Backward Science

What was life like before world-changing discoveries?From the 21st Century to the Year Dot, Backward Science reveals the wonders of science and tec...

Reducere. From Ross Raisin, the highly acclaimed author of Out Backward--a debut novel Colm Tóibín called "compelling, disturbing and often very funny"--come...

Reducere. Meet Grace, Dorothy, and Ada, all named after pioneer women in Computer Science. They are best friends, but need your help at times to remember to ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Which bird can fly backward? How do penguins keep warm? Does an ostrich really bury it's head in the sand? Find out the answers to these questions,...

Reducere. An elegant, witty, and engaging exploration of the riddle of time, which examines the consequences of Einstein's theory of relativity and offers st...

Reducere. "Jessica Baer's philosophical and entropic Midwestern Infinity Doctrine is more of a backward sermon than a doctrine, a sermon that sits on the edg...

Reducere. In its third edition, this book presents the most significant equitya derivatives models used these days. It is not a book around esoteric or cutti...

The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895 and written as a frame narrative. The work is generally credited wi...

Unlikely duo Pip and Flinx return to right another wrong in this all-new sci-fi adventure from one of the genre's living legends. Fans of fun, fast...

Reducere. From the author of the acclaimed Tap the Magic Tree Search for hidden birds and count them, too, in this seek-and-find picture book with a satisfyi...

Reducere. In Time Travel: Ten Short Lessons, popular-science master Brian Clegg gives a grand tour of the essential lessons in this game-changing area of phy...

Reducere. An Oxford professor of archaeology explores the unique history of magic--the oldest and most neglected strand of human behavior and its resurgence ...

Reducere. From Arthur C. Clarke, the brilliant mind that brought us 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Stephen Baxter, one of the most cogent SF writers of his gener...

Reducere. DescriptionA unique fusion of comics culture and philosophical cogitation takes readers on a ride through time, space, and thought.Approaching the ...

Reducere. DescriptionHow can educators leverage neuroscience research about how the human brain learns? How can we use this information to improve curriculum...

Reducere. DescriptionAn Englishman's continuing search through space and time for a decent cup of tea . . .Arthur Dent's accidental association with that who...

Reducere. Iain M. Banks, the international bestselling author of The Player of Games and Consider Phlebas, is a true original, a literary visionary whose bri...

Reducere. DescriptionThis is the 3rd edition of the book. All the code sections are formatted with fixed-width font Consolas for better readability. This boo...

Reducere. Could "UFOs" and "Aliens" simply be us from the future?This provocative new book cautiously examines the premise that extraterrestrials may instead...

In a universe filled by chaos and disorder, one physicist makes the radical argument that the growth of order drives the passage of time -- and sha...

Reducere. Sometimes our understanding of our universe is given a huge boost by one insightful thinker. Such a boost came in the first half of the twentieth c...

Reducere. DescriptionThe New York Times bestselling trilogy is back Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's prequel to the epic Dune Saga is back in fantastic ...

A Dweller on Two Planets was "channeled" to FREDERICK SPENSER OLIVER (1866-1899) at his Northern California home near Mount Shasta over a period of...

Reducere. Jill Price has the first diagnosed case of a memory condition called "hyperthymestic syndrome" -- the continuous, automatic, autobiographical recal...

Reducere. DescriptionSomething in the Air is Richard Hoffer's gripping sports narrative that tells the individual stories of the athletes who gathered in Mex...

Reducere. Driving west from Lincoln to Grand Island, Nebraska, Paul A. Johnsgard remarks, is like driving backward in time. "I suspect, " he says, "that the ...

Reducere. Tiny but mighty! A ruby throated hummingbird tells his own life story in this funny, bright, informative entry to the critically acclaimed Nature D...

Reducere. Along with the many benefits of leisure-class living comes obesity and its attendant ailments. In The Warrior Diet,  Ori Hofmekler looks not forw...

Reducere. "Truth and striving for truth must taste good to you; and lies, once you are conscious of them, must taste bitter and poisonous. You must not only ...