A look at the origin of everyday household items examines the Phillips-head screwdriver, paper clips, Post-its, fast-food "clamshell" containers, and other items. Reprint. 30,000 f...Henry PetroskiVintagesábado, 4 de mayo de 2019
Discusses the characteristics of artificial intelligence techniques & problems. Provides descriptions of algorithms; techniques relevant to the construction of 'expert systems' are...Elaine RichMcgraw-Hillviernes, 3 de mayo de 2019
A New Synthesis of Mind and MatterCapra argues that at the end of the 20th century we are shifting away from the mechanistic world of Descartes and Newton to a holistic, ecological view. He establishes patterns bet...Fritjof CapraHarperCollins Publishers Ltdjueves, 25 de abril de 2019
scientific prospects and public perceptionsRemarkable advances in molecular genetics have brought benefits ranging from more flavorful tomatoes to inexpensive human insulin produced in bacteria. But not everyone welcomes th...Bernard D. DavisBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.lunes, 15 de abril de 2019
Documents the story of how scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created a human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling disco...Rebecca Skloot,Broadwaymiércoles, 10 de abril de 2019
A Beginner's GuideOffers an introduction to quantum physics, discussing its scientific basis, the philosophical problems its presents, practical applications, and potential impact on the future.Alistair I. M. RaeOneworld Publicationsjueves, 21 de marzo de 2019
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
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