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Permanent Present Tense(2014) CORKIN, DR SUZANNEWhen he was twenty-seven, Henry Molaison underwent surgery for his epilepsy. He awoke with part of his brain destroyed, and for the rest of his life would be trapped in the moment, unable to remember anything for more than a few seconds. For nearly five dVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Newton(2007) ILIFFE, ROB (, READER IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE, IMPERIAL COLLEGE, LONDON)Newton's contributions to our understanding of the heavens and the earth are considered by many to be unparalleled. This Very Short Introduction explains his remarkable scientific theories, and also uses Newton's own unpublished writings to paint a picturVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Humans Who Went Extinct(2010) FINLAYSONNeanderthals - no less than another kind of human - almost made it, finally dying out just 28,000 years ago. What caused us to survive while they went extinct? Ecology holds the clues, argues Clive Finlayson. It comes down to climate change and chance. ThVezava: Mehka18,91 € -
History of Time(2005) HOLFORD-STREVENS, LEOFRANC (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS)Leofranc Holford-Strevens explores time measurement and the organisation of time into hours, days, months and years using a range of fascinating examples from Ancient Rome and Julius Caesar's Leap Year, to the 1920s' project for a fixed Easter.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Building Europe on Expertise(2014) KOHLRAUSCH, MARTIN,TRISCHLER, HELMUTHFocusing on experts in technology and science, Building Europe on Expertise delivers a new reading of European history. The authors show that modern Europe was built by experts using their unique knowledge to shape societies, set political agendas, and esVezava: Trda61,03 € -
Why Animals Matter(2012) STAMP DAWKINS, CBE,, MARIAN (PROFESSOR OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, MARY SNOW FELLOW IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, SOMERVILLE COLLEGE, OXFORD)In a world increasingly concerned with the human species and its future, Marian Stamp Dawkins argues that we need to rethink some of the fundamental questions regarding animal welfare. How are we justified in projecting human emotions on to animals? WhatVezava: Trda29,43 € -
Stochastic Processes in Physics and Chemistry(2007) VAN KAMPEN, N.G. (INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS, UNIVERSITY OF UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS)Replaces the contrived application of the quantum master equation with a satisfactory treatment of quantum fluctuations. This work covers the fluctuations and stochastic methods for describing them. It is of interest to students and researchers in appliedVezava: Mehka136,79 € -
Myth of Mars and Venus(2008) CAMERON, DEBORAH (UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)Cameron debunks the myths about language and the sexes propagated in recent popular writing by drawing on more than 30 years of scientific research in language and gender studies. She explains what the findings really say about men and women and the way tVezava: Mehka18,91 €
