The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science, Paperback

Reducere. A prize-winning journalist upends our centuries-long assumptions about migration through science, history, and reporting--predicting its lifesaving...

Publisher: AbramsIllustration(s): Black-and-white illustrations throughoutNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 148 x 218 x 33Cover...

Reducere. An unprecedented look at the complex and beautiful world of underground ant architecture Walter Tschinkel has spent much of his career investigatin...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Diane Greco JosefowiczIllustration(s): 81 b/w illus. 2 tables.Number of pages: 576Publication date:...

Reducere. What do Bach's compositions, Rubik's Cube, the way we choose our mates, and the physics of subatomic particles have in common? All are governed by ...

Hannah Whitall Smith was a Christian author during the Holiness movement in the United States and the Higher Life Movement in the United Kingdom. S...

*A THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020*'Brilliant and gripping, here is the full true Renaissance in a history of compelling originality and freshness'...

In this book, Professor Anatoly Buchachenko gives a brief and informative description of the most striking achievements and discoveries made in the...

DescriptionOn March 16, 2018, just twenty-six hours before his scheduled retirement from the organization he had served with distinction for more t...

Reducere. Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction Shortlisted for the Royal Society Prize for Science Book Richard Holmes, prize-winning...

Reducere. DescriptionAlexander von Humboldt was the most famous scientist and explorer of his day. "I view him as one of the greatest ornaments of the age, "...

Reducere. A new account of the birth of the West through its birthplace--Renaissance Italy The period between 1492--resonant for a number of reasons--and 157...

World-renowned astronomer Paul Murdin tells the stories of key astronomical discoveries.

Description"The only Washington biography you need."--Wall Street Journal As editor of the award-winning Library of America collection of George Wa...

Reducere. What does it take to be a STEM genius? Check out these exciting, highly readable profiles of a dozen contemporary women who are on the cutting edge...

Uncovering the science behind how and why we age.

Media, Millennials, and Politics scrutinizes the media's narration and coverage of political participation of the millennial generation in the 2008...

Reducere. From the theme resorts of Dubai to the jungles of Papua New Guinea, a disturbing but hilarious tour of the exotic east--and of the tour itselfSick ...

This set contains about 5 hours of romantic listening pleasure. Great performances by artists, such as Mela Tenenbaum, Sara Crombach, Klara Wurtz, ...

Reducere. In 1908, Florence Nightingale Graham moved from the suburbs of Toronto, Canada to Manhattan with dreams of becoming a self-made woman. Within two y...

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DescriptionThe question of how and why organisms age has teased scientists for centuries. There are myriad competing theories, from the idea that a...

Media, Millennials, and Politics scrutinizes the media's narration and coverage of political participation of the millennial generation in the 2008...

Reducere. The true stroy of the longest-distance hijacking in American history. In an America torn apart by the Vietnam War and the demise of '60s idealism, ...

Against the backdrop of the Industrial Revolution, an extraordinary circle of fossilists struggled to make sense of a mysterious, prehistoric world...

Reducere. DescriptionRight in the middle of the chaos and division, heartache and anxiety, we are faced with the seemingly impossible words of Jesus--that He...

TracklistingBerwald: Piano Concerto No. 1 - Alkan: Concerto da Camera No. 2 - Schumann: Introduction and Allegro appassionato1. Piano Concerto No. ...

Named a Best Book of 2020 by NPR and Vanity Fair One of Smithsonian's Ten Best Science Books of 2020"A searching and vital explication of germ theo...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Ranulph FiennesNumber of pages: 416Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 128 x 198 x 33Cover type: Paperback / s...

An inspired biographical picture book about a female astronomer who makes huge discoveries about the mysteries of the night sky and changed the way...

Publisher: Scribe PublicationsAuthor(s): Tobias HurterTranslator: David ShawNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 162 x 243 x 33Cov...

The book is a fun book to help anyone young and old find faery artifacts. Faery houses, gnomes, sprites, trees etc. Also lucky rock amulets. Famili...

Sally, what is your secret? For years, parents worldwide have asked beloved author Sally Clarkson how she and her husband have ignited a love for l...

A storytelling-driven self-help book about how to reclaim wonder in our lives, and thereby achieve the good life.

A look up at the night sky reveals a treasury of wonders. Even to the naked eye, the Moon, stars, planets, the Milky Way and even a few star cluste...

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Reducere. Renowned historian and international scholar Walter Laqueur offers a sweeping survey of writing on one of the most pressing issues facing the world...

Reducere. The bestselling classic that redefined our view od the relationship between beauty and female identity. In today's world, women have more power, le...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Stefano RonchiIllustration(s): 55 Line drawings, black and white; 2 Tables, black and white; 55 Illustrat...

How Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron's daughter, became the world's first computer programmer in 1842 and would have started the digital age.

How a team of researchers, led by the author, discovered our home galaxy's location in the universe.You are here: on Earth, which is part of the so...

Reducere. DescriptionStand aside, we're coming through That's the cry of a new generation of technology vendors. They have a new approach to enabling success...

Reducere. Today's message of cultural acceptance is dangerously distorted and deceptive. In a world that shouts: "If you truly care about other people, you m...

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Publisher: Rutgers University PressAuthor(s): Heidi Reynolds-StensonNumber of pages: 186Collection: Critical Issues in Crime and SocietyPublication...