The universe was supposed to be all there was - the whole of existence. For centuries the size of the universe and whether or not it is finite, fascinated scientists and philosophers. But however big the universe may be, there...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 23-Oct-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: Swift Press, ISBN-13: 9781800755000)
Like the Zen Buddhist riddle pondering the imponderable - the sound of a single hand clapping - One Hand Clapping asks the seemingly impossible question of how the human mind came to exist within physical reality. In search of this answer, Kukushkin...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 23-Oct-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: The Bodley Head Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781847928504)
A wild and entertaining adventure into the business of eternal life from a rare combination of academic, geek, reporter and fluent essayist Observer From the epic of Gilgamesh to the alchemy of the philosophers stone, humanitys eternal qu...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 23-Oct-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780192864062)
The speed of the expansion of the universe is governed by the Hubble constant. Discordance tells of its troubled 100-year history, from tentative steps to measure the distances of nearby stars to orbiting telescopes peering into the far reaches of s...Daugiau...
A breathtaking exploration of metamorphosis, natures greatest puzzle. Teeming with fantastical creatures, this book will change your perspective on life, identity and change....Daugiau...
THE TIMES BEST SCIENCE BOOK OF 2024 GUARDIAN BEST IDEAS BOOKS OF 2024 ECONOMIST BEST BOOKS OF 2024 FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2024 From one of the worlds great science writers, a book that explores the d...Daugiau...
This book explores the human understanding of heat, from early cultural perceptions to the scientific developments that shaped thermal science. Beginning with historical musings on heat, it traces the evolution of scientific thought from 16th-cent...Daugiau...
Susan Orleanthe beloved New Yorker staff writer and the author of the New York Times bestsellers Rin Tin Tin, The Orchid Thief, and On Animalsselects twenty science and nature essays that represent the...Daugiau...
Susan Orleanthe beloved New Yorker staff writer and the author of the New York Times bestsellers Rin Tin Tin, The Orchid Thief, and On Animalsselects twenty science and nature essays that represent the...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 21-Oct-2025, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: University of Pittsburgh Press, ISBN-13: 9780822967750)
Exotic drugs and spices, from tea to opium, were among the first fruits of European commercial expansion in the sixteenth century. By the eighteenth, many had become profitable products of the European empires that had spread across the globe. Often...Daugiau...
The 21st centurys bestselling popular science book has now been fully revised and updated in Bill Brysons inimitable style to reflect the many advances in science since this book was first published in 2003. This journey through time an...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 21-Oct-2025, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: Random House Large Print, ISBN-13: 9798217287925)
One of the worlds most beloved writers and New York Times bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and The Body takes his ultimate journeyinto the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer....Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 21-Oct-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: Aevo UTP, ISBN-13: 9781487567675)
The story of AI isn’t finished yet. The question is: how will you be part of it?With the unprecedented adoption of artificial intelligence and its far-reaching implications, people everywhere are witnessing the world change around them. Ar...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 21-Oct-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691233246)
A scientific adventure story that dramatizes how profoundly our oceans have changed over the past 150 yearsIn December 1872, HMS Challenger embarked on the first round-the-world oceanographic expedition. Its goal: to shine a...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 21-Oct-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: MIT Press, ISBN-13: 9780262049962)
An evocative and richly illustrated exploration of modern art about black holes.Inescapable and mysterious, black holes have long captured the imagination of visual artists, even before their existence was first confirmed in 1971. In ...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 21-Oct-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: University of Pittsburgh Press, ISBN-13: 9780822948704)
Exotic drugs and spices, from tea to opium, were among the first fruits of European commercial expansion in the sixteenth century. By the eighteenth, many had become profitable products of the European empires that had spread across the globe. Often...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 21-Oct-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691235844)
From the award-winning author of Revolutionizing the Sciences, a monumental historical account of how we came to see the world through the lens of scienceScience is the basis of our assumptions about ourselves and our world,...Daugiau...
Reading Faces is the first book to discuss the historical contexts and theoretical underpinnings of the artificial intelligence systems (AIs) that identify individuals, or purport to ascribe emotions and characteristics to them based on the...Daugiau...
Reading Faces is the first book to discuss the historical contexts and theoretical underpinnings of the artificial intelligence systems (AIs) that identify individuals, or purport to ascribe emotions and characteristics to them based on the...Daugiau...
This volume provides a broad and comprehensive overview of the many ways in which pragmatism has influenced contemporary debates in philosophy of science.Pragmatism has been undergoing a considerable revival in philosophical debates for the...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 20-Oct-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783111330877)
Recent studies have underlined the importance of consulting different sources to trace global histories of diseases. However, due to a lack of critical editions of medical works, leprosy is poorly understood, and a wider interpretation of it a...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 20-Oct-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783111611112)
The book is likely intended to provide a thorough knowledge of the complex relationships between computational intelligence, mathematical computing, and sustainability. By taking an interdisciplinary approach, the author may strive to connect theo...Daugiau...
Becoming Digital Citizens explores the relationship between disability, citizenship, and information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the Chinese context. Based on rich empirical evidence, this book examines the citizenship status of...Daugiau...
This book explains in an accessible way how the concept of the photon was introduced by Einstein who also helped discover many of its properties, and how it interacted with many physica...Daugiau...
A pithy, vibrant, accessible exploration of the least-understood organ in the human body, broken down into 60 bite-sized topics.The human digestive system, or gut, can be understood like the hole of a doughnut. In other words, its not...Daugiau...
Focusing on the concept of slowness in Gilles Deleuzes philosophy, this book diverges from the conventional interpretation of Deleuze as a philosopher of speed or even accelerationism, instead delving into the minor but critical themes in his...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 16-Oct-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: BBC Books, ISBN-13: 9781785949807)
Accompanying the 4-part documentary series from multi-award-winning filmmaker, James Bluemel. Its been 63 years since Yuri Gagarin became the first human to ever go into space. Since then, only 676 people have followed him up there. But n...Daugiau...
For fans of accessible and fun popular science comes an exploration of evolutions quirkiest puzzles and most enduring mysteries. Why do cats live longer than dogs? Why do bees have yellow stripes? Why can we smell a skunk from a m...Daugiau...
Introductory resource on nanoscience and molecular engineering stressing the interdisciplinary nature of the field Principles of Nanoscience and Molecular Engineering introduces nanoscale principles in molecular engineering, providing han...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 15-Oct-2025, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: University of Wales Press, ISBN-13: 9781837723003)
Joseph Harris, elder brother of the methodist preacher Howell Harris, made important contributions to the sciences and public life of Great Britain in the eighteenth century. A protégé of Edmond Halley and an apprentice to globe and mapmakers, Harri...Daugiau...
Popular science and media are awash in sweeping claims concerning how some characteristic human behavior, feeling, or psychological disposition exists because it aided our evolutionary ancestors in survival and reproduction. These claims often arise...Daugiau...
Alfred J. Meixner, Monika Fleischer, Dieter P. Kern, Christiane Höppener, Sebastian Mackowski, Pierre-Michel Adam, Raul David Rodriguez, Pietro G. Gucciardi
From electrodynamical foundations to super-resolution miscroscopy and spectroscopic methods at nanometer resolution, this two-volume graduate textbook for the first time makes the field of nanospectroscopy accessible for students. This first volume i...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 14-Oct-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526182944)
A cutting-edge history of wind power in Britain.There are turbines on the horizon. The blades whirl with metronomic rhythm. With each rotation, wind is transformed into electricity. An energy revolution is underway. Electric wind r...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 14-Oct-2025, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526182968)
A cutting-edge history of wind power in Britain.There are turbines on the horizon. The blades whirl with metronomic rhythm. With each rotation, wind is transformed into electricity. An energy revolution is underway. Electric wind r...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 14-Oct-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: Seal Press (CA), ISBN-13: 9781541604988)
The story of a beagles past, and the future of animal research When journalist Melanie D.G. Kaplan adopted her beagle Hammy, all she knew was that he had spent nearly four years in a research lab. Curious to know more about this g...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 14-Oct-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226722047)
A history of how the pursuit of growth has kept us from creating a more sustainable and just world. Most economists believe that growth is the surest path to better lives. This has proven to be one of humanitys most powerful and dange...Daugiau...
A search for the meaning of one of natures greatest riddles: why do so many creatures transform? How many creatures walking on this earth / Have their first being in another form? the Roman poet Ovid asked two thousand years ago. He...Daugiau...
Why did South Asian physicians become essential to US health care starting in 1965?For more than 60 years, the United States has trained fewer physicians than it needs, relying instead on the economically expedient option of soliciti...Daugiau...
Discover the skills required in the 21st-century workplace and learn how to train and hire for these skills so you can succeed as technology, nature, and society evolves. This groundbreaking book reveals the trends that will dramatically change coll...Daugiau...
What does it mean to be human in an age of rapid technological advancement? Are we on the brink of transcending our biological limitations, or are we losing touch...Daugiau...
This four-volume collection of primary sources examines scientific methodology in Britain during the long nineteenth century. As the physical, biological, human, and social sciences were radically reshaped across the 1800s, so the prevailing underst...Daugiau...
This collection of primary sources examines scientific methodology in Britain during the long nineteenth century. This volume examines the development of statistical and probabilistic methods across the biological, human, and social sciences. ...Daugiau...
