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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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jack Challoner

Editura: Ivy Press

Until now, popular science has relegated the atom to a supporting role in defining the different chemical elements of the periodic table. This bold new title places its subject ...

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 ...

Rheinberger

Editura: Combined Academic Publishers

An Epistemology of the Concrete brings together case studies and theoretical reflections on the history and epistemology of the life sciences by Hans-Joerg Rheinberger, one of the ...

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 ...

Bill Leatherbarrow

Editura: REAKTION BOOKS

Our nearest celestial neighbour, the Moon, has always been the most conspicuous feature in our night sky. It has compelled observers since the dawn of humankind, and all have tried ...

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 ...

Tsutomu Nihei

Editura: Vertical Comics

Knights of Sidonia has been complied into a Master Edition featuring larger print, colored inserts and omibused volumes. Each Master's Edition volume compiles 2.5 volumes 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 ...

Ronald Barnett

Editura: Open University Press

There is an extraordinary but largely unnoticed phenomenon in higher education: by and large, students persevere and complete their studies. How should we interpret this tendency? ...

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 ...

Anne Barrett

Editura: World Scientific Publishing UK

This book is a celebration of women in science, technology, medicine and business at Imperial College London. It shows the inspirational role women played in the creation of the ...

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 ...

Max Houck

Editura: ACADEMIC PRESS

The Science of Crime Scenes, Second Edition offers a science-based approach to crime scenes, emphasizing that understanding is more important than simply knowing. Without ...

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 ...

John Kenkel

Editura: Taylor & Francis

Written as a training manual for chemistry-based laboratory technicians, this thoroughly updated fourth edition of the bestselling Analytical Chemistry for Technicians emphasizes ...