The Dawn of Science: Glimpses from History for the Curious Mind, Hardcover - Thanu Padmanabhan

DescriptionThis lucid and captivating book takes the reader back to the early history of all the sciences, starting from antiquity and ending rough...

Reducere. Albert Einstein was a famous scientist who questioned everything--even the laws of physics Einstein's innovative thinking paved the way for many im...

Reducere. History tells the story of mankind from prehistory to the present day using a unique visual approach, filled with timelines, images of artifacts, p...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Stephen Edred FlowersEditor: Joshua BuckleyEditor: Michael MoynihanThroughout the United States and Europe, a revival of in...

Publisher: SAGE Publications IncAuthor(s): David LuddenNumber of pages: 488Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 218 x 281 x 19Cover type: Paperback / ...

To some, science is simply a means to an end; to others it is an almost spiritual meditation on theories and formulae.Publisher: Icon BooksAuthor(s...

'One of the most important works...of the twentieth century' The TimesShadows of the Mind is a profound exploration of what modern physics has to t...

This open access book makes quantum computing more accessible than ever before. A fast-growing field at the intersection of physics and computer sc...

Reducere. In this collection of newly translated essays, philosopher and sociologist Raymond Aron chronicles the twentieth century with the authority of an a...

DescriptionTen amazing curves personally selected by one of today's most important math writersCurves for the Mathematically Curious is a thoughtfu...

Those They Called Idiots traces the little-known lives of people with learning disabilities from the communities of eighteenth-century England to t...

The diverse essays gathered in Working for the clampdown cast a critical light on both the cultural legacy and contemporary resonance of one of the...

Reducere. From a New York Times-bestselling historian comes the story of how the alphabet ordered our world.A Place for Everything is the first-ever history ...

This book focuses on the diverse impact of forest history in general, and of forest continuity, fragmentation and past management in particular, on...

Reducere. In a highly engaging style, Rheingold tells the story of what he calls the patriarchs, pioneers, and infonauts of the computer, focusing in particu...

Reducere. A New York Times bestseller when it appeared in 1989, Roger Penrose's The Emperor's New Mind was universally hailed as a marvelous survey of modern...

Reducere. If the dead could talk, what would they say? According to mediums during the height of Spiritualism, a lot.In the late nineteenth and early twentie...

DescriptionInteroception is the body-to-brain axis of sensations that originates from the internal body and visceral organs. It plays a unique role...

The Curious History of the Riddle investigates the fascinating origin and history of the riddle, from the very first riddle (the Riddle of the Sphi...

DescriptionThe Italian sculptor known as Donatello helped to forge a new kind of art--one that came to define the Renaissance. His work was progres...

Description"The world has been waiting for this book." --Jeffrey Morganthaler, author of The Bar Book and Drinking Distilled In Bourbon Curious: A ...

A light-hearted, intimate but informative history of dating, from Jane Austen to TinderPublisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): Nichi HodgsonN...

A light-hearted, intimate and emphatically feminist history of dating, from Jane Austen to TinderPublisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): Nich...

Westerners wanting to know about tantra--particularly the Buddhist tantra of Tibet--often find only speculation and fancy. Tibet has been shrouded ...

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Where did our search to understand life come from? And where will it take us?Publisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): J. Craig VenterNumber of...

Publisher: Lit VerlagNumber of pages: 142Collection: Development in HumanitiesPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 162 x 236 x 13Cover type: Paperback...

Publisher: Arcturus Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Laura BakerIllustration(s): HardbackNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 233 x 288 x ...

A definitive reference on the Dawn mission and its key results, including the implications for our understanding of the asteroid belt and evolution...

Reducere. Near the end of World War II, in an attempt to attack the United States mainland, Japan launched its fu-go campaign, deploying thousands of high-al...

Although skill, leadership, strategy, and number of forces have been important factors in battles, armaments have played the most decisive role in ...

Publisher: Quercus PublishingAuthor(s): Sverker JohanssonTranslator: Frank PerryPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 215 x 233 x 35Cover type: Paperba...

See the dawn of modern Japan through the lens of the power players who helped shape it -- as well as those who fought against it -- in this explora...

Each of these 101 strange and curious objects from British history has an extraordinary story to tell.

Learn how to navigate the world of science through mind maps

Reducere. Designed for parents and elementary/middle grade students (grades 4-8) to share together, The Story of the World, Volume 4 Revised Edition: The Mod...

DescriptionNew edition of a classic work on the history of propaganda. Topical new chapters on the 1991 Gulf War, September 11 and terrorism. An id...

Reducere. On a cold, rainy dawn in late November 1872, Lieutenant Frazier Boutelle and a Modoc Indian nicknamed Scarface Charley leveled firearms at each oth...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): James PoskettIllustration(s): 47 halftonesNumber of pages: 373Publication date: 2022Dimensions...

Reducere. What is paganism? What does it mean to be a pagan in today's world? What do the Gods, the Sacred and Myths of pagan traditions tell us about what h...

Reducere. What is paganism? What does it mean to be a pagan in today's world? What do the Gods, the Sacred and Myths of pagan traditions tell us about what h...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): A. C. GraylingNumber of pages: 432Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 128 x 197 x 31Cover type: Paperback / so...

Reducere. Highly regarded here and abroad for some thirty works of cultural history and criticism, master historian Jacques Barzun has now set down in one co...

From New York Times bestselling author Alex Tresniowski comes a page-turning, remarkable true-crime thriller recounting the 1910 murder of ten-year...