); William T. FitzGerald (Revised by); University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff (Revised by); Joseph M. Williams (Revised by)
Call Number: LB2369 .T8 2018
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
Call Number: PE1478 .M57 ED. 8
(Restricted circulation Reference Desk item)
New York : Modern Language Association of America
The ACS Style Guide by Lorrin R. Garson (Editor); Anne M. Coghill (Editor)
Call Number: QD8.5 .A25 2006
Washington, DC : American Chemical Society, 2006
AMA Manual of Style by Cheryl Iverson (Editor); Stacy Christiansen (Editor); Annette Flanagin (Editor); JAMA and Archives Journals Staff (Editor)
Call Number: R119 .A533 2007
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007
Oxford Dictionary for Scientific Writers and Editors by Elizabeth A. Martin
Call Number: T11 .N48 2009
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009
The Craft of Scientific Writing by Michael Alley
Online Resource
New York, NY : Springer, 2018
Scientific Style and Format by Council of Science Editors
Call Number: T11 .S386 2014
Chicago : Council of Science Editors ; Chicago ; London : in cooperation with The University of Chicago Press, 2014
Writing in Online Courses by Phoebe Jackson (Editor); Christopher Weaver (Editor)
Online Resource
Bloomfield: Myers Education Press, 2018
Publishing Journal Articles by Zheng Yan; Catherine Snow
Online Resource
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021
Presentation Skills for Scientists by Edward Zanders; Lindsay MacLeod
Online Resource
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Purdue OWL APA 7th Edition Changes
Outlines the differences between APA 6th edition and 7th edition.

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