18 Tiny Deaths ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 (28) Publisher's Synopsis For most of human history, sudden and unexpected deaths of a suspicious nature, when they were investigated at all, were examined by lay person... Verifica stoc
The Real Story of Risk: Adventures in a Hazardous World ♡ 32 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.00/5 We live in a world of risk. It waits for us in our refrigerator and surrounds us on the freeway. It's lurking in our arteries
Bollocks! Why Didn't I Think of That? ♡ 30 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 Features 101 inventions we could no longer imagine life without.|From the invention of the electric chair to the less offensive post-it note, 'Bollocks! Why Didnt
Spaceport Earth ♡ 31 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 It's the 21st-century and everything about the space industry is changing, and leading that charge are private sector companies including Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff
Brilliant! ♡ 37 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.01/5 To celebrate the awarding of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics to Shuji Nakamura (along with two other Japanese scientists), this newly updated edition profiles
Final Jeopardy ♡ 22 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.97/5 Follows the quest of a team of scientists to develop a computer so intelligent that it can beat the best of champions in the 'Jeopardy'
Equal ♡ 35 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.00/5 'Gracie tells the story of her struggle and eventual triumph as a way of encouraging us, of changing our society, of giving us all courage
Astrophotography with Mark Thompson ♡ 21 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.97/5 Philip's Astrophotography With Mark Thompson is an essential guide for anyone wishing to photograph or image the stars and planets, written by TV's favourite astronomer....
Here Comes the Sun ♡ 29 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 Our sun drives the weather, forms the landscape, feeds and fuels - but sometimes destroys - the creatures that live upon it, controls their patterns
Original skin ♡ 8 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 ''Like the air we breathe, we take our skin for granted . . . Yet it is remarkable it mitigates and ameliorates the sometimes harsh
PHILIPS COMPLETE ROAD ATLAS ♡ 24 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 Deluxe hardback edition - perfect for a gift. Philip's: Britain's clearest maps for motorists. Completely updated and revised for 2017. 'Good balance between detail and
Astrobiology ♡ 12 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 'Astrobiology' by Alfred B. Bortz delves into the interdisciplinary field that combines astronomy, biology, and geology to investigate the potential for life beyond Eart...
Materials Science ♡ 14 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 'Materials Science' by D. J. Ward is an authoritative exploration of the fundamental principles governing the behavior, properties, and applications of materials. With a...
MAN VS MATHS ♡ 35 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.00/5 What is the mathematics behind a twitter trend? Does my food really have an equation? And, is there really an algorithm for Love? Mathematics is
Nature's Oracle ♡ 33 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.00/5 W.D.Hamilton (1936-2000) was responsible for a revolution in thinking about evolutionary biology - a revolution that changed our understanding of life itself. He played a...
Satellite ♡ 29 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 The Martian pentru adolescenți - un thriller spațial epic, extrem de original, cu adevărată știință și frumusețe sfâșietoare. Leul nu a pus niciodată piciorul pe
The unnatural world ♡ 33 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.00/5 An environmental journalist examines the world humanity has created through climate change and chronicles the scientists, billionaires, and ordinary people who are workin...
More Knowledge ♡ 30 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 After a decade of successfully tackling the wide-ranging collection of football queries proposed by its readers, guardian.co.uk's dedicated battalion of sleuths continues...
Our Enigmatic Universe ♡ 25 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 Three themes permeate Our Enigmatic Universe: that materialism is not the only tenable philosophy for those who take seriously the discoveries of modern science ab...
CHURCHILL'S FIRST WAR ♡ 33 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.00/5 Just over a century ago British troops were fighting a vicious frontier war against Pashtun tribeman on the North West Frontier -- the great-great-grandfathers of
Who Shall Take Care of Our Sick? ♡ 29 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 This rich history chronicles the prominent role of Catholic women religious in establishing the hospitals at the core of New York City's extensive Catholic medical
The Long and the Short of It ♡ 31 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 We've always measured the world around us, from how big things are, to how fast they go, how much they're worth and practically everything in
POCKET GIANTS: ALBER EINS ♡ 30 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 Everyone has heard of Albert Einstein and everyone knows that he was a genius. Yet only a few people understand his work. In fact, he
Reasonableness of Reason: Explaining Rationality Naturalistically ♡ 29 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 Does reliance on reason require an unreasonable faith in reason? In The Reasonableness of Reason, Professor Hauptli argues that naturalized epistemology enables us to ex...
The price of altruism ♡ 28 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 Describes the intellectual journey of eccentric American genius George Price, who tried to answer the evolutionary riddle of why people are nice, and eventually gave
The Inverted Bowl ♡ 32 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.00/5 The present well-established study of planets orbiting stars other than our Sun, the exoplanets, was reviewed by the author in his earlier book Wandering Stars.
Handling Digital Brains : A Laboratory Study of Multimodal Semiotic Interaction in the Age of Computers ♡ 40 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.02/5 An analysis of how fMRI researchers actively involve their bodies-with hand movements in particular-in laboratory practice. The results of fMRI brain scanning require e...
Nuclear Power ♡ 23 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.97/5 Covering the formation and creation of nuclear power from its harnessing in the past to its present and future uses, this title is part of
WHEN WE WERE KIDS ♡ 35 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.00/5 When We Were Kids is a book of original essays by celebrated third culture thinkers - scientists who, through their work and writing, are taking
Stickmen's Guide to Science and Technology ♡ 31 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 Neat nuggets of text, colourfully illustrated, break down each subject into a friendly guide to everything you need to know. A must-have addition to any
Stickmen's Guide to How Things Work ♡ 28 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 Here is a mix of science and fun with a sprinkling of Stickmen s humour throughout. Explore giant tunnel borers, massive strip mining machines, tankers,
Discovering the Golden Compass ♡ 29 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 New to The Golden Compass? Don't feel lost--or alone! This accessible, illustrated guide is the only passport you'll need to Philip Pullman's imaginative world of
Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth ♡ 30 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 The Apollo lunar missions of the 1960s and 1970s have been called the last optimistic acts of the twentieth century. Twelve astronauts made this greatest
Numbers ♡ 26 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 The story of numbers begins with counting 1,2, 3... but it ends with a mind-boggling mass of numbers so densely packed that we can't be
Apollo's Fire, a Day on Earth in Nature and Imagination ♡ 27 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 Michael Sims sets out to open our eyes—literally—to the miraculous events that lie underneath the oldest story on Earth: the passing of a single day.
Studia Occitanica: In Memoriam Paul Remy Volume 2 ♡ 27 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 The second of two volumes dedicated to the memory of Paul Remy and having as theme the scientific domain to which he had dedicated his
An Intelligent Person's Guide to Genetics ♡ 12 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 Outlines recent scientific developments in the field of 'synthetic' biology, explaining its role in demystifying the inner workings of human life and how the latest
Aldous Huxley's hands ♡ 26 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 'Psychedelics, neuroscience, and historical biography come together when a journalist finds a lost photograph of Aldous Huxley and uncovers a hidden side of the celebrate...
Dynamics of innovation ♡ 26 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 Best known as the leading historian of French railways, François Caron has also done significant work on topics as varied as electricity, water and steam
Climate Change ♡ 30 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 The story of climate change is the story of all life on Earth. This book shows how the environmental challenges we face are leading to
Darwin's Devices ♡ 30 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 The challenge of studying evolution is that the history of life is buried in the past—we can’t witness the dramatic events that shaped the adaptations
Extreme Weather ♡ 35 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.00/5 The ultimate weather book for the weather enthusiast or anyone interested in the oddities and extremes of nature. Is the climate really becoming more extreme
THE FLIGHT: CHARLES LINDBERGH'S DARING AND IMMORTAL 1927 TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING ♡ 28 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 On the rainy morning of May 20, 1927, a little-known American pilot named Charles A. Lindbergh climbed into his single-engine monoplane, The Spirit of St.
Approaches to Studying World-situated Language Use ♡ 26 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 The first steps toward merging the cognitive and social approaches to language processing. *** Cartea nu are supracoperta ***
American Iron Hand Presses ♡ 31 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 The technology of iron (replacing wood) created a revolution in printing in the nineteenth century. This important volume covers the great American iron hand presses
BEYOND HUMAN: Science and the Changing Face of Humanity ♡ 26 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 As the news constantly reminds us, recent advances in the biomedical sciences have brought within reach things that were unthinkable only a few years ago:
Darwin's Religious Odyssey ♡ 29 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 Draws on newly available material to consider Darwin's personal religious beliefs, profiling him as a man from a specific time in history struggling to harmonize
Transcendental Aspects of Algebraic Cycles ♡ 27 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 Topics range from introductory lectures on algebraic cycles to more advanced material in this collection of lecture notes from the Proceedings of the Grenoble Summe...
History of Everyday Life ♡ 12 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 The allure of Elaine Landau's 'History of Everyday Life' lies in its captivating exploration of the seemingly mundane aspects of human existence throughout history, unvei...
Chasing the Moon ♡ 33 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.00/5 In a world divided by the ideological struggles of the Cold War, the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement, more than one-fifth of the
Basher Basics ♡ 30 13 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 Basher Basics: Space Exploration is a compelling guide to developments right at the forefront of space science. Meet characters who embody the amazing science that
Thin Blue Lie ♡ 32 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 “An incisive, muckraking exposé of the ‘police industrial complex.’”—The New York Times Book Review American law enforcement is a system in crisis. After explosive protes...
Odd Science: Inventions ♡ 33 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 Inventions aren't always easy. Sometimes a humble leaf can get in the way. Developers have learned that one of the big hold ups in the
Design a Skyscraper ♡ 33 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 Why are verticles and reflective symmetry needed to Design a Skyscraper? Find out this an much more in this exciting new title! Featuring maths problems
Ethnic Distinctions, Local Meanings ♡ 30 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 Focusing on a rural area of south China, Rack shows how so-called ethnic minority cultural events have become occasions for the exploration of personal identity
THE WEATHER BOOK ♡ 28 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.97/5 The Weather Book is a delightful miscellany of everything remotely meteorological. It is jam-packed with enlightening facts, practical diagrams, and clear explanations a...
A Pocket Essential Short History of Alchemy and Alchemists ♡ 39 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.00/5 Această istorie a alchimiei studiază evoluția acestei arte arcane, punând în centru alchimiști celebri și surprinzând efectele pe care aceștia le-au avut asupra științei...
How To Tell A Wizard From A Warlock Lifesaving Differences You Should Know ♡ 33 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 Just what is the difference between a meteor and a meteorite, a germ and a virus, or rugby league and rugby union? This mad miscellany
Intimate History of Premature Birth ♡ 33 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 For the first time, Sarah DiGregorio tells the complete story of this science - and the many people it has touched. Weaving her own experiences
Chasing the Moon ♡ 38 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.00/5 In a world divided by the ideological struggles of the Cold War, the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement, more than one-fifth of the