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...More info...
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 physical phenomena while revolutionizing the world of physics. Replete ...More info...
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, it’s not...More info...
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...More info...
(Pub. Date: 16-Oct-2025, Hardback, Publisher: 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...More info...
For fans of accessible and fun popular science comes an exploration of evolution’s 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...More info...
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...More info...
(Pub. Date: 15-Oct-2025, Paperback / softback, Publisher: 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...More info...
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...More info...
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...More info...
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...More info...
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...More info...
(Pub. Date: 14-Oct-2025, Hardback, Publisher: 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 humanity’s most powerful and dange...More info...
