Tenerife Marco Polo Guide (Marco Polo Guides) ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 (14) Most travellers want to have fun and feel relaxed from the moment they arrive at their holiday destination - that's what Marco Polo Guides are all about. This new series... Verifica stoc
Pinpoint : How GPS is Changing Technology, Culture, and Our Minds ♡ 16 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 A Financial Times Best Book of 2016 A Sunday Times Best Book of 2016 Pinpoint tells the story of GPS, a scientific marvel that enables
My freshman year ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 'After more than fifteen years of teaching, Rebekah Nathan, a professor of anthropology at a large state university, realized that she no longer understood the
You Are Here: From the Compass to GPS, the History and Future of How We Find Ourselves ♡ 16 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 The story of the rise of modern navigation technology, from radio location to GPS-and the consequent decline of privacy What does it mean to never
Beyond ♡ 13 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 9.07 a.m., April 12, 1961. A top-secret rocket site in the USSR. A young Russian sits inside a tiny capsule on top of the Soviet
The Self Delusion ♡ 19 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 We like to believe that we exist as independent selves at the centre of a subjective universe that we are discrete individuals acting autonomously in
Copy, Rip, Burn ♡ 13 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Explores the politics of open source software, and how it is forcing us to re-think the idea of intellectual property.
Meet Your Ancestors ♡ 15 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Provides an introduction to the whole process of discovering your own family history. Topics covered include searching for birth, marriage and death cerificates, census a...
Crop Circles ♡ 16 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 This is a new way of experiencing the crop circle mystery, through the geometry of the forms revealed in crops. The mathematics is sound and
The Practical Encyclopedia of Home Remedies & Natural Therapies ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 This practical guide to natural health-promoting treatments and techniques brings together the very best of traditional therapies for reducing stress, gaining vitality a...
How the World Works: Astronomy ♡ 16 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 'Astronomy, as nothing else can do, teaches men humility.' Arthur C. Clarke, The Challenge of the Spaceship Astronomy traces one of humanity's oldest obsessions. This
NUMERICON:THE HIDDEN LIVES OF NUMBERS ♡ 21 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 Numericon tells the stories of the numbers, mathematical discoveries, oddities and personalities that have shaped the way we understand the world around us. Each chapter...
Are Numbers Real? ♡ 24 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 Have you ever wondered what humans did before numbers existed? How they organized their lives, traded goods, or kept track of their treasures? What would
Eaton's Modern Ready Reckoner ♡ 19 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 Eaton's Modern Ready Reckoner revives the curiosities of old, mixing it with the delights and complexities of the 21st Century. A nostalgic gift book for
Wonderland ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 What connects Paleolithic bone flutes to the invention of computer software? Or the Murex sea snail to the death of the great American city? How
Stargazing Month-By-Month Guide to the Night Sky ♡ 18 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 'I WILL CONTINUE TO ENJOY STARGAZING AS THE MONTHS GO BY' Helen Sharman, astronaut 'VERY USEFUL INDEED' Chris Lintott, Sky at Night presenter 'IF YOU
The Glass Universe ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘A peerless intellectual biography. The Glass Universe shines and twinkles as brightly as the stars themselves’ The Economist #1
Sam ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 A true story of innovation that “reads like a movie” (Seth Godin), centered on a scrappy team of engineers—far from the Silicon Valley limelight—and their
Hot Air ♡ 16 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Here, for the first time, climate scientist Peter Stott reveals the bitter fight to get international recognition for what, among scientists, has been known for
Eureka!: The Birth of Science (Icon Science) by Andrew Gregory ♡ 16 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Medicine, anatomy, astronomy, mathematics and cosmology, science began with the Greeks, and Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras, Archimedes and Hippocrates were amongst its sta...
Footprints ♡ 19 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 In Footprints , David Farrier explores what traces we will leave for the very deep future. From long-lived materials like plastic and nuclear waste, to
Light in the Darkness ♡ 13 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 'A fascinating and thought-provoking investigation into the nature of black holes-a blend of the spiritual, the philosophical, and the scientific-from the premier German ...
Introducing: Chaos (Graphic Guide) ♡ 22 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 'Introducing Chaos' explains how chaos makes its presence felt in many varieties of event, from the fluctuation of animal populations to the ups and downs
Rise of the Rocket Girls ♡ 15 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 2016 Goodreads Choice Awards finalist The riveting true story of the women who launched America into space. In the 1940s and 50s, when the newly
Adventures in Human Being ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Sunday Times bestsellerWe have a lifetime's association with our bodies, but for many of us they remain uncharted territory. In Adventures in Human Being, Gavin
The Oil Depletion Protocol ♡ 17 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Heinberg describes a unique accord whereby nations would voluntarily reduce their oil production and oil imports according to a consistent, sensible formula, thereby enab...
Maths in Bite-sized Chunks ♡ 20 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 Maths is often cited as the 'most difficult' or 'complex' subject to study, many people admitting to a wariness that was probably ingrained into them
WORLD AT WAR ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Foreign Affairs and its parent organization, the Council on Foreign Relations, were founded in the early 1920s by veterans of the Woodrow Wilson administration’s di...
MAGIC OF REALITY ♡ 20 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 Richard Dawkins, bestselling author and the world’s most celebrated evolutionary biologist, has spent his career elucidating the many wonders of science. Here, he takes ...
Launch a Rocket Into Space ♡ 9 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Solve problems using 3D shapes and degrees of rotation and blast off on a mission to outer space! Featuring maths problems from addition and decimals
Astrobiology ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Are we alone in the Universe, or are there as many planets supporting life as there are stars in the sky? It's one of the
How Long Is a Piece of String? ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Have you ever wondered how the meter in a taxi works? Or why a lift takes so long to respond to your call? Is there
The Elements (The Compact Guide) ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 The Compact Guide: The Elements is authoritative and accessible, with a sense of wonder about the way in which the material world works, thanks to
Fun Science ♡ 13 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Welcome, fellow humans (and others), to the the world of FUN SCIENCE! I'm Charlie, also known across the internet as charlieissocoollike. In my book, I'll
Florida Marco Polo Guide (Marco Polo Guides) ♡ 18 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 Experience all Florida's attractions with this up-to-date, authoritative guide,packed with Insider Tips. Most holidaymakers want to have fun and feel relaxedfrom the mom...
Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything -Hardcover ♡ 20 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 From a top scientist and the creator of the hugely popular web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal , a hilariously illustrated investigation into future technol...
Intimate History of Premature Birth ♡ 16 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 For the first time, Sarah DiGregorio tells the complete story of this science - and the many people it has touched. Weaving her own experiences
Go Figure: The Marvellous Maths Workbook ♡ 18 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 Math is one of those tricky subjects that continues to throw us problems, even after our school days. From splitting the bill in a restaurant,
The Neanderthal Legacy: Reawakening Our Genetic and Cultural Origins ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 In The Neanderthal Legacy, eminent psychologist and paranormal researcher Stan Gooch brings together the wide-ranging investigative strands of his lifetime of study of t...
Water and Waste ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 A documentation of 400 years of improvements in public health, this work looks at the challenges faced by engineers and others to eradicate such diseases
Weather ♡ 16 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 A colourful and accessible guide to meteorology, suitable for the absolute beginner. The weather is always with us and, even in this modern age, affects
Primate Change ♡ 16 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 This is the road from climate change to primate change. IF YOU THINK YOU ARE YOU, THINK AGAIN. PRIMATE CHANGE is a wide-ranging, polemical look
The Mathematical Corporation: Where Machine Intelligence and Human Ingenuity Achieve the Impossible ♡ 16 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 The most powerful weapon in business today is the alliance between the mathematical smarts of machines and the imaginative human intellect of great leaders. Together
Look up ♡ 21 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 Our story with the stars Most of us have never been to space. To date, of the more than 100 billion humans that have ever
Introducing Mathematics: A Graphic Guide ♡ 13 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Introducing Mathematics traces the story of mathematics from the ancient world to modern times, describing the great discoveries and providing an accessible intro...
Fight for Beauty ♡ 13 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Fiona Reynolds proposes a solution that is at once radical and simple - to inspire us through the beauty of the world around us. Delving
THE BOOK OF HUMANS ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 WHAT MAKES US HUMAN? Waging war? Sex for pleasure? Creating art? Mastery of fire? In this thrilling tour of the animal kingdom, Adam Rutherford tells
Noncommutative Geometry, Arithmetic, and Related Topics ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 This valuable collection of essays by some of the world's leading scholars in mathematics presents innovative and field-defining work at the intersection of noncommutati...
Look up ♡ 17 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 'Sarah Cruddas is a gifted writer and Look Up is an inspired book. I am hopeful that we will never stop looking up.' Apollo 11
Free radicals ♡ 20 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 Timp de peste un secol, știința și-a cultivat o imagine publică sobră. Dar adevărul este cu totul altul: mulți dintre cei mai de succes oameni
Endure: Mind, Body and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance ♡ 6 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 How high or far or fast can humans go? And what about individual potential: what defines a person's limits? From running a two-hour marathon to
Unsteady Transonic Flow ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 This classic monograph on unsteady transonic flow -- the flow of air encountered at speeds at or near the speed of sound -- is of
MOVING HEAVEN AND EARTH ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 When Nicolaus Copernicus claimed that the Earth was not stationary at the centre of the universe but circled the Sun, he brought about a total
Exploring Black Holes and Other Space Mysteries ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 What is dark matter? What are gravitational waves? From the Big Bang to the Big Rip, from quasars to the Eridanus Supervoid, this book traces
A BRIEF GUIDE TO THE GREAT EQUATIONS ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Here are the stories of the ten most popular equations of all time as voted for by readers of Physics World, including - accessibly described
Ingredients ♡ 15 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 If you want easy answers, this book is not for you. But if you're curious which health studies to trust, what dense scientific jargon really
Stargazing with Mark Thompson: The Essential Guide to Astronomy ♡ 18 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 Philip's Stargazing With Mark Thompson provides the perfect introduction to the fascinating hobby of astronomy for beginners, written by TV's favourite astronomer. With ...
The Element in the Room : Science-y Stuff Staring You in the Face ♡ 15 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Have you ever wanted to perform sonic experiments with your morning coffee? Predict the exact second your unborn child will be born? Spice up your
BRIEF HISTORY OF 3RD REICH ♡ 10 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Beginning in the broken aftermath of the First World War and the Treaty of Versailles that made German recovery almost impossible, Whittock tells not just
The Universe: Explained, Condensed and Exploded ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Cea mai importantă și mai dificilă întrebare care există? De la cele mai vechi religii, prin filosofia greacă și prin știința occidentală, omul a încercat