Zbirka: Naravoslovje in matematika
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Sextant Handbook(1995) BAUER, BRUCEA guide to buying, adjusting, using, and repairing sextants. It includes a list of distributors, manufacturers, and dealers worldwide, a discussion of various trends, and hints, including sighting with eyeglasses and using a Rude starfinder.Vezava: Mehka19,62 € -
Earth(2003) REDFERN, MARTIN (, SCIENCE PRODUCER AT THE BBC SCIENCE RADIO UNIT)Exploring the geological research, this title explains how advances in the understanding of plate tectonics, seismology, and satellite imagery have enabled us to see the Earth for what it is. It introduces the concepts of continental drift, the earth's stVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Origins of Language(2014) HURFORD, JAMES R. (EMERITUS PROFESSOR, EMERITUS PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH)This book offers an accessible overview of what is known about the evolution of the human capacity for language and what sets human language apart from the simple communication systems used by non-human animals. It draws on a wide range of disciplines, inVezava: Mehka39,90 € -
Math Hysteria(2004) STEWART, IAN (, PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK)Presents magical puzzles, each one of which is spun around a tale such as: Counting the Cattle of the Sun; The Great Drain Robbery; and Preposterous Piratical Predicaments; to name but a few. This work also features many curious characters.Vezava: Mehka21,71 € -
Quantum Optics(2006) FOX, MARK (DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY, UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD)Quantum optics: an introduction is a modern textbook written primarily for advanced undergraduate and masters level students in physics. In addition to standard topics, the text includes a broad range of topics in applied quantum optics such as laser coolVezava: Mehka71,74 € -
Anthropic Cosmological Principle(1988) BARROW, JOHN D. (PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY, PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY, UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX),TIPLER, FRANK J. (PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS, PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS, TULANE UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS)A study of the anthropic cosmological principle, with reference to various scientific disciplines. The work also includes chapters on the nature of life, extraterrestrial intelligence and the quantum theory.Vezava: Mehka24,52 € -
Bright Earth(2008) BALL, PHILIPColour in art - as in life - is both inspiring and uplifting, but where does it come from?Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Why Chemical Reactions Happen(2003) KEELER, JAMES (, SENIOR LECTURER IN CHEMISTRY, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE AND FELLOW OF SELWYN COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE),WOTHERS, PETER (, TEACHING FELLOW IN CHEMISTRY, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE AND FELLOW OF ST. CATHARINE'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE)By tackling the most central ideas in chemistry, Why Chemical Reactions Happen provides the reader with all the tools and concepts needed to think like a chemist. The text takes a unified approach to the subject, avoiding the traditional divisions of physVezava: Mehka76,02 € -
Ice Age(2014) WOODWARD, JAMIE (PROFESSOR OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER)In this Very Short Introduction Jamie Woodward examines the environmental shifts that took place during the Great Ice Age of the Quaternary Period. Looking at evidence from the continents, the oceans, and the ice core records, he explores the evolution ofVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
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Modern Statistics for the Life Sciences(2002) GRAFEN, ALAN (, PROFESSOR OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD),HAILS, ROSIE S. (, PRINCIPAL SCIENTIFIC OFFICER, NERC CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY, OXFORD)Teaching statistics in a different way, this book provides several methods of model formulae and the General Linear Model. It is aimed at undergraduate students in the life sciences, and also for many graduate students.Vezava: Mehka99,74 € -
Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum(2008) RICHARD A. FORTEYVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Introductory Statistical Mechanics(1999) BOWLEY, ROGER (DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS, DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS, UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM),SANCHEZ, MARIANAStatistical mechanics is the theory underlying condensed matter physics. This book outlines the theory in a simple and progressive way, at a level suitable for undergraduates. It also includes chapters on phase transitions, problems at the end of each chaVezava: Mehka97,99 € -
Sense and Nonsense(2011) LALAND, KEVIN N. (PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, UK),BROWN, GILLIAN (LECTURER, SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, UK)This book asks whether evolution can help us to understand human behaviour and explores diverse evolutionary methods and arguments. It provides a short, readable introduction to the science behind the works of Dawkins, Dennett, Wilson and Pinker. It is wiVezava: Mehka79,60 € -
Modern Introduction to Quantum Field Theory(2004) MAGGIORE, MICHELE (, DEPARTMENT OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS, UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA, SWITZERLAND)Quantum field theory has undergone extraordinary developments and permeates many branches of modern research such as particle physics, cosmology, condensed matter, statistical mechanics and critical phenomena. This book introduces the reader to the modernVezava: Mehka71,74 € -
Darwin(2001) HOWARD, JONATHAN (PROFESSOR OF CELL GENETICS, INSTITUTE OF GENETICS, PROFESSOR OF CELL GENETICS, INSTITUTE OF GENETICS, UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE, GERMANY)Darwin's theory that our ancestors were apes caused a furore in the scientific world and outside it when The Origin of Species was published in 1859. Analysing Darwin's major insights and arguments, this work reasserts the importance of his work for the dVezava: Mehka14,01 €
