The Story of Science

Reducere. Readers will travel back in time to ancient Babylonia, Egypt, and Greece. They will meet the world's first astronomers, mathematicians, and physici...

Reducere. In volume two, students will watch as Copernicus's systematic observations place the sun at the center of our universe--to the dismay of establishm...

A journalist exposes new evidence of the dangers of a pervasive herbicide and the corporate influences behind it.

Locked in the silence and darkness of your skull, your brain fashions the rich narratives of your reality and your identity. Join renowned neurosci...

Reducere. A national bestseller, the fast-paced and gripping account of the Great Flu Epidemic of 1918 from acclaimed science journalist Gina Kolata, now fea...

Reducere. Soaring Gothic cathedrals, violent crusades, the Black Death: these are the dramatic forces that shaped the medieval era. But the so-called Dark Ag...

Our brains have been evolutionarily hardwired to think, to make sense, and to understand in simple--but hidden--story terms. You'll discover the Ne...

All atomic particles have a particular "spin", analagous to the rotation of the Earth about its axis. This mysterious quality has vast practical im...

Reducere. Locked in the silence and darkness of your skull, your brain fashions the rich narratives of your reality and your identity. Join renowned neurosci...

Reducere. "An extraordinary book."---Arthur C. ClarkeSpace was one of the most fiercely fought battlegrounds of the Cold War, the Moon its ultimate beachhead...

Reducere. Evolution recreates the 3.5-billion-year story of life on Earth in stunning detail through vivid full-color illustrations and graphics, the latest ...

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What is sex? Has it always existed? What purpose does it serve? Why are there penises and vaginas? These questions are at the very core of Dirty Bi...

Reducere. Completely non-mathematical, yet wholly faithful to the basic concepts of quantum mechanics, this book tells the fascinating story of the most thor...

When and where did the ancestors of modern birds evolve? What enabled them to survive the meteoric impact that wiped out the dinosaurs? How did the...

Reducere. DescriptionThe incredible true story of the twelve boys trapped with their coach in a flooded cave in Thailand and their inspiring rescue. On June ...

Written by a renowned MIT mathematician, this introduction to the evolution of quantum physics also explores the subject's philosophical implicatio...

This book describes how we're in the midst of a third great scientific revolution, five centuries in the making: the Stardust Revolution. It is the...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Catherine (Assistant Professor, University of San Francisco) BradyIllustration(s): 7 figures, 16 photos; 23 Illu...

Publisher: Laurence King PublishingAuthor(s): Mark FletcherNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 157 x 216 x 20Cover type: Paperbac...

DescriptionAuthor/artist Hyeon-Ju Lee's The Happiest Tree is a wonderfully emotional story of life and growing up that will pull at the heartstring...

Reducere. Though thousands of articles and books have been published on various aspects of the Manhattan Project, this book is the first comprehensive single...

WHAT MAKES US HUMAN?Waging war? Sex for pleasure? Creating art? Mastery of fire?In this thrilling tour of the animal kingdom, Adam Rutherford tells...

Reducere. Winner of the Gold Dagger Award A fascinating true crime story that details the rise of modern forensics and the development of modern criminal inv...

The Royal Observatory at Greenwich is home to both time and space: Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and the Prime Meridian. But have you ever stopped to a...

DescriptionThis non-fiction storybook for children aged 5+ introduces the natural world and explains concepts such as adaptation and fertilization ...

A cutting edge, illustrated introduction to the evolving science of meteorites, which reveals how their impacts have shaped planets, asteroids and ...

Bringing together a diverse range of writers, The Science of Story is the first book to ask the question: what can contemporary brain science teach...

Reducere. This engaging and accessible book explains the scientific principles behind guns, both ancient and modern. It connects their evolution to advances ...

Jim Baggott sets out the scientific story of creation - 13.8 billion years from the Big Bang to human consciousness, via the origins of space and t...

Reducere. Paul Erdos was an amazing and prolific mathematician whose life as a world-wandering numerical nomad was legendary. He published almost 1500 schola...

Reducere. Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos: The Story of the Scientific Quest for the Secret of the Universe, Paperback

In this beautiful and wise tale John Kotre weaves together the worlds of science and religion in a parable of creation and evolution.Publisher: Row...

Reducere. The definitive insider's history of the genetic revolution--significantly updated to reflect the discoveries of the last decade. James D. Watson, t...

Reducere. The story of the people who see beyond the stars--an astronomy book for adults still spellbound by the night sky.Humans from the earliest civilizat...

Drawing on cutting-edge research this book demonstrates the brain's ability to change, rewire and heal, from the internationally bestselling author

DescriptionA geologist explains the complex relationship between earth's geologic cycles and climate change. This book, written by a geologist, des...

When we know who we truly are, rather than who we take ourselves to be, we will realize that we are indeed the hero of our story and that we need n...

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Reducere. Description "A well-illustrated overview of the science and (literal) impact of these space rocks." -- Science News, on the first edition Leading e...

Reducere. The interest earned on a bank account, the arrangement of seeds in a sunflower, and the shape of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis are all intimately c...

Reducere. There's a silent epidemic in western civilization, and it is right under our noses. Our jaws are getting smaller and our teeth crooked and crowded,...

The End of Money is an essential introduction to cryptocurrencies and the blockchain revolution which has been hailed as the greatest advancement s...

What was it like to attend the ancient Olympic Games? With the summer Olympics' return to Athens, Tony Perrottet delves into the ancient world and ...

Gauge fields are the messengers carrying signals between elementary particles, enabling them to interact with each other. Originating at the level ...

DescriptionWas Darwin wrong when he traced our origins to Africa? The Real Planet of the Apes makes the explosive claim that it was in Europe, not ...

Reducere. What is the true story of one of the twentieth century's greatest disasters? Do you know how the security system of a nuclear power plant is made?W...

Reducere. There's a silent epidemic in western civilization, and it is right under our noses. Our jaws are getting smaller and our teeth crooked and crowded,...

New York Times bestselling author Gregg Braden crosses the traditional boundaries of science and spirituality to answer the timeless question at th...

A visionary scientific account of the seven 'days' of creation, from a lead player in the hunt for the Higgs boson.

The story of the people who see beyond the stars...

The book is a developed history of the radiological sciences - covering the back-story to Roentgen's discovery, the discovery itself and immediate ...

Reducere. "Admirable, superbly researched . . . perhaps the most exciting tale of science since the apple dropped on Newton's head."--Simon Winchester, The N...

A leading neuroscientist offers a history of the evolution of the brain from unicellular organisms to the complexity of animals and human beings to...

From the big bang, to the origin and evolution of intelligent life in a search for the meaning of human existence, Why are We Here?, by author Bruc...

Publisher: Spikehorn PressAuthor(s): Reginald SmithIllustration(s): With 60 color and black and white illustrations.Number of pages: 270Publication...

A compelling investigation into the potent influence of testosterone, from our physical bodies and the way we behave to its explosive impact on our...

A compelling investigation into the potent influence of testosterone, from our physical bodies and the way we behave to its explosive impact on our...

Reducere. "Human beings were never born to read, " writes Tufts University cognitive neuroscientist and child development expert Maryanne Wolf. Reading is a ...

DescriptionThroughout the history of all humanity, including the native people in the western hemisphere, God made his existence known through the ...

A billion-year history of movement, from bacteria to Olympic athletes.

DescriptionWhat makes a mammal a mammal? The answer is more complicated than you think I, Mammal is a history of mammals and their ancestors and of...

This engaging book weaves history and legend to explain the story of geometry and the discoveries of the most famous mathematicians. A useful and i...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Carlo RovelliTranslator: Erica SegreNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 196 x 16Cove...

A visionary scientific account of the seven 'days' of creation, from a lead player in the hunt for the Higgs boson.Publisher: Profile Books LtdAuth...

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

Reducere. The ancient Greeks discovered them, but it wasn't until the nineteenth century that irrational numbers were properly understood and rigorously defi...

Children around the world know that to tell how old a tree is, you count its rings. Few people, however, know that research into tree rings has als...

From world-renowned psychoanalyst Dr Vamik Volkan, a gripping psychological exploration of how a community's historical ghosts can enter the indivi...

What happens when science hits the headlines - for all the wrong reasons?Publisher: Elliott & Thompson LimitedAuthor(s): Fiona FoxNumber of pages: ...