The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars

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

Reducere. From the author of A Witch in Time comes a magical story set in Jazz Age Paris and modern-day America of family secrets and lost love set against t...

Reducere. Spanning Jazz Age Paris to modern-day American, The Ladies of the Secret Circus is a decadent and magical tale of family secrets and lost love set ...

Neutron stars, the ultra-dense remnants of exploded stellar giants, are among the most fascinating objects in the cosmos. Katia Moskvitch introduce...

The history of science is replete with women getting little notice for their groundbreaking discoveries. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, a tireless innov...

Reducere. In the last thirty years, there have been fierce debates over how civilizations develop and why the West became so powerful. The Measure of Civiliz...

A comprehensive, beautifully packaged reference guide to the systems used to measure just about anything you can think of.Publisher: The Ivy PressA...

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 ...

Stars have always fascinated people. Astronomer Florian Freistetter tells the stories of the stars - past, present and future.

Reducere. Humans have looked to the stars for guidance for thousands of years. It seems to be embedded in our DNA. The Magic of the Stars incorporates new in...

Publisher: Skyhorse PublishingAuthor(s): Jonathan H. WardIllustration(s): 2 16-page color insertsNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2022Dimensio...

Stars have always fascinated people. Astronomer Florian Freistetter tells the stories of the stars - past, present and future.Publisher: Quercus Pu...

Reducere. Freeman Dyson's latest book does not attempt to bring together all of the celebrated physicist's thoughts on science and technology into a unified ...

From the author of A Witch in Time comes a magical story of family secrets, sacrifice and lost love set against the backdrop of a mysterious circus...

Living with the Stars tells the fascinating story of what truly makes the human body. The body that is with us all our lives is always changing. We...

The Nine Waves is a tour de force. An entertaining and up-to-date history of Indian cricket, it tells the story of the nine great waves of the game...

A complete introduction to the heavens through the tales of these 21 key stars.

Publisher: Arcturus Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Dr Sten OdenwaldIllustration(s): Hardback with JacketNumber of pages: 192Collection: Discovering...Pub...

The first complete history of Star Wars, from Lucas's early drafts to the present day.

Reducere. Why Not Just Make the Cake? That's a question countless people across the country started asking in 2012, when Jack Phillips told two men who walke...

Eugene McCarraher challenges the conventional view of capitalism as a force for disenchantment. From Puritan and evangelical valorizations of profi...

Native American wisdom teachings of the Medicine Wheel explain how the Cosmos works and our place in it. Our ancestors saw the world in terms of ci...

In the Pulitzer prize-winning classic The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara created the finest Civil War novel of our time. The Last Full Measure tells...

This is the first mainstream book to look at the whole range of astrological rhythms, including the planetary retrogrades and eclipses as well as t...

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

Reducere. Decades before reality television was invented, Ozzy Osbourne was subversive and dark. Ozzy was the singer in the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, a...

Reducere. The mission: Become the most skilled, highly-trained, and deadliest fighter pilots in the world. The place: TOP GUN In the darkest days of the Viet...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Emanuele LugliIllustration(s): 16 color plates, 40 halftonesNumber of pages: 312Publication da...

DescriptionIn Seeing in the Dark, a poetic love letter to science and to the skies, Timothy Ferris invites us all to become stargazers. He recounts...

From stone age to space age, every human who has ever looked up at the night sky has seen the same stars in the same patterns. They reveal our enti...

Dr. Myron Rolle--neurosurgery resident, Rhodes Scholar, former NFL player--shares how the strong work ethic, faith, and family values instilled in ...

When the fate of the nation is in your hands, who do you call?Publisher: Profile Books LtdAuthor(s): Simon KuperNumber of pages: 240Publication dat...

Now updated with new measurement methods and new examples, How to Measure Anything shows managers how to inform themselves in order to make less ri...

From lunar logic to retrograde real talk, eclipses to asteroids, practicing astrologer Rachel Stuart-Haas breaks down the astrological phenomena th...

Reducere. From preeminent math personality and author of The Joy of x, a brilliant and endlessly appealing explanation of calculus--how it works and why it m...

DescriptionOn a June night in 1791, King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette fled Paris in disguise, hoping to escape the mounting turmoil of the French...

Why was the 2017 Catalonian independence referendum illegal?Is there a chance the region could become independent?Why Catalonia?

The awe-inspiring history of humanity told through our relationship with stars and the night sky. 'Excellent .Publisher: Guardian Faber PublishingA...

Reducere. "I have no wish to play the pontificating fool, pretending that I've suddenly come up with the answers to all life's questions. Quite that contrary...

This book reconstructs what Europe stood for in National Socialist Germany, analyses how the interplay of its defining elements changed dependent o...

Reducere. A fascinating insight into the debates and controversies about the position of women in medieval culture, written by France's first professional wo...

Reducere. In dialogues with three celestial ladies, Reason, Rectitude, and Justice, Christine de Pizan (1365-ca. 1429) builds an allegorical fortified city f...

Based on the acclaimed documentary by Broadstone Films, this landmark book presents the stories of seven photographers whose images captured the mo...

Reducere. Designed to present mathematics in a new, approachable way, this book explores the history and application of math in the natural world. With incre...

A Journey Through The Universe is a grand tour of the most amazing celestial objects and how they fit together to build the cosmos.Publisher: Hodde...