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Stuff Matters
The Strange Stories of the Marvellous Materials that Shape Our Man-Made World
- Penguin UK, 2014
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 272 páginas
PVP: 15,25 €
ISBN 978-0-241-95518-5
EAN 9780241955185
Stuff Matters by Mark Miodnownik is a unique and inspiring exploration of human creativity. "Enthralling. A mission to re-acquaint us with the wonders of the fabric that sustains our lives".(Guardian). Everything is made of something...From the everyday objects in our homes to the most extraordinary new materials that will shape our future, Stuff Matters reveals ...
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Paleofantasy
What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live
- Norton, 2014
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 336 páginas
PVP: 18,35 €
ISBN 978-0-393-34792-0
EAN 9780393347920
Theories about how our ancestors lived and why we should emulate them are often based on pseudoscience and speculation rather than actual research. Taking us to the cutting edge of biology, Marlene Zuk explains that evolution can work faster than was previously realised, meaning that we are not biologically the same as our caveman ancestors. ...
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The Universe Within
A Scientific Adventure
- Penguin UK, 2014
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 240 páginas
PVP: 16,00 €
ISBN 978-0-14-104190-2
EAN 9780141041902
The Universe Within is a thrilling journey from today all the way back to the Big Bang, which shows the deep connections between the human body and the universe, from Neil Shubin, author of Your Inner Fish. What links the birth of the moon to our body clocks? How did the creation of the Atlantic ...
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The Sixth Extinction
An Unnatural History
Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions of life on earth. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. Elizabeth Kolbert combines brilliant field reporting, the history of ideas and the ...
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- Springer, 2013
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 939 páginas
PVP: 690,80 €
ISBN 978-0-387-36698-2
EAN 9780387366982
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The Guardian of All Things
The Epic Story of Human Memory
- St. Martin's Griffin, 2013
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 304 páginas
PVP: 13,30 €
ISBN 978-1-250-02323-0
EAN 9781250023230
Memory makes us human. No other animal carries in its brain so many memories of such complexity nor so regularly revisits those memories for happiness, safety, and the accomplishment of complex tasks. Human civilization continues because we are able to pass along memories from one person to another, from one generation to the next.The Guardian ...
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- Penguin USA, 2013
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 336 páginas
PVP: 17,75 €
ISBN 978-0-14-312404-7
EAN 9780143124047
The bestselling author of "The Singularity Is Near" explores the limitless potential of reverse-engineering the human brain Ray Kurzweil is arguably today's most influential futurist. In "How to Create a Mind," he presents a provocative exploration of the most important project in the human-machine civilization: reverse-engineering the brain to understand precisely how it functions and ...
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- Collins (Uk), 2013
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 192 páginas
PVP: 33,80 €
ISBN 978-0-00-752579-9
EAN 9780007525799
All the winning and shortlisted images from the 2013 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, which is organized by the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. The images are submitted in one of the following categories:* Earth and Space* Our Solar System* Deep Space* Young Astronomy Photographer of the YearAnd can also be entered for one of the ...
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Time's 'Man of the Century', Albert Einstein is the unquestioned founder of modern physics. His theory of relativity is the most important scientific idea of the modern era. In this short book Einstein explains, using the minimum of mathematical terms, the basic ideas and principles of the theory which has shaped the world we live ...
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A fascinating and colorful journey into the microscopic but massively influential worlds of germs, bacteria, and virusesWith the wit of Bill Bryson and the spirit of Natalie Angier, Idan Ben-Barak takes us on a fantastic voyage into the infinitesimal world of microbiology. In The Invisible Kingdom, he introduces us to the amazing lives of genes, ...
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Connectome
How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We are
- Penguin UK, 2013
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 484 páginas
PVP: 16,20 €
ISBN 978-0-241-95187-3
EAN 9780241951873
"Connectome", by Sebastian Seung is "One of the most eagerly awaited scientific books of the year ...intellectually exhilarating, beautifully written, exquisitely precise yet still managing to be inspirational". ("Irish Times"). What really makes us who we are? In this groundbreaking book, pioneering neuroscientist Sebastian Seung shows that our identity does not lie in our genes, ...
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- Black Swan, 2013
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 305 páginas
PVP: 12,75 €
ISBN 978-0-552-77806-0
EAN 9780552778060
This book is about my own personal favourite puzzles and conundrums in science, all of which have famously been referred to as paradoxes, but which turn out not to be paradoxes at all when considered carefully and viewed from the right angle. A true paradox is a statement that leads to a circular and self-contradictory ...
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Energy for Future Presidents
The Science behind the Headlines
- Norton, 2013
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 368 páginas
PVP: 16,90 €
ISBN 978-0-393-34510-0
EAN 9780393345100
Policymakers and casual readers alike can benefit . . . eye-opening . . . sheds lots of light with little wasted heat. Publishers Weekly The near meltdown of Fukushima, the upheavals in the Middle East, the BP oil spill, and the looming reality of global warming have reminded the president and all U.S. citizens that ...
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Quantum
a Guide For The Perplexed
From Schrodinger's cat to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, this book untangles the weirdness of the quantum world. Quantum mechanics underpins modern science and provides us with a blueprint for reality itself. And yet it has been said that if you're not shocked by it, you don't understand it. But is quantum physics really so unknowable? Is ...
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This collection of beautiful images of space taken by photographers from all over the world comprises images from the first four years of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, which is organized by the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in association with Sky at Night Magazine, and powered by the photo-sharing website Flickr. From giant storm ...
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- MIT Press, 2012
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 256 páginas
PVP: 14,90 €
ISBN 978-0-262-51823-9
EAN 9780262518239
A guide to ocean waves traces their evolution from wind-wave generation to coastal effects. Sitting on the beach on a sunny summer day, we enjoy the steady advance and retreat of the waves. In the water, enthusiastic waders jump and shriek with pleasure when a wave hits them.But where do these waves come from? How ...
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Knocking on Heaven's Door
How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World
"Science has a battle for hearts and minds on its hands....How good it feels to have Lisa Randall's unusual blend of top flight science, clarity, and charm on our side."--Richard Dawkins"Dazzling ideas....Read this book today to understand the science of tomorrow."--Steven PinkerThe bestselling author of Warped Passages, one of Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 368 páginas
PVP: 18,40 €
ISBN 978-1-4088-2483-2
EAN 9781408824832
The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, environmental science, and issues affecting quality of life. Our scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of DDT, tobacco smoke, acid rain, and global warming.But at the same time, a small yet potent subset of this community ...
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The Magic of Reality
How we know what s really true
- Bantam, 2012
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 272 páginas
PVP: 13,25 €
ISBN 978-0-552-77890-9
EAN 9780552778909
Magic takes many forms. The ancient Egyptians explained the night by suggesting that the goddess Nut swallowed the sun. The Vikings believed a rainbow was the gods' bridge to earth.These are magical, extraordinary tales. But there is another kind of magic, and it lies in the exhilaration of discovering the real answers to these questions. ...
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