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...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: 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...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: 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...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: 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...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: John Murray Publishers Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781399826556)
A breathtaking exploration of metamorphosis, natures greatest puzzle. Teeming with fantastical creatures, this book will change your perspective on life, identity and change....Loe edasi...
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...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031996757)
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...Loe edasi...
Susan Orlean—the beloved New Yorker staff writer and the author of the New York Times bestsellers Rin Tin Tin, The Orchid Thief, and On Animals—selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the...Loe edasi...
Susan Orlean—the beloved New Yorker staff writer and the author of the New York Times bestsellers Rin Tin Tin, The Orchid Thief, and On Animals—selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Oct-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: 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...Loe edasi...
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...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Oct-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Random House Large Print, ISBN-13: 9798217287925)
One of the world’s most beloved writers and New York Times bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and The Body takes his ultimate journey—into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: 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...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: 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...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: 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 ...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: 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...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: 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,...Loe edasi...
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...Loe edasi...
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...Loe edasi...
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...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: 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...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: 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...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197774823)
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...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 17-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031995163)
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...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: 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...Loe edasi...
