The Invention of Science

Reducere. A companion to such acclaimed works as The Age of Wonder, A Clockwork Universe, and Darwin's Ghosts--a groundbreaking examination of the greatest e...

Publisher: Hodder & StoughtonAuthor(s): David SchneiderPublication date: 2020Dimensions: 153 x 233 x 39Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul le...

Reducere. L.A. Times Book PrizeOn the eve of the centennial of the Wright brothers' historic flights at Kitty Hawk, a new generation will learn about the oth...

Reducere. "As soon as she heard me enter, Elvia awoke from a light sleep that had overcome her as she anxiously waited: 'How did it go?' Excited, I exclaimed...

Reducere. The story of the compass is shrouded in mystery and myth, yet most will agree it begins around the time of the birth of Christ in ancient China. A ...

Wonderworks reveals that literature is among the mightiest technologies that humans have ever invented, precision-honed to give us what our brains ...

Colour in art - as in life - is both inspiring and uplifting, but where does it come from?

'Fascinating. It blew my mind!' - Malcolm GladwellWonderworks reveals that literature is among the mightiest technologies that humans have ever inv...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Michael RiordanAuthor: Lillian HoddesonOn December 16, 1947, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, physicists at Bell Laborator...

The changing relationships between science and industry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, illustrated by the career of the "fat...

Reducere. Throughout the ages, men and women have gone beyond what was only previously observed to discover scientific breakthroughs and create new invention...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Robin Lane FoxNumber of pages: 432Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 128 x 198 x 28Cover type: Paperback / so...

The unlikely tale of Frances Glessner Lee and her revolutionary work in forensic science through the creation of the Nutshell Studies of Unexplaine...

Reducere. Mankind has a distinct advantage over other terrestrial species: we talk to one another. But how did we acquire the most advanced form of communica...

Reducere. As the public increasingly questioned the war in Vietnam, a group of American scientists deeply concerned about the use of Agent Orange and other h...

Reducere. A Huffington Post Definitive Tech Book of 2013In as little as a decade, artificial intelligence could match and then surpass human intelligence. Co...

Reducere. Philadelphia, 1959: A scientist scrutinizing a single human cell under a microscope detects a missing piece of DNA. That scientist, David Hungerfor...

Reducere. In the early 17th century, both Jost B rgi and John Napier dared to invent a logarithm table whose construction required tens of thousands of compu...

In 1794, Joseph Priestley - amateur scientist, ordained minister and radical thinker - set sail for America to escape persecution. In this title, t...