What Colour is the Sun? ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.96/5 (2) Testează-ți cunoștințele științifice cu ajutorul celei mai mari, mai deștepte și mai stimulative cărți de teste de această parte a Bing-Bang-ului. Cuprinzând 100 de într... Verifica stoc
DISASTERS AT SEA ♡ 10 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 Dag Pike draws on his experience as merchant navy captain, fast boat navigator and boat safety tester for RNLI lifeboats to focus on a wide
Bollocks! Why Didn't I Think of That? ♡ 14 7 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 ♡ 13 7 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
Autonomy ♡ 9 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 'A fascinating hybrid. Part freewheeling history of the rise of the modern autonomous vehicle, part intimate memoir from an insider who was on the front
Chasing the Moon ♡ 15 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 The story of the moon landings begins with the wartime work of German rocket scientists including Wernher von Braun, nascent computer technology and the imagination
Wedges ♡ 11 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 Learn about how a wedge works Beginner readers and budding young scientists will love learning about using simple machines in everyday situations. Along the way,
Dammit Science, Where's My Hoverboard? ♡ 9 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 Throughout history, science and technology have promised us visions of possible futures filled with medical miracles and flying cars. We have turned to our best
Classical Athens (A Place in History) ♡ 12 9 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.97/5 This book is an introduction to the city of Athens, its history and its monuments. Its focus is 5th century Athens, the time of the
PHILIPS COMPLETE ROAD ATLAS ♡ 10 9 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.97/5 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
The Long and the Short of It ♡ 13 9 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.97/5 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
Nuclear Power ♡ 11 9 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 ♡ 18 10 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 When We Were Kids is a book of original essays by celebrated third culture thinkers - scientists who, through their work and writing, are taking
Climate Change ♡ 13 10 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.97/5 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
Skeleton Keys ♡ 13 10 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.97/5 In this natural and cultural history of bone, Brian Switek explains where our skeletons came from, what they do inside us, and what others can
The Real Story of Risk: Adventures in a Hazardous World ♡ 13 11 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.96/5 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
Our Enigmatic Universe ♡ 12 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 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...
POCKET GIANTS: ALBER EINS ♡ 14 13 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 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
Handling Digital Brains : A Laboratory Study of Multimodal Semiotic Interaction in the Age of Computers ♡ 19 13 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.96/5 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...
Critical Thinking For Students Learn The Skills Of Critical Assessment And Effective Argument ♡ 15 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 The skills of Critical Thinking are important whatever subject you are studying. They enable you to assess what's been said or written by asking the
Thin Blue Lie ♡ 13 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 “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 ♡ 14 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 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
Hypothesis A-Hypothesis B ♡ 10 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 Essays reflecting the influence of the versatile linguist David M. Perlmutter, covering topics from theoretical morphology to sign language phonology. Anyone who has stud...
Brilliant! ♡ 20 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.96/5 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
Design a Skyscraper ♡ 12 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 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
Hidden Mathematics of Sport ♡ 12 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 A unique and insightful mathematical approach to the most popular sports A fascinating look at sport, exploring the mathematics behind the action. Includes the best
Ethnic Distinctions, Local Meanings ♡ 10 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 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
Equal ♡ 18 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 '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
THE WEATHER BOOK ♡ 12 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 The Weather Book is a delightful miscellany of everything remotely meteorological. It is jam-packed with enlightening facts, practical diagrams, and clear explanations a...
Here Comes the Sun ♡ 11 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 Our sun drives the weather, forms the landscape, feeds and fuels - but sometimes destroys - the creatures that live upon it, controls their patterns
A Pocket Essential Short History of Alchemy and Alchemists ♡ 18 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 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 ♡ 14 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 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
Nature's Oracle ♡ 18 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 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...
The Age of Genomes ♡ 8 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 A leading geneticist explores what promises to be one of the most transformative advances in health and medicine in history Almost every week, another exciting
The unnatural world ♡ 15 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 An environmental journalist examines the world humanity has created through climate change and chronicles the scientists, billionaires, and ordinary people who are workin...
Polymorphous Linguistics ♡ 14 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 Essays inspired by the interests of the late University of Chicago linguist James D. McCawley: original research on questions in phonology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics,...
The Digital Condition ♡ 10 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 Each generation of scholars produces a book that remaps the state of knowledge. Rob Wilkie's The Digital Condition: Class and Culture in the Information Network
Chasing the Moon ♡ 15 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 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
Star Wars Workbooks ♡ 6 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 Make learning fun with curriculum-based exercises and activities from a galaxy far, far away...
Who Shall Take Care of Our Sick? ♡ 13 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 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 Genius Factory ♡ 11 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 În 1980 un milionar american excentric a lansat „banca de spermă pentru Premiul Nobel”, proiectată pentru a crea o nouă generație de supercopii. Plină de
THE SCIENCE MAGPIE BY Simon Flynn ♡ 14 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 'Simon Flynn's cornucopia of curious facts, anecdotes, and quotations . . . is sure to entertain and surprise.'—New Scientist From the Large Hadron Collider rap
TEMPERATURE DEPT SEX DETER ♡ 13 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 Edited by the world's foremost authorities on the subject, with essays by leading scholars in the field, this work shows how the sex of reptiles
Reasonableness of Reason: Explaining Rationality Naturalistically ♡ 12 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 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 ♡ 13 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 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 ♡ 15 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 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.
Discovering the Golden Compass ♡ 12 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 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 ♡ 12 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 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
HOW TO MAKE A TORNADO ♡ 13 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 This is the newest title in the brilliant and bestselling 'New Scientist' series. Science tells us grand things about the universe: how fast light travels,
Four Neotropical Rainforests ♡ 13 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 The sites Floristics Birds Mammals Reptiles and amphibians Forest dynamics.
Apollo's Fire, a Day on Earth in Nature and Imagination ♡ 13 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 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 ♡ 11 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 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
Tweeting the Universe ♡ 13 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 În 140 de pagini, doi popularizatori extraordinari prezintă 140 de explicații ale celor mai importante întrebări din fizică - în forma a aproximativ 10 tweet-uri
How to Grow a Human ♡ 11 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 A cutting-edge examination of what it means to be human and to have a 'self' in the face of new scientific developments in genetic editing,
Gamers ♡ 10 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 In Gamers, writers, artists, scholars, poets, and programmers talk about what gaming means to them and discuss the growing impact of video games on fashion,
Hacking Immortality ♡ 14 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 Cheat death—or at least delay it—with this accessible look into the quest for immortality, and what it means for human civilization. Are humans close to
Bluffer's Guide to the Quantum Universe ♡ 13 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 Instantly acquire all the knowledge you need to pass as an expert in the world of quantum physics from Bluffer's Guide to the Quantum Universe.
Aldous Huxley's hands ♡ 11 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 '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 ♡ 11 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 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
Sexual Subordination and State Intervention ♡ 10 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 Surprisingly, the author comes to quite different conclusions: in studying the treatment of battered, raped, and sexually harassed women in the two countries, she has
Southern Cultures ♡ 10 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 Southern Cultures: The Fifteenth Anniversary Reader