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Universe Speaks in Numbers(2021) FARMELO, GRAHAMA groundbreaking exploration of how the interplay of physics and mathematics has enriched our understanding of the universe - essential reading for anyone who wants to grasp how physicists are attempting, in Stephen Hawking's words, to 'know the mind of GVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Sexual Selection(2018) ZUK, MARLENE (PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION AND BEHAVIOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES),SIMMONS, LEIGH W. (PROFESSOR IN THE SCHOOL OF ANIMAL BIOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AND DIRECTOR OF THE UWA CENTRE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY)Sexual selection, Darwin's other big idea, is the selection for particular traits and behaviours that results from (usually) female choice and male competition. It can produce flamboyant features, such as the peacock's tail, which would seem to be detrimeVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Invisible(2015) BALL, PHILIPIf you could be invisible, what would you do? The chances are that it would have something to do with power, wealth or sex. Perhaps all three. Impulses like these have always been at the heart of our fascination with invisibility. This book offers a histoVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Fear Factor(2020) MARSH, ABIGAILA new popular science book exploring the cutting edge science explaining human altruism and psychopathy, how closely they can be mapped, and how the potential to be more compassionate and kind exists in all of us.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Genesis Quest(2021) MARSHALL, MICHAELA thrilling investigation into one of the big unanswered questions that science has to offer: the origins of life on EarthVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Astronomer's Tale(2017) FILDES, GARYSituated in the beautiful forests of Kielder, Northumberland, within Europe’s largest protected dark sky park, it offers some of the UK's most spectacular views of stars, planets and galaxies. An Astronomer’s Tale is Gary’s inspirational story: part memVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Who Ate the First Oyster?(2021) CASSIDY, CODYThe Extraordinary People Behind the Greatest Firsts in HistoryVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
New Light Through Old Windows: Exploring Contemporary Science Through 12 Classic Science Fiction Tales(2019) WEBB, STEPHENThis book presents the reader with some of the earliest classic SF short stories – all of them published between 1858 and 1934, featuring both well-known and long-forgotten writers – dealing for the first time with topics to which science had (some) answeVezava: Mehka41,57 € -
Significant Figures(2018) STEWART, PROFESSOR IANVivid accounts of the lives of 25 of the world's greatest mathematicians with clear descriptions of their far-reaching discoveries.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Island on Fire(2017) WITZE, ALEXANDRA,KANIPE, JEFFThe 1783 eruption of Laki led to Europe's year without summer - and it is due again soon.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Brief History of Mathematical Thought(2015) HEATON, LUKEAn informal guide to the evolution of mathematical language and its profound influence on our livesVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
End of Alzheimer's Programme(2020) BREDESEN, DR DALEThe practical plan to help reverse Alzheimer’s and prevent cognitive decline from the international bestselling author of The End of Alzheimer's.Vezava: Mehka28,03 € -
Beyond Words(2020) SAFINA, CARLIn a world where we measure animals by human standards, prize-winning author and MacArthur Fellow Carl Safina takes us inside their minds, witnessing their profound capacity for perception, thought and emotion.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
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Dear Professor Dyson: Twenty Years Of Correspondence Between Freeman Dyson And Undergraduate Students On Science, Technology, Society And Life(2016)Freeman Dyson has designed nuclear reactors and bomb-powered spacecraft; he has studied the origins of life and the possibilities for the long-term future;Vezava: Mehka53,46 € -
And Then You're Dead(2017) DOHERTY, PAULThe ideal stocking filler for anyone looking for some good, clean, grisly fun this Christmas.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
