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Philip Moriarty

Editura: BenBella Books

There are deep and fascinating links between heavy metal and quantum physics. No, really! While teaching at the University of Nottingham, physicist Philip Moriarty noticed ...

Toby Litt

Editura: Galley Beggar Press

Elliott is something of a genius. More than that, Elliott is an ideal friend, and to know him is to adore him. But few people do know Elliott, because he is also stuck. He lives in ...

Oliver Sacks

Editura: PICADOR

With an introduction by neuroscientist Daniel Glaser With his trademark compassion and erudition, Dr Oliver Sacks examines the power of music through the individual experiences ...

Kate Bendelow

Editura: ROBERT HALE

Who is allowed access to a crime scene? What happens when a body is discovered? Will a blood transfusion alter DNA? How can the distribution of gunshot residue inform your plot? ...

Alicia Curtin

Editura: Taylor & Francis

Assessment in Practice explores timely and important questions in relation to assessment. By examining the relationship between identity, culture, policy and inclusion, the book ...

Beatrice Heuser

Editura: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Is there a 'Western way of war' which pursues battles of annihilation and single-minded military victory? Is warfare on a path to ever greater destructive force? This ...

Edward O. Wilson

Editura: W W NORTON & CO

Searching for meaning in what Nietzsche called "the rainbow colours" around the outer edges of knowledge and imagination, Edward O. Wilson bridges science and philosophy ...

Brian Clegg

Editura: ICON BOOKS

In 2003, Russian physicists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov found a way to produce graphene - the thinnest substance in the world - by using sticky tape to separate an ...

JA Cover

Editura: W W NORTON & CO EXPORT

Both an anthology and an introductory textbook, Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues offers instructors and students a comprehensive anthology of fifty-two primary texts by ...

Richard Wolfson

Editura: W W NORTON & CO

In clear, understandable terms, physicist Richard Wolfson explores the ideas at the heart of relativity and shows how they lead to such seeming absurdities as time travel, curved ...

John White

Editura: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS

The 14th century in Italian art is a very rich one, and Professor White's book gives architecture equal weight with painting and sculpture. The story of the Gothic style and ...

David Darling

Editura: Oneworld Publications

Is anything truly random? Does infinity actually exist? Could we ever see into other dimensions? In this delightful journey of discovery, David Darling and extraordinary ...

Jung

Editura: Princeton University Press

Jung's lectures on the history of psychology-in English for the first time Between 1933 and 1941, C. G. Jung delivered a series of public lectures at the Swiss Federal ...

Sean Johnston

Editura: Oneworld Publications

Weaving together intellectual history, philosophy, and social studies, Sean Johnston offers a unique appraisal of the history of science and the nature of this evolving discipline. ...

David Barash

Editura: Oxford University Press

Human beings have long seen themselves as the center of the universe, the apple of God's eye, specially-created creatures who are somehow above and beyond the natural world. ...

Andrew C Scott

Editura: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS ACADEM

Raging wildfires have devastated vast areas of California and Australia in recent years, and predictions are that we will see more of the same in coming years, as a result of ...

Natacha Fabbri

Editura: Casemate UK Ltd

This book, consisting of nine essays on the causes, on the figures involved and on the consequences of the decree, sheds light on various philosophical, theological, political and ...

Mario De Caro

Editura: Columbia University Press

Normativity concerns what we ought to think or do and the evaluations we make. For example, we say that we ought to think consistently, we ought to keep our promises, or that ...

Hans Zinsser

Editura: Prelude Books

Both shocking and entertaining, this masterpiece of popular science writing tells the tragic story of the struggle between humanity and its humble but deadly enemies, the organisms ...

Alastair Rae

Editura: Oneworld Publications

From the atom to our societies, this is an unparalleled introduction to how the science of the small explains the biggest phenomena of life. Ever since the ancient Greeks conceived ...

J D Bernal

Editura: VERSO

Deemed by Arthur C. Clarke to be "the most brilliant attempt at scientific prediction ever made", The World, the Flesh and the Devil is most famous for having been the ...

Massimo Pigliucci

Editura: University of Chicago Press

Recent polls suggest that fewer than 40 percent of Americans believe in Darwin's theory of evolution, despite it being one of science's best-established findings. Parents ...

Lisa Smith

Editura: Red Globe Press

An accessible guide for students across a variety of disciplines who are studying forensic evidence throughout the criminal justice system. Containing up to date and classic case ...

Rosalie Klein

Editura: Moon Travel

Whether you want to dive in and explore a world underwater or just relax on the white sand, paradise is yours with Moon Aruba. Inside you'll find: *Strategic itineraries ...

Tanya Bub

Editura: Princeton University Press

An eccentric comic about the central mystery of quantum mechanics Totally Random is a comic for the serious reader who wants to really understand the central mystery of quantum ...

Travis Dumsday

Editura: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Dispositionalism is the view that causal powers are among the irreducible properties of nature. It has long been among the core competing positions in the metaphysics of laws, but ...