Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate TheoryIn a rare blend of scientific insight and writing as elegant as the theories it explains, Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away the layers of myster...Brian GreeneLondon : Vintage Books, 2000.miércoles, 13 de marzo de 2019
Seven Paradoxical TalesAs with The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks uses case studies to illustrate the myriad ways in which neurological conditions can affect our sense of self, our expe...Sacks, Oliver W.Editors Varismiércoles, 13 de marzo de 2019
A Journey Into the World of the DeafImaginative and insightful, Seeing Voices offers a way into a world that is, for many people, alien and unfamiliar ??? for to be profoundly deaf is not just to live in a world of s...Oliver W. Sacks,Picador USAmartes, 12 de marzo de 2019
Revolutionary Science in the Age of the GuillotineParis at the time of the French Revolution was the world capital of science. Its scholars laid the foundations of today's physics, chemistry and biology. They were true revolutiona...Steve JonesLittle Brown Hardbacks (a & C)martes, 12 de marzo de 2019
Riddled with jealousy, rivalry, missed opportunities and moments of genius, the history of the atom???s discovery is as bizarre, as capricious, and as weird as the atom itself. Joh...Piers BizonyIcon Booksmartes, 12 de marzo de 2019
Darwin???s theory of evolution was for more than a century dogged by a major problem: the evidence proving the connections between the main groups of organisms was nowhere to be fo...Brian SwitekIcon Booksmartes, 12 de marzo de 2019
In 1859, Charles Darwin shocked the world with a radical theory - evolution by natural selection. One hundred and fifty years later, his theory still challenges some of our most pr...Dylan EvansIcon Books Ltdmartes, 12 de marzo de 2019
What is mathematics, and why is it such a mystery to so many people? Mathematics is the greatest creation of human intelligence. It affects us all. We depend on it in our daily liv...Ziauddin Sardar Jerry Rav...Icon Books Ltdmartes, 12 de marzo de 2019
A Graphic GuideWhat really happens at the most fundamental levels of nature?Introducing Particle Physics explores the very frontiers of our knowledge, even showing how particle physicists are now...Tom Whyntie Oliver PughIcon Books Ltdmartes, 12 de marzo de 2019
Beginning near the speed of light and proceeding to explorations of space-time and curved spaces, Introducing Relativity plots a visually accessible course through the thought expe...Bruce Bassett Ralph EdneyIcon Books Ltdmartes, 12 de marzo de 2019
Why do we breathe? What is money? How does the brain work? Why did life invent sex? Does time really exist? How does capitalism work - or not, as the case may be? Where do mountain...Marcus ChownFaber & Faberlunes, 11 de marzo de 2019
The Origins and Power of Female Body ShapeIn 'Curvology, 'Cambridge Professor of Veterinary Anatomy David Bainbridge applies the science of evolutionary biology and cutting-edge psychology to women's bodies, to explain why...David BainbridgePORTOBELLO BOOKS LTDlunes, 11 de marzo de 2019
Irrational Encounters With Plasmodial Slime MouldsThe Creeping Garden is an introduction to the mysterious world of myxomycetes, or plasmodial slime moulds. They are all around us in the natural world, but we remain blithely indif...Jasper SharpEditors Varislunes, 11 de marzo de 2019
Understanding FailureWhen planes crash, bridges collapse, and automobile gas tanks explode, we are quick to blame poor design. But Petroski, known for his masterly explanations of engineering successes...Henry PetroskiHarvard University Pressjueves, 28 de febrero de 2019
Why Earth is Exceptional - And what that Means for Life in the UniverseScience tells us that life elsewhere in the Universe is increasingly likely to be discovered. But in fact the Earth may be a very unusual planet - perhaps the only one like it in t...Waltham, DavidIcon Books Ltdmartes, 26 de febrero de 2019
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