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- Taschen, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 400 páginas
PVP: 30,00 €
ISBN 978-3-8365-9007-5
EAN 9783836590075
Fritz Kahn (1888 1968) fue un médico alemán, pedagogo, autor de textos de divulgación científica y pionero de la representación gráfica de la información. Obligado a salir de Alemania por los nazis, quienes prohibieron y quemaron sus libros, Kahn emigró a Palestina, Francia y finalmente a Estados Unidos para continuar con el trabajo de su ...
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- Head Of Zeus, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 16,25 €
ISBN 978-1-83893-786-7
EAN 9781838937867
What feels new here is that he writes with such charm and warmth' The TimesHave you ever dreamt you could fly? Or imagined what it would be like to glide and swoop through the sky like a bird? Do you let your mind soar to unknown, magical spaces? Richard Dawkins explores the wonder of flight: ...
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- Faber & Faber, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 368 páginas
PVP: 16,75 €
ISBN 978-0-571-33772-9
EAN 9780571337729
A BOOK OF THE YEARGUARDIAN, THE ECONOMIST, NEW STATESMAN, FINANCIAL TIMES, BLOOMBERGAnil Seth's radical new theory of consciousness challenges our understanding of perception and reality, doing for brain science what Dawkins did for evolutionary biology. 'A brilliant beast of a book.' DAVID BYRNE'Hugely important.' JIM AL-KHALILI'Masterly . .. An exhilarating book: a vast-ranging, phenomenal achievement ...
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What's Eating the Universe?
And Other Cosmic Questions
- Penguin Books Ltd, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 192 páginas
PVP: 16,50 €
ISBN 978-0-14-199372-0
EAN 9780141993720
In the constellation of Eridanus there lurks a cosmic mystery. It's as if something has taken a huge bite out of the universe, leaving a super-void. What could be the culprit? A super massive black hole? Another, bigger universe? Or an expanding vacuum bubble, destined to envelop and annihilate everything in existence?Scientists now understand the ...
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- Pan, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 288 páginas
PVP: 22,00 €
ISBN 978-1-5290-8671-3
EAN 9781529086713
The Moon goes around the Earth, the Earth goes around the Sun, the Sun goes around the centre of the Milky Way: a supermassive black hole. As you read this you are currently orbiting a black hole. Money might make the world go round, but black holes make the universe go round.Black holes are not ...
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Nuclear Fusion
The Race to Build a Mini-Sun on Earth
- Icon Books, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 176 páginas
PVP: 14,75 €
ISBN 978-1-78578-922-9
EAN 9781785789229
The thrilling scientific quest for almost limitless clean energy from nuclear fusion.Since the 1950s, scientists have attempted to harness nuclear fusion - the process that creates the Sun's energy - to generate near-limitless amounts of electricity.But the fact that we still have no fusion power plants is testament to the complexities of the challenge. Now, ...
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Helgoland
The Strange and Beautiful Story of Quantum Physics
- Penguin Books Ltd, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 208 páginas
PVP: 16,50 €
ISBN 978-0-14-199327-0
EAN 9780141993270
The instant Sunday Times bestseller -- a beautiful story of rebellion and scienceChosen as a Book of the Year by The Times, Financial Times, Sunday Times, Guardian and Prospect'Popular science has rarely been so good' ProspectIn June 1925, twenty-three-year-old Werner Heisenberg, suffering from hay fever, had retreated to the treeless, wind-battered island of Helgoland in ...
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Future Stories
A user's guide to the future
- Bantam, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 304 páginas
PVP: 18,25 €
ISBN 978-1-78763-647-7
EAN 9781787636477
'I have long been a fan of David Christian' - Bill GatesA user's guide to the future from the algorithms in DNA to why time is like a cocktail glass, interstellar migrations, transhumanism, the fate of the galaxy, and the last black holeEvery second of our lives - whether we're looking both ways before crossing ...
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- Atlantic Books, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 272 páginas
PVP: 22,00 €
ISBN 978-1-83895-036-1
EAN 9781838950361
Do we have free will? Is the universe compatible with God? Do we live in a computer simulation? Does the universe think?Physicists are great at complicated research, but they are less good at telling us why it matters. In this entertaining and groundbreaking book, theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder breaks down why we should care. Drawing ...
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The Star Builders
Nuclear Fusion and the Race to Power the Planet
- Orion, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 304 páginas
PVP: 14,75 €
ISBN 978-1-4746-1160-2
EAN 9781474611602
Is it possible to build a star on earth?When asked what problem he hoped scientists will have solved by the end of the century, Professor Stephen Hawking replied 'I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would provide an inexhaustible supply of energy, without pollution or global warming.' But what is ...
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- Penguin Books Ltd, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 208 páginas
PVP: 16,25 €
ISBN 978-0-14-198597-8
EAN 9780141985978
Ever since he first booted up his brother's dusty old Atari, comic artist Edward Ross has been hooked on video games. Years later, he began to wonder: what makes games so special? Why do we play? And how do games shape the world we live in?
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Huttenlocher, Daniel; Kissinger, Henry; Schmidt, Eric
The Age of AI
And Our Human Future
- Hodder & Stoughton, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 272 páginas
PVP: 16,25 €
ISBN 978-1-5293-7599-2
EAN 9781529375992
A Wall Street Journal Bestseller 'IT SHOULD BE READ BY ANYONE TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF GEOPOLITICS TODAY' FINANCIAL TIMES Three of our most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the way it is transforming human society - and what it means for us all. An AI learned to ...
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- Viking, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 304 páginas
PVP: 19,50 €
ISBN 978-0-14-197543-6
EAN 9780141975436
A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020How did we end up in a world where humans coexist with technologies we can no longer fully control or understand?George Dyson plots an unexpected course through the past 300 years to reveal the hidden connections that underpin our digital age, ending with a premonition of what lies ...
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The Metaverse
And How it Will Revolutionize Everything
- Norton, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 352 páginas
PVP: 26,75 €
ISBN 978-1-324-09203-2
EAN 9781324092032
The term "metaverse" is suddenly everywhere, from debates over Fortnite to the pages of The New York Times to the speeches of Mark Zuckerberg, who proclaimed in June 2021 that "the overarching goal" of Facebook is to "bring the metaverse to life." But what, exactly, is the metaverse? As pioneering theorist and venture capitalist Matthew ...
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- Hodder & Stoughton, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 320 páginas
PVP: 16,25 €
ISBN 978-1-5293-4600-8
EAN 9781529346008
In this sequel to his prescient New York Times bestseller Rise of the Robots, Martin Ford presents us with a striking vision of the very near future. He argues that AI is a uniquely powerful technology, a kind of "electricity of intelligence" that is altering every dimension of human life, often for the better with ...
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This Is Your Mind On Plants
Opium, Caffeine, Mescaline
- Penguin Books Ltd, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 288 páginas
PVP: 16,50 €
ISBN 978-0-14-199733-9
EAN 9780141997339
THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR NEW NETFLIX SERIES, HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND'It's a trip - engrossing, eye-opening, mind altering' New Statesman 'Fascinating. Pollan is the perfect guide ... curious, careful, open minded' The Guardian Of all the many things humans rely on plants for, surely the most curious is our use of them to ...
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- Hodder & Stoughton, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 384 páginas
PVP: 16,25 €
ISBN 978-1-5293-6495-8
EAN 9781529364958
'The most sheerly enjoyable history of science of recent years' The Spectator'This is one of the best science books I have read in a decade' Paul DaviesLife is Simple tells the remarkable story of how a thirteenth century monk's search for simplicity led to the emergence of the modern world. We begin in the turbulent ...
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Human Origins
7 million years and counting
- Hodder & Stoughton, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 256 páginas
PVP: 16,25 €
ISBN 978-1-5293-8201-3
EAN 9781529382013
Where did we come from? Where are we going?Homo sapiens is the most successful, the most widespread and the most influential species ever to walk the Earth. In the blink of an evolutionary eye we have spread around the globe, taken control of Earth's biological and mineral resources, transformed the environment, discovered the secrets of ...
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How Numbers Work
Discover the strange and beautiful world of mathematics
- Hodder & Stoughton, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 224 páginas
PVP: 16,25 €
ISBN 978-1-5293-8204-4
EAN 9781529382044
Think of a number between one and ten. No, hang on, let's make this interesting. Between zero and infinity.Even if you stick to the whole numbers, there are a lot to choose from - an infinite number in fact. Throw in decimal fractions and infinity suddenly gets an awful lot bigger (is that even possible?) ...
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- Hodder & Stoughton, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 240 páginas
PVP: 16,25 €
ISBN 978-1-5293-8197-9
EAN 9781529381979
There's a whole universe out there... Imagine you had a spacecraft capable of travelling through interstellar space. You climb in, blast into orbit, fly out of the solar system and keep going.Where do you end up, and what do you see along the way?The answer is: mostly nothing. Space is astonishingly, mind-blowingly empty. As you ...
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