Научная литература

Search for New Numbers
The birth of numbers from natural numbers to complex numbers was studied in this book. The law of the construction new numbers on the basis of already known ones is found
Год: 2019
Производитель: ИЦ Свет
Артикул: 716611
ISBN: 978-5-9071-4173-5
Автор: Тельнин Вячеслав Павлович
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Evolution. Development within Big History, Evolutionary and World-System Paradigms
"Эволюция: Развитие в рамках мегаистории, эволюционной и мир-системной парадигм". Альманах на английском языке.The application of the evolutionary approach to the history of nature and society has remained one of the most effective ways to conceptualize and integrate our growing knowledge of the Universe, life, society and human thought. The present volume demonstrates this in a rather convincing way. This is the third issue of the Almanac series titled 'Evolution'. The first volume came out with the sub-heading 'Cosmic, Biological, and Social', the second was entitled 'Evolution: A Big History Perspective'. The present volume is subtitled Development within Big History. Evolutionary and World-System Paradigms. In addition to the straightforward evolutionary approach, it also reflects such adjacent approaches as Big History, the world-system analysis, as well as globalization paradigm and long wave theory. The volume includes a number of the exciting works in these fields.The Almanac consists of five sections. The first section (Globalization as an Evolutionary Process: Yesterday and Today) contains articles demonstrating that the Evolutionary studies is capable of creating a common platform for the world-system approach, globalization studies, and the economic long-wave theory. The articles of the second section {Society, Energy, and Future) discuss the role of energy in the universal evolution, human history and the future of humankind. The third section (Aspects of Social Development) touches upon four aspects of social evolution technological, environmental, cultural, and political. The fourth section (The Driving Forces and Patterns of Evolution) deals with various phases of megaevolution. There is also a final section which is devoted to discussions of contemporary evolutionism.This Almanac will be useful both for those who study interdisciplinary macro-problems and for specialists working in focused directions, as well as for those who arc interested in evolutionary issues of Cosmology, Biology, History, Anthropology, Economics and other areas of study. More than that, this edition will challenge and excite your vision of your own life and the new discoveries going on around us!

Серия: Для студентов и преподавателей
Год: 2013
Производитель: Учитель
Артикул: 443663
ISBN: 978-5-7057-3742-0, 978-5-7057-4027-7
Автор: Гринин Леонид, Коротаев Андрей Витальевич
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

The Origin Of Species
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'How fleeting are the wishes and efforts of man! how short his time! and consequently how poor will his products be, compared with those accumulated by nature during whole geological periods.' Still considered one of the most important and groundbreaking works of science ever written, Darwin's eminently readable exploration of the evolutionary process challenged most of the strong beliefs of the Western world. Forced to question the idea of the Creator, mid-nineteenth century readers were faced with Darwin's theories on the laws of natural selection and the randomness of evolution, causing massive controversy at the time. However, Darwin's theories remain instrumental in providing the backbone to modern biology today.

Серия: Collins Classics
Год: 2011
Производитель: HarperCollins
Артикул: 403559
ISBN: 978-0-00-790223-1
Автор: Darwin Charles
Гендер: Мужчины
Категория: Научная литература

Life on the Orinoco
The Orinoco River is one of the longest rivers in the world. Many lives depend on this river. Many people, animals and plants live in or near the water. However, things are changing on the Orinoco. Why? What will happen to life on the Orinoco?

Серия: Footprint Reading Library
Год: 2008
Производитель: Thomson Heinle
Артикул: 814703
ISBN: 9781424010479
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

History & Mathematics. Historical and Technologocal Dynamics. Factors, Cycles, and Trends
The present Yearbook is subtitled Historical and Technological Dynamics: Factors, Cycles, and Trends. Its articles demonstrate different forms, patterns, and modes of evolutionary development of societies and their subsystems both over very long periods (in fact, the whole historical process) and over relatively short time intervals. We believe that without an in-depth analysis of the forms and mechanisms of development, it is more difficult to understand both the dynamics of the historical process and many contemporary issues rooted in history.The issue consists of three sections: (I) Long-term Dynamics Factors; (II) Political Cyclicity and Trends; (III) Technological Dynamics and Phases. We hope that this issue will be interesting and useful both for historians and mathematicians, as well as for all those dealing with various social and natural sciences.

Серия: Для студентов и преподавателей
Год: 2022
Производитель: Учитель
Артикул: 858363
ISBN: 978-5-7057-6106-7
Автор: Гринин Леонид Ефимович, Коротаев Андрей Витальевич, Гринин Антон Леонидович
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Trading in Air. Mitigating Climate Change Through the Carbon Markets
"Trading in Air" provides a comprehensive insight into opportunities and challenges to achieve greenhouse gas emissions reductions through the carbon markets, with a focus on transition economies. Chapter I tracks the evolution of the global carbon markets. Chapter II discusses the legal framework under the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol. Chapter III explores emissions reduction projects under Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol and, among other things, uses Russia's approach to implementing Jl projects as an illustration. Chapter IV considers the future of climate regulation after 2012. The book is an indispensable working tool for regulators, market participants, and other parties interested in climate regulation.
Год: 2010
Производитель: Инфотропик
Артикул: 385521
ISBN: 978-5-9998-0004-6
Автор: Gutbrod Max, Sitnikov Sergei
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Uniform formula of interaction of fields and bodie
В книге "Единая формула взаимодействия полей и тел" исследован процесс взаимодействия (формула взаимодействия) полей между собой и взаимодействие полей с телами, находящимися в этих полях. Выведена единая формула силы взаимодействия полей и тел. Любое поле представляет собой пространство, заполненное движущимися микрочастицами.Процесс взаимодействия микрочастиц полей между собой и с телами, находящимися в этих полях состоит в следующем. Направленный поток микрочастиц поля, создаёт на эквипотенциальных поверхностях напряжённость. Напряжённость представляет собой способность направленно движущихся микрочастиц произвести действие (давление).Введено понятие давления. Определена формула взаимодействия микрочастиц поля с телом или другим полем, внесённым в это поле. Формула взаимодействия заключается в следующем: При внесении на эквипотенциальную поверхность поля, какого либо тела или другого поля, поток микрочастиц поля создаёт давление на внесённое тело или на микрочастицы внесённого поля. Давление переходит в силу, приложенную к внесённому телу, или микрочастицам внесённого поля. Сила - причина ускорения. Тело или микрочастицы внесённого поля получают ускорение и скорость. С помощью единой формулы силы взаимодействия полей и тел получены формулы сил взаимодействия ряда полей, окружающего нас мира. Используя единую формулу силы взаимодействия полей и тел, выведены формулы сил, полученные экспериментально на протяжении нескольких столетий Ньютоном, Кулоном, Ампером, Лапласом, Омом, Джоулем, Ленцем, Лоренцем и др. Получены формулы взаимодействия кулоновского поля и ядерного поля атомов. Получена формула силы взаимодействия магнитного поля постоянного магнита с телом, находящимся между полюсами магнита.Издание на английском языке.
Год: 2012
Производитель: У Никитских ворот
Артикул: 343025
ISBN: 978-5-91366-311-5, 978-5-91366-424-2
Автор: Gurevich G. S
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Chemistry. Medical aspects. Tutorial guide
The manual is written for English-speaking foreign students of General Medicine, Pediatric, Dental, and Preventive Medicine departments and devised according to FSES Higher Professional Education requirements for "Chemistry" discipline. Each chapter contains theoretical part, control questions, detailed solution of typical problem tasks, exercises for self-work of students, test and key words with translation into Russian. The most important feature of this book is an emphasis on medical aspects of studied phenomena. Situational tasks, exercises and tests, necessary for the complete understanding of chemistry, have medical and biological directivity and help to formation of medical students competences.
Год: 2022
Производитель: ГЭОТАР-Медиа
Артикул: 865702
ISBN: 978-5-9704-7057-2
Автор: Poprygina Tatiana Dmitrievna, Ilinova Tatiana Nikolaevna, Ponomareva Natalia Ivanovna
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Bioorganic Chemistry
Изложены основы дисциплины "Биоорганическая химия" с учетом современных представлений о структуре и химических превращениях органических соединений, участвующих в процессах жизнедеятельности. Для студентов медицинских университетов, обучающихся на английском языке по специальностям "Лечебное дело" и "Стоматология". Может быть полезно магистрантам и аспирантам при подготовке к кандидатскому экзамену по английскому языку.2-е издание.
Год: 2020
Производитель: Новое знание
Артикул: 768648
ISBN: 978-985-24-0062-6
Автор: Ринейская Ольга Николаевна, Романовский Иосиф Витольдович, Лахвич Федор Федорович
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

This Book Could Save Your Life. The Science of Living Longer Better
A myth-busting, scientifically proven guide to making you live longer and live healthier - without the faddy dietsWe all want to be healthier, stronger and live longer, but what really works?From stress to saturated fats, HIIT to HRT, veganism to vitamins, This Book Could Save Your Life debunks the fads and explores the real science of better health.What's the best way to lose weight (and keep it off)?How can you ensure a good night's sleep?What are the real superfoods?How can you minimise the risks of getting diabetes, cancer or Alzheimer's?And how can you slow the ageing process?Cutting through confusing statistics and terrifying headlines, here is the truth about dieting, drugs, 10, 000 steps a day, bacon, calorie-counting, coffee, dairy, sleep, fibre, hangovers, salt, sugar, cardio, sunscreen, statins, vitamins, and much more.Full of the latest research and ground-breaking evidence, packed with useful advice, this book really could save your life.
Год: 2021
Производитель: John Murray
Артикул: 1007934
ISBN: 9781529311310
Автор: Lawton Graham
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

History & Mathematics. Entropy and Destabilization. Yearbook
The present Yearbook is subtitled Entropy and Destabilization. It is the tenth in the series. The study of the forms and causes of destabilization is extremely important, because no regime, no society, no system is immune to destabilization. Destabilization, or at least the threat of it, is an inevitable stage in the historical development of any society. The question is to what extent a society is capable of resisting it, how institutionalized and adap tive it is. The articles of this issue are devoted to the various manifestations of destabiliza tion, its different forms, patterns and causes in the past and present.The issue consists of four sections: (I) Historical Aspects', (II) Social and Cultural Aspects-, (III) Factors of Destabilization', (IV) Reviews and Notes.We hope that this issue will be interesting and useful both for historians and mathe maticians, as well as for all those dealing with various social and natural sciences.

Серия: Для студентов и преподавателей
Год: 2023
Производитель: Учитель
Артикул: 982724
ISBN: 978-5-7057-6233-0
Автор: Grinin Leonid E., Korotayev Andrey V., Harper Antony
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Design and Build Flotocombines and Water Combines Based on the Principle of Biosimile
In the monograph offered to the attention of readers, for the first time in the world literature, both the theoretical foundations for creating flotocombines based on a multi-stage and generalized flotation model are considered, and practical recommendations based on the principles of biosimile. Possible schemes of flotocombines of the KBS type and special purpose are shown.New aeration systems for use in various flotation apparatus, including flotocombines, are considered. Practical examples of the use of new flotation equipment are described.It is offered to a wide range of readers, including researchers, university professors, graduate students, masters, bachelors and senior students.
Год: 2021
Производитель: ИД Научная библиотека
Артикул: 932640
ISBN: 978-5-907497-24-5
Автор: Ksenofontov Boris Semenovich
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

The Descent of Man
In The Descent of Man Darwin addresses many of the issues raised by his notorious Origin of Species: finding in the traits and instincts of animals the origins of the mental abilities of humans, of language, of our social structures and our moral capacities, he attempts to show that there is no clear dividing line between animals and humans. Most importantly, he accounts for what Victorians called the 'races' of mankind by means of what he calls sexual selection. This book presents a full explanation of Darwin's ideas about sexual selection, including his belief that many important characteristics of human beings and animals have emerged in response to competition for mates.This was a controversial work. Yet Darwin tried hard to avoid being branded as a radical revolutionary. He is steeped in Victorian sensibilities regarding gender and cultural differences: he sees human civilization as a move from barbarous savagery to modern gentlefolk, and women as more emotional and less intellectual than men, thus providing a biological basis for the social assumptions and prejudices of the day. The Descent of Man played a major role in the emergence of social Darwinism.This complete version of the first edition gives the modern reader an unparalleled opportunity to engage directly with Darwin's proposals, launched in the midst of continuing controversy over On the Origin of Species.Janet Browne is the author of the prize-winning biography, Charles Darwin: Voyaging and Charles Darwin: The Power of Place.

Серия: World Literature
Год: 2013
Производитель: Wordsworth
Артикул: 844322
ISBN: 9781840226980
Автор: Darwin Charles
Гендер: Мужчины
Категория: Научная литература

Earth
Become an Earth expert and find out all you need to know about our planet - from the tallest mountain to the deepest ocean trenches - in this brilliant mini-book.With Earth facts at your fingertips, Pocket Eyewitness Earth makes learning about our blue-and-green planet fun. Bite-sized chunks of information and stunning images help you explore Earth's volcanoes, mountains, rivers, forests, and seas. There are chapters, too, on weather and climate.Packed with profiles on more than 180 of Earth's major features you'll soon become a know-it-all on all things Earth. Get the facts and stats on the Nile, the world's longest river at 6, 650 km (4, 130 miles), see incredible pictures of giant crystals that weigh 55 tonnes each, and find out about the Mississippi tornado that tossed a train into the air.All this and more can be discovered in Pocket Eyewitness Earth, the handy pocket-sized encyclopedia of everything you need to know about our world!

Серия: Pocket Eyewitness
Год: 2018
Производитель: Dorling Kindersley
Артикул: 793040
ISBN: 9780241343647
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

The Bomber Mafia. A Tale of Innovation and Obsession
The New York Times Bestseller'A parable written for the age of technological disruption . . . brilliantly told' Sunday Times The international bestselling author returns with an exploration of one of the grandest obsessions of the twentieth century'The Bomber Mafia is a case study in how dreams go awry. When some shiny new idea drops from the heavens, it does not land softly in our laps. It lands hard, on the ground, and shatters.'In the years before the Second World War, in a sleepy air force base in central Alabama, a small group of renegade pilots put forth a radical idea. What if we made bombing so accurate that wars could be fought entirely from the air? What if we could make the brutal clashes between armies on the ground a thing of the past?This book tells the story of what happened when that dream was put to the test. The Bomber Mafia follows the stories of a reclusive Dutch genius and his homemade computer, Winston Churchill's forbidding best friend, a team of pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard, a brilliant pilot who sang vaudeville tunes to his crew, and the bomber commander, Curtis Emerson LeMay, who would order the bloodiest attack of the Second World War.In this tale of innovation and obsession, Gladwell asks: what happens when technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war? And what is the price of progress?

Серия: Penguin Non-Fiction
Год: 2022
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 923721
ISBN: 9780141998404
Автор: Gladwell Malcolm
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Stars
A brand-new edition of this bestselling Gem, featuring individual charts for all 88 constellations, a star atlas of the entire sky and details of the brightest stars and objects of interest which can be seen with the naked eye, binoculars and small telescopes.Collins Gem Stars provides details of all 88 constellations of the Northern and Southern hemispheres, complete with star charts and a star atlas of the entire sky, ideal for practical observation of the stars throughout the world all year round.

Серия: Collins Gem
Год: 2004
Производитель: Collins
Артикул: 896844
ISBN: 9780007178582
Автор: Ridpath Ian
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

The Origin of Species
'A grain in the balance will determine which individual shall live and which shall die...'.Darwin's theory of natural selection issued a profound challenge to orthodox thought and belief: no being or species has been specifically created; all are locked into a pitiless struggle for existence, with extinction looming for those not fitted for the task. Yet The Origin of Species (1859) is also a humane and inspirational vision of ecological interrelatedness, revealing the complex mutual interdependencies between animal and plant life, climate and physical environment, and - by implication - within the human world. Written for the general reader, in a style which combines the rigour of science with the subtlety of literature, The Origin of Species remains one of the founding documents of the modern age.

Серия: World Literature
Год: 2021
Производитель: Wordsworth
Артикул: 808846
ISBN: 9781853267802
Автор: Darwin Charles
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

An Idea Can Go Extinct
Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As humans have driven the living planet to the brink of collapse, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend it. Their words have endured, becoming the classics that define the environmental movement today.This is Bill McKibben's impassioned, groundbreaking account of how, by changing the earth's entire atmosphere, the weather and the most basic forces around us, 'we are ending nature.'

Серия: Green Ideas
Год: 2021
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 888788
ISBN: 9780241514412
Автор: McKibben Bill
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Every Species is a Masterpiece
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.Every Species is a Masterpiece brings together some of Edward O. Wilson's most profound and significant writings on the rich diversity of life on Earth, our place in it, and our obligation to conserve the planet's fragile ecosystems.Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend the planet, and affirm our place at the heart of its restoration. Their words have endured through the decades, becoming the classics of a movement. Together, these books show the richness of environmental thought, and point the way to a fairer, saner, greener world.

Серия: Green Ideas
Год: 2021
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 888790
ISBN: 9780241514559
Автор: Wilson Edward O
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

The Clan of One-Breasted Women
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.With honesty, passion and heart, Terry Tempest Williams's essays explore the impact of nuclear testing, the vital importance of environmental legislation, and the guiding spirit of conservation.Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend the planet, and affirm our place at the heart of its restoration. Their words have endured through the decades, becoming the classics of a movement. Together, these books show the richness of environmental thought, and point the way to a fairer, saner, greener world.

Серия: Green Ideas
Год: 2021
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 888791
ISBN: 9780241514580
Автор: Williams Terry Tempest
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Научная литература

More From Less. The surprising story of how we learned to prosper using fewer resources
'Everyone knows we're doomed by runaway overpopulation, pollution, or resource depletion, whichever comes first. Not only is this view paralysing and fatalistic, but, as Andrew McAfee shows in this exhilarating book, it's wrong... More from Less is fascinating, enjoyable to read, and tremendously empowering' Steven PinkerBestselling author and co-director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy Andrew McAfee says there's a new reason for optimism: we're past the point of 'peak stuff' - from here on out, it'll take fewer resources to make things, and cost less to lead a comfortable life.This turn of events invalidates the predictions of overpopulation alarmists and those who argue we need to drastically reduce our conception of how much is enough. What has made this turnabout possible? One thing primarily: the collaboration between technology and capitalism.Capitalism's quest for higher profits is a quest for lower costs; materials and resources are expensive, and technological progress allows companies to use fewer of them even as they grow their markets. Modern smartphones take the place of cameras, GPS units, landline telephones, answering machines, tape recorders and alarm clocks. Precision agriculture lets farmers harvest larger crops while using less water and fertiliser. Passenger cars get lighter, which makes them cheaper to produce and more fuel-efficient. This means that, even though there'll be more people in the future, and they'll be wealthier and consume more, they'll do so while using fewer natural resources. For the first time ever, and for all time to come, humans will live more prosperous lives while treading more lightly on the Earth.The future is not all bright, cautions McAfee. He warns of issues that still haven't been fully solved. (For example, our oceans are still vulnerable to overfishing; global warming is still running largely unchecked; and even as 'dematerialisation' - the reduced need for raw materials - improves our global situation, power and resources are getting more concentrated. That creates an even larger division between the haves and the have nots.)More From Less is a revelatory, paradigm-shifting account of how we've stumbled into an unexpected balance with nature, and the possibility that our most abundant centuries are ahead of us.
Год: 2020
Производитель: Simon & Schuster
Артикул: 846803
ISBN: 9781471180361
Автор: McAFEE Andrew
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

A Checklist of the Palaearctic Procridinae (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae)
A revised checklist of the Palaearctic Procridinae is given. The order of tribes, genera and species differs from that published in the previous checklists (Efetov & Tarmann, 1995; 1999). Artonini are placed at the beginning as they are considered to represent a more ancient group than Procridini. The 'Clelea-group' as well as Chrysartona, Hysteroscene, Tasema, Morionia, and Inope are transferred to Artonini. Funeralia is transferred to Procridini. The order of the genera Theresimima, Rhagades, Zygaenoprocris, Adscita, Jordanita and their subgenera is in accordance with the latest phylogenetic investigations (Efetov, 2004; 2005) and new molecular data (Efetov et al., 2010; 2011; 2012).The following taxa are newly described: Fuscartona Efetov & Tarmann, gen. n., Striartona Efetov & Tarmann, gen. n., Pseudoilliberis Efetov & Tarmann, gen. n., and Nikilliberis Efetov & Tarmann, subgen. n. In addition, Hedina Alberti, 1954, stat. n., and Zama Herrich-Schaffer, 1855, stat. rev., are raised from subgeneric to generic rank.
Год: 2012
Производитель: CSMU Press
Артикул: 507168
ISBN: 9789668926662
Автор: Efetov Konstantin A., Tarmann Gerhard M
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Chrysartona Swinhoe 1892 (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae, Procridinae)
In the present work we attempt to provide a complete overview of the contemporary knowledge on Chrysartona Swinhoe, 1892, summarizing already published and new information in one volume. This includes all known data on systematics, distribution and biology. All taxa are figured in colour. Photographs of the type specimens and their labels, and drawings of the genitalia of all known species are presented. A key to the subgenera and species is provided.
Год: 2008
Производитель: CSMU Press
Артикул: 507167
ISBN: 9662969187
Автор: Efetov Konstantin A., Tarmann Gerhard M
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

The Most Dammed Country in the World
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.The courageous, unflinching speeches and writings collected in The Most Dammed Country in the World detail the devastating human and environmental cost of China's economic rise.Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend the planet, and affirm our place at the heart of its restoration. Their words have endured through the decades, becoming the classics of a movement. Together, these books show the richness of environmental thought, and point the way to a fairer, saner, greener world.

Серия: Green Ideas
Год: 2021
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 888792
ISBN: 9780241514597
Автор: Dai Qing
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Think Like a Mountain
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.In this lyrical meditation on America's wildlands, Aldo Leopold considers the different ways humans shape the natural landscape, and describes for the first time the far-reaching phenomenon now known as 'trophic cascades'.Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend the planet, and affirm our place at the heart of its restoration. Their words have endured through the decades, becoming the classics of a movement. Together, these books show the richness of environmental thought, and point the way to a fairer, saner, greener world.

Серия: Green Ideas
Год: 2021
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 888796
ISBN: 9780241514665
Автор: Leopold Aldo
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

We Belong to Gaia
In 20 short books, Penguin Classics brings you the new canon of great environmental worksOver the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As humans have driven the living planet to the brink of collapse, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend it. Their words have endured, becoming the classics that define the environmental movement today.Here, James Lovelock draws on decades of wisdom to lay out the history of our remarkable planet, to show that it is not ours to be exploited - and warns us that it is fighting back.

Серия: Green Ideas
Год: 2021
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 888794
ISBN: 9780241514641
Автор: Lovelock James
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

What I Stand for Is What I Stand On
In 20 short books, Penguin Classics brings you the new canon of great environmental worksOver the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As humans have driven the living planet to the brink of collapse, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend it. Their words have endured, becoming the classics that define the environmental movement today.From the ravages of the global economy to the great pleasures of growing a garden, these powerful essays represent a heartfelt call for humankind to mend our broken relationship with the earth, and with each other.

Серия: Green Ideas
Год: 2021
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 888795
ISBN: 9780241514658
Автор: Berry Wendell
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Hedgerow & Wildlife. A Guide to Animals and Plants of the Hedgerow
Hedgerows are one of the richest sources of wildlife in Britain. They have evolved over centuries (18th and 19th centuries predominantly but some date from pre-Roman times), and their importance is still vital today. Hedgerows are one of the richest sources of wildlife in Britain. They have evolved over centuries (18th and 19th centuries predominantly but some date from pre-Roman times), and their importance is still vital today. This book offers an insight into hedgerow wildlife: how they developed (and are managed by man), how to identify different types, and what plants, birds, insects and small mammals can be found inside.A mixed hedge may contain species such as elder, blackthorn, hawthorn, hazel, crab apple and field maple, is a refuge for wildlife: tortoiseshell and cabbage white butterflies; linnets, wrens, dunnocks, blackbirds and chaffinches; bank voles and badgers. The plant life is equally as rich: the rose, honeysuckle, primrose, garlic mustard and the hedge woundwort.This quintessential part of the English landscape can be enjoyed all the more with this little guide to the wildlife wonders inside the hedgerows.
Год: 2008
Производитель: National Trust Books
Артикул: 899823
ISBN: 9781905400607
Автор: Eastoe Jane
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Human Universe
Where are we? Are we alone? Who are we? Why are we here? What is our future? Human Universe tackles some of the greatest questions that humans have asked to try and understand the very nature of ourselves and the Universe in which we live.Through the endless leaps of human minds, it explores the extraordinary depth of our knowledge today and where our curiosity may lead us in the future. With groundbreaking insight it reveals how time, physics and chemistry came together to create a creature that can wonder at its own existence, blessed with an unquenchable thirst to discover not just where it came from, but how it can think, where it is going and if it is alone.
Год: 2015
Производитель: William Collins
Артикул: 897390
ISBN: 9780008125080
Автор: Cohen Andrew, Cox Brian
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

The Planets
A companion book to the critically acclaimed BBC series.The bestselling authors of Wonders of the Universe are back with another blockbuster, a groundbreaking exploration of our Solar System as it has never been seen before.Mercury, a lifeless victim of the Sun's expanding power. Venus, once thought to be lush and fertile, now known to be trapped within a toxic and boiling atmosphere. Mars, the red planet, doomed by the loss of its atmosphere. Jupiter, twice the size of all the other planets combined, but insubstantial. Saturn, a stunning celestial beauty, the jewel of our Solar System. Uranus, the sideways planet and the first ice giant. Neptune, dark, cold and whipped by supersonic winds. Pluto, the dwarf planet, a frozen rock.Andrew Cohen and Professor Brian Cox take readers on a voyage of discovery, from the fiery heart of our Solar System, to its mysterious outer reaches. They touch on the latest discoveries that have expanded our knowledge of the planets, their moons and how they come to be.
Год: 2023
Производитель: William Collins
Артикул: 801082
ISBN: 9780008280574
Автор: Cohen Andrew, Cox Brian
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Mathematical Modeling of Financial and Economic Organization Processes
This textbook is intended for practical and theoretical classes in the discipline "Mathematical modeling of financial and economic processes", which are conducted in order to study and master the theoretical foundations and practical skills of modeling with the use of mathematical apparatus and quantitative analysis of real economic processes and phenomena. The purpose of the textbook is to help students specializing in economics and other fields to check the quality of mastering the lecture material. Systematic implementation of tasks for independent work by students will provide a deeper understanding and memorization of the educational material.

Серия: Экономика, финансы
Год: 2021
Производитель: ИД Научная библиотека
Артикул: 932610
ISBN: 978-5-907497-03-0
Автор: Звягин Леонид Сергеевич, Свиридова О. А
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

On Natural Selection
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization, and helped make us who we are.

Серия: Penguin Great Ideas
Год: 2004
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 886786
ISBN: 9780141018966
Автор: Darwin Charles
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Sway. Unravelling Unconscious Bias
For the first time, behavioural and data scientist, activist and writer Dr Pragya Agarwal unravels the way our implicit or 'unintentional' biases affect the way we communicate and perceive the world, how they affect our decision-making, and how they reinforce and perpetuate systemic and structural inequalities.Sway is a thoroughly researched and comprehensive look at unconscious bias and how it impacts day-to-day life, from job interviews to romantic relationships to saving for retirement. It covers a huge number of sensitive topics - sexism, racism, ageism, homophobia, colourism - with tact, and combines statistics with stories to paint a fuller picture and enhance understanding. Throughout, Pragya clearly delineates theories with a solid grounding in science, answering questions such as: do our roots for prejudice lie in our evolutionary past? What happens in our brains when we are biased? How has bias affected technology? If we don't know about it, are we really responsible for it?At a time when partisan political ideologies are taking centre stage, and we struggle to make sense of who we are and who we want to be, it is crucial that we understand why we act the way we do. This book will enables us to open our eyes to our own biases in a scientific and non-judgmental way.
Год: 2021
Производитель: Bloomsbury
Артикул: 922003
ISBN: 9781472971388
Автор: Agarwal Pragya
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Gulp. Travels Around the Gut
For fans of Gut by Giulia EndersEating is the most pleasurable, gross, necessary, unspeakable biological process we undertake. But very few of us realise what strange wet miracles of science operate inside us after every meal - let alone have pondered the results (of the research). How have physicists made crisps crispier? What do laundry detergent and saliva have in common? Was self-styled 'nutritional economist' Horace Fletcher right to persuade millions of people that chewing a bite of shallot seven hundred times would yield double the vitamins? In her trademark, laugh-out-loud style, Mary Roach breaks bread with spit connoisseurs, beer and pet-food tasters, stomach slugs, potato crisp engineers, enema exorcists, rectum-examining prison guards, competitive hot dog eaters, Elvis' doctor, and many more as she investigates the beginning, and the end, of our food.
Год: 2016
Производитель: Oneworld Publications
Артикул: 954350
ISBN: 9781780749891
Автор: Roach Mary
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
These seven short lessons guide us, with simplicity and clarity, through the scientific revolution that shook physics in the twentieth century and still continues to shake us today. In this mind-bending overview of modern physics, Carlo Rovelli explains Einstein's theory of general relativity, quantum mechanics, black holes, the complex architecture of the universe, elementary particles, gravity, and the nature of the mind. Not since Richard Feynman's celebrated Six Easy Pieces has physics been so vividly, intelligently and entertainingly revealed.
Год: 2016
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 969030
ISBN: 9780141981727
Автор: Rovelli Carlo
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

I Contain Multitudes. The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
Your body is teeming with tens of trillions of microbes. It's an entire world, a colony full of life. In other words, you contain multitudes.They sculpt our organs, protect us from diseases, guide our behaviour, and bombard us with their genes. They also hold the key to understanding all life on earth.In I Contain Multitudes, Ed Yong opens our eyes and invites us to marvel at ourselves and other animals in a new light, less as individuals and more as thriving ecosystems. You'll never think about your mind, body or preferences in the same way again.
Год: 2017
Производитель: Vintage books
Артикул: 721244
ISBN: 9781784700171
Автор: Yong Ed
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Power Play. Elon Musk, Tesla, and the Bet of the Century
*A Wall Street Journal Business Bestseller*A deeply reported and business-savvy chronicle of Tesla's wild ride - Walter IsaacsonA masterclass in narrative journalism - Bradley HopeExemplary - The TimesAn exceptional work - Washington PostInside the outrageous, come-from-behind story of Elon Musk and Tesla's bid to build the world's greatest car and the race to drive the future.Elon Musk is among the most controversial titans of Silicon Valley. To some he's a genius and a visionary and to others he's a mercurial huckster. Billions of dollars have been gained and lost on his tweets and his personal exploits are the stuff of tabloids. But for all his outrageous talk of mind-uploading and space travel, his most audacious vision is the one closest to the ground: the electric car.When Tesla was founded in the 2000s, electric cars were novelties, trotted out and thrown on the scrap heap by carmakers for more than a century. But where most onlookers saw only failure, a small band of Silicon Valley engineers and entrepreneurs saw potential and they pitted themselves against the biggest, fiercest business rivals in the world, setting out to make a car that was quicker, sexier, smoother, cleaner than the competition.Tesla would undergo a truly hellish fifteen years, beset by rivals, pressured by investors, hobbled by whistleblowers, buoyed by its loyal supporters. Musk himself would often prove Tesla's worst enemy--his antics repeatedly taking the company he had funded himself to the brink of collapse. Was he an underdog, an antihero, a conman, or some combination of the three?Wall Street Journal tech and auto reporter Tim Higgins had a front-row seat for the drama: the pileups, wrestling for control, meltdowns, and the unlikeliest outcome of all, success. A story of power, recklessness, struggle, and triumph, Power Play is an exhilarating look at how a team of eccentrics and innovators beat the odds... and changed the future.
Год: 2022
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 923705
ISBN: 9780753554395
Автор: Higgins Tim
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Reality Is Not What It Seems. The Journey to Quantum Gravity
Do space and time truly exist? What is reality made of? Can we understand its deep texture?Scientist Carlo Rovelli has spent his whole life exploring these questions and pushing the boundaries of what we know. In this mind-expanding book, he shows how our understanding of reality has changed throughout centuries, from Democritus to loop quantum gravity. Taking us on a wondrous journey, he invites us to imagine a whole new world where black holes are waiting to explode, spacetime is made up of grains, and infinity does not exist -- a vast universe still largely undiscovered.
Год: 2017
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 968940
ISBN: 9780141983219
Автор: Rovelli Carlo
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Weapons of Math Destruction. How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
In this New York Times bestseller, Cathy O'Neil, one of the first champions of algorithmic accountability, sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life - and threaten to rip apart our social fabric.We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives - where we go to school, whether we get a loan, how much we pay for insurance - are being made not by humans, but by mathematical models. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: everyone is judged according to the same rules, and bias is eliminated. And yet, as Cathy O'Neil reveals in this urgent and necessary book, the opposite is true. The models being used today are opaque, unregulated, and incontestable, even when they're wrong. Most troubling, they reinforce discrimination. Tracing the arc of a person's life, O'Neil exposes the black box models that shape our future, both as individuals and as a society. These "weapons of math destruction" score teachers and students, sort CVs, grant or deny loans, evaluate workers, target voters, and monitor our health.O'Neil calls on modellers to take more responsibility for their algorithms and on policy makers to regulate their use. But in the end, it's up to us to become more savvy about the models that govern our lives. This important book empowers us to ask the tough questions, uncover the truth, and demand change.
Год: 2017
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 931601
ISBN: 9780141985411
Автор: O`Neil Cathy
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

An Appetite for Wonder. The Making of a Scientist
An early memoir from the world's most famous atheist, and scientist. Born to parents who were enthusiastic naturalists, and linked through his wider family to a clutch of accomplished scientists, Richard Dawkins was bound to have biology in his genes. But what were the influences that shaped his life? And who inspired him to become the pioneering scientist and public thinker now famous (and infamous to some) around the world?In An Appetite for Wonder we join him on a personal journey from an enchanting childhood in colonial Africa, through the eccentricities of boarding school in England, to his studies at the University of Oxford's dynamic Zoology Department, which sparked his radical new vision of Darwinism, The Selfish Gene. Through Dawkins's honest self-reflection, touching reminiscences and witty anecdotes, we are finally able to understand the private influences that shaped the public man who, more than anyone else in his generation, explained our own origins.
Год: 2014
Производитель: Black Swan
Артикул: 889948
ISBN: 9780552779050
Автор: Dawkins Richard
Гендер: Мужчины
Категория: Научная литература

Endurance. The Extraordinary True Story of My Year in Space
From the Nasa astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station what it s like out there and what it s like now, back here. Enter Scott Kelly's fascinating world and dare to think of your own a little differently.As soon as you realize you aren t going to die, space is the most fun you ll ever have...The veteran of four space flights and the American record holder for most consecutive days spent in space, Scott Kelly has experienced things very few of us ever have and very few of us ever will.Kelly's humanity, compassion, humour, and passion shine as he describes navigating the extreme challenge of long-term spaceflight, both existential and banal. He touches on what s happened to his body, the sadness of being isolated from everyone he loves; the pressures of constant close cohabitation; the catastrophic risks of colliding with space junk, and the still more haunting threat of being absent should tragedy strike at home.From a natural storyteller Endurance is one of the finest examples the triumph of the human imagination, the strength of the human will, and the boundless wonder of the galaxy.
Год: 2018
Производитель: Black Swan
Артикул: 891315
ISBN: 9781784162658
Автор: Kelly Scott
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Astrophysics
From the birth of stars to the movements of planetary systems and the galaxies themselves, astrophysics provides us with the tools to understand the universe we live in. Whether searching for extra-terrestrial life, managing the effects of space weather, or learning about dark matter, the study of the cosmos has profound implications for us all.Ranging across the whole breadth of the subject, Knowledge in a Nutshell: Astrophysics explains everything from the theory of relativity to the Big Bang in easy-to-understand language.Filled with helpful diagrams and simple summaries of complex theories, this essential introduction brings you all the great ideas about the nature of space.

Серия: Knowledge in a Nutshell
Год: 2019
Производитель: Arcturus
Артикул: 965001
ISBN: 9781789502206
Автор: Odenwald Sten
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Don't Be Evil. The Case Against Big Tech
A Times Best Current Affairs Book Of The YearThe award-winning Financial Times columnist exposes the threat that Big Tech poses to our democracies, our economies and ourselves 'Powerful' Sunday TimesGoogle and Facebook receive 90% of the world's news advertising spend. Amazon takes half of all e-commerce in the US. Google and Apple operating systems run on all but 1% of cell phones globally. And 80% of corporate wealth is now held by 10% of companies - the digital titans. How did these once-idealistic and innovative companies come to manipulate elections, violate our privacy and pose a threat to the fabric of our democracy?Through her skilled reporting and unparalleled access, Rana Foroohar reveals the true extent to which the 'FAANG's (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google) crush or absorb competitors, hijack our personal data and mental space and offshore their exorbitant profits. What's more, she shows how these threats to our democracies, livelihoods and minds are all intertwined. Yet Foroohar also lays out a plan for how we can resist, creating a framework that fosters innovation while protecting us from the dark side of digital technology.'A masterful critique' Observer'Insightful and powerfully argued' Daily Mail'Essential reading ... whip-smart' Niall Ferguson'Laser vision and trenchant business analysis' Shoshana Zuboff
Год: 2020
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 817296
ISBN: 9780141991085
Автор: Foroohar Rana
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

A World Without Work. Technology, Automation and How We Should Respond
New technologies have always provoked panic about workers being replaced by machines. In the past, such fears have been misplaced, and many economists maintain that they remain so today. Yet in A World Without Work, Daniel Susskind shows why this time really is different. Advances in artificial intelligence mean that all kinds of tasks - from diagnosing illnesses to drafting contracts - are increasingly within the reach of computers. The threat of technological unemployment is real.So how can we all thrive in a world with less work? Susskind reminds us that technological progress could bring about unprecedented prosperity, solving one of mankind's oldest problems: how to ensure everyone has enough to live on. The challenge will be to distribute this prosperity fairly, constrain the power of Big Tech, and provide meaning in a world where work is no longer the centre of our lives. In this visionary, pragmatic and ultimately hopeful book, Susskind shows us the way.
Год: 2021
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 807008
ISBN: 9780141986807
Автор: Susskind Daniel
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Until the End of Time. Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe
From the world-renowned physicist and bestselling author of The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos, a captivating exploration of deep time and humanity's search for purposeIn both time and space, the cosmos is astoundingly vast, and yet is governed by simple, elegant, universal mathematical laws.On this cosmic timeline, our human era is spectacular but fleeting. Someday, we know, we will all die. And, we know, so too will the universe itself.Until the End of Time is Brian Greene's breathtaking new exploration of the cosmos and our quest to understand it. Greene takes us on a journey across time, from our most refined understanding of the universe's beginning, to the closest science can take us to the very end. He explores how life and mind emerged from the initial chaos, and how our minds, in coming to understand their own impermanence, seek in different ways to give meaning to experience: in story, myth, religion, creative expression, science, the quest for truth, and our longing for the timeless, or eternal. Through a series of nested stories that explain distinct but interwoven layers of reality-from the quantum mechanics to consciousness to black holes-Greene provides us with a clearer sense of how we came to be, a finer picture of where we are now, and a firmer understanding of where we are headed.Yet all this understanding, which arose with the emergence of life, will dissolve with its conclusion. Which leaves us with one realization: during our brief moment in the sun, we are tasked with the charge of finding our own meaning.
Год: 2021
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 807002
ISBN: 9780141985329
Автор: Greene Brian
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Simply Climate Change
Understanding climate change like never before!Explore and understand the intriguing science behind climate change. Gain valuable knowledge on why climate change is occurring, one of the planet's most challenging issues, and analyse possible solutions.Simply Climate Change is the perfect guide for a clear and concise understanding of the often complex subject of climate change. Inside you'll find: - Simple, easy-to-understand graphics which help convey information in a visual way- Clear, authoritative text that explains over 100 key concepts- Concise explanations that quickly convey the most important information- Technologies and practical ideas to combat climate change- Debates surrounding climate change as a political, social, economic, and environmental issueGain a new appreciation for our precious planet and acquire newfound knowledge on climate change. This easy-to-understand climate change book will allow you to grasp all these topics quickly, from the basics of greenhouse gases to microplastics and insightful debates.The guide combines clear text and bold graphics, divided into pared-back, single or double-page entries that explain concepts simply and visually. Whether you're a student and want an easy-to-read, jargon-free reference or are simply interested in climate or environmental science, then this is the ideal global warming book for you!The most accessible guide to climate change on the market will have you knowledgeable on the subject like an expert! It is a perfect reference book for time-poor readers looking for an easier way into the subject, as a self-purchase or an excellent gift for self-development and reflection.

Серия: DK Simply
Год: 2021
Производитель: Dorling Kindersley
Артикул: 916585
ISBN: 9780241516072
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Sloths. A Celebration of the World s Most Misunderstood Mammal
A wonderfully entertaining celebration of that most unique of creatures: the sloth.In public estimation, sloths have undergone an astonishing transformation in the course of the past few years. Thanks largely to YouTube clips posted by the sloth orphanage in Costa Rica, sloths have attracted a vast audience of admirers. Instead of seeing them as ridiculous anachronisms of which we know little, they have turned into creatures considered by many to be the most endearing on earth.Over much the same period, scientific investigations have also changed our view of sloths. No longer are they seen as total misfits in the modern world but, in the words of one specialist sloth investigator, they are masters of an alternative lifestyle .In this wonderfully entertaining celebration of this most unique of creatures, William Hartston reveals the fascinating history of the sloth, from the prehistoric ground sloth to modern pygmy sloths in Panama, explores the current state of the science of sloths and reveals the truth behind sloth behaviour.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Atlantic
Артикул: 929471
ISBN: 9781786494252
Автор: Hartston William
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

On the Origin of Species
When the young naturalist Darwin set sail on a round-the-world expedition at the end of 1831, it was only with a vague notion that the relationships between all life forms, both present and extinct, were more complex than the Christian version of the world s creation purported them to be. During his five-year voyage of discovery on board HMS Beagle and more than two decades subsequently devoted to research, he painstakingly collected a mass of evidence from across the planet from Paraguay and the Galapagos Islands to Staffordshire and Scotland building a compelling case for the theory of natural selection, which would change the way we look at the world for ever.The founding text of evolutionary biology which prompted a revolution in the fields of science and religion similar in magnitude to the discoveries of Copernicus and Newton Darwin s On the Origin of Species was an instant best-seller when it was published in 1859 and has become a cultural milestone that has influenced a wide range of disciplines of human knowledge.

Серия: Evergreens
Год: 2019
Производитель: Alma Books
Артикул: 961050
ISBN: 9781847497840
Автор: Darwin Charles
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Vesper Flights. New and Collected Essays
Animals don't exist to teach us things, but that is what they have always done, and most of what they teach us is what we think we know about ourselves.From the bestselling author of H is for Hawk comes Vesper Flights, a transcendent collection of essays about the human relationship to the natural world.Helen Macdonald brings together a collection of her best-loved writing along with new pieces covering a thrilling range of subjects. There are essays here on headaches, on catching swans, on hunting mushrooms, on twentieth-century spies, on numinous experiences and high-rise buildings; on nests and wild pigs and the tribulations of farming ostriches.Vesper Flights is a book about observation, fascination, time, memory, love and loss and how we make the world around us. Moving and frank, personal and political, it confirms Helen Macdonald as one of this century's greatest nature writers. A perfect read for anyone looking for renewed appreciation for the natural world.
Год: 2021
Производитель: Vintage books
Артикул: 969953
ISBN: 9780099575467
Автор: Macdonald Helen
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

The Magic of Reality. How we know what's really true
Magic takes many forms. The ancient Egyptians explained the night by suggesting that the goddess Nut swallowed the sun. The Vikings believed a rainbow was the gods' bridge to earth. These are magical, extraordinary tales. But there is another kind of magic, and it lies in the exhilaration of discovering the real answers to these questions. It is the magic of reality - science.Packed with inspiring explanations of space, time and evolution, laced with humour and clever thought experiments, The Magic of Reality explores a stunningly wide range of natural phenomena. What is stuff made of? How old is the universe? What causes tsunamis? Who was the first man, or woman? This is a page-turning, inspirational detective story that not only mines all the sciences for its clues but primes the reader to think like a scientist too.Richard Dawkins elucidates the wonders of the natural world to all ages with his inimitable clarity and exuberance in a text that will enlighten and inform for generations to come.
Год: 2012
Производитель: Black Swan
Артикул: 889929
ISBN: 9780552778053
Автор: Dawkins Richard
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Научная литература

The Great Mathematicians
Why did Florence Nightingale introduce pie charts? How did Lewis Carroll regard Pythagoras? Who learned calculus from her nursery wallpaper?Spanning from the ancient world to the modern age, The Great Mathematicians tells fascinating and unusual tales of the men and women who transformed mathematics. We meet the mathematician who knew eight languages by the time he was 11, the one who was sent to jail for gambling and the one who published a lot yet never existed.As well as providing rich bibliographic detail, Professors Raymond Flood and Robin Wilson explain various theorems using concise and accessible language. These include the Pythagorean theorem, Godel's Incompleteness theorem, Fermat's Last Theorem and many more. Flood and Wilson are both former presidents of the British Society for the History of Mathematics and are uniquely qualified to lay out this incredible tale.This entertaining and rigorously accurate book presents mathematics with a human face, celebrating the achievements of the greatest mathematicians across history.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Arcturus
Артикул: 965334
ISBN: 9781788886949
Автор: Flood Raymond, Wilson Robin
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Научная литература

Storm in a Teacup. The Physics of Everyday Life
Our world is full of patterns. If you pour milk into your tea and give it a stir, you'll see a swirl, a spiral of two fluids, before the two liquids mix completely. The same pattern is found elsewhere too. Look down on the Earth from space, and you'll find similar swirls in the clouds, made where warm air and cold air waltz.In Storm in a Teacup, Helen Czerski links the little things we see every day with the big world we live in. Each chapter begins with something small - popcorn, coffee stains and refrigerator magnets - and uses it to explain some of the most important science and technology of our time.This is physics as the toolbox of science - a toolbox we need in order to make sense of what is around us and arrive at decisions about the future, from medical advances to solving our future energy needs. It is also physics as the toy box of science: physics as fun, as never before.
Год: 2017
Производитель: Black Swan
Артикул: 891260
ISBN: 9781784160753
Автор: Czerski Helen
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Longitude
The tenth anniversary edition of the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude and the unlikely triumph of an English genius. With a new Foreword by the celebrated astronaut Neil Armstrong.Anyone alive in the 18th century would have known that the longitude problem was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Thousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolution.The quest for a solution had occupied scientists and their patrons for the better part of two centuries when, in 1714, Parliament upped the ante by offering a king s ransom (?20, 000) to anyone whose method or device proved successful. Countless quacks weighed in with preposterous suggestions. The scientific establishment throughout Europe from Galileo to Sir Isaac Newton had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answer. In stark contrast, one man, John Harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solution.Full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, Longitude is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.
Год: 2011
Производитель: Harpercollins
Артикул: 896894
ISBN: 9780007214228
Автор: Sobel Dava
Гендер: Мужчины
Категория: Научная литература

The God Species. How Humans Really Can Save the Planet
The green movement has got it very wrong.Nature no longer controls our planet it is humanity, the god species , that must save the environment we have inflicted unprecedented damage upon. And the tools we must use are the very technologies that environmentalist have told us for years will spell disaster: nuclear power, GM food and geo-engineering.In this blistering and urgent manifesto, Mark Lynas identifies a new future for the green movement and an entirely fresh agenda for how we will save the Earth, and ourselves.
Год: 2012
Производитель: 4th Estate
Артикул: 897079
ISBN: 9780007375226
Автор: Lynas Mark
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

The Glass Universe. The Hidden History of the Women Who Took the Measure of the Stars
#1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel returns with a captivating, little-known true story of women in scienceBefore they even had the right to vote, a group of remarkable women were employed by Harvard College Observatory as Human Computers to interpret the observations made via telescope by their male counterparts each night.The author of Longitude, Galileo s Daughter and The Planets shines light on the hidden history of these extraordinary women who changed the burgeoning field of astronomy and our understanding of the stars and our place in the universe.
Год: 2017
Производитель: 4th Estate
Артикул: 897276
ISBN: 9780007548200
Автор: Sobel Dava
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Научная литература

The Treeline. The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth
A ground-breaking and beautifully written investigation into the Arctic Treeline with an urgent environmental message.The Arctic treeline is the frontline of climate change, where the trees have been creeping towards the pole for fifty years already.Scientists are only just beginning to understand the astonishing significance of these northern forests for all life on Earth. At the treeline, Rawlence witnesses the accelerating impact of climate change and the devastating legacies of colonialism and capitalism. But he also finds reasons for hope. Humans are creatures of the forest; we have always evolved with trees and The Treeline asks us where our co-evolution might take us next.
Год: 2023
Производитель: Vintage books
Артикул: 969932
ISBN: 9781529112504
Автор: Rawlence Ben
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Adapt. How We Can Learn from Nature's Strangest Inventions
How can sea cucumbers, geckos and termites help us cure diseases, camouflage soldiers and even keep our buildings cool? Nature s creations are more sophisticated and elegant than anything humans have created. Adapt explores how we can harness such ideas through the ground-breaking new science of biomimicry which looks to nature to solve pressing problems in engineering and science. From the depths of the oceans to the ice sheets of the Arctic, Amina Khan talks to the researchers at the forefront of this exciting new science, who are designing everything from wind turbines to military camouflage. Adapt draws the line from nature to modernity.
Год: 2018
Производитель: Atlantic
Артикул: 929546
ISBN: 9781786492296
Автор: Khan Amina
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Rewild Yourself. 23 Spellbinding Ways to Make Nature More Visible
We're not just losing the wild world. We're forgetting it. We're no longer noticing it. We've lost the habit of looking and seeing and listening and hearing.But we can make hidden things visible, and this book features 23 spellbinding ways to bring the magic of nature much closer to home.Mammals you never knew existed will enter your world. Birds hidden in treetops will shed their cloak of anonymity. With a single movement of your hand you can make reptiles appear before you. Butterflies you never saw before will bring joy to every sunny day. Creatures of the darkness will enter your consciousness. And as you take on new techniques and a little new equipment, you will discover new creatures and, with them, new areas of yourself that had gone dormant. Once put to use, they wake up and start working again. You become wilder in your mind and in your heart. Once you know the tricks, the wild world begins to appear before you.For anyone who wants to get closer to the nature all around them and bring it back into focus, this is the perfect read.
Год: 2020
Производитель: Simon & Schuster
Артикул: 966435
ISBN: 9781471175428
Автор: Barnes Simon
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

The Secret World of Sleep. Journeys Through the Nocturnal Mind
For those fascinated by neurology and for fans of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat comes a powerful exploration of the mind during night time. Here are the mysteries of sleep, explained - from known conditions to the extreme.World-renowned neurologist and sleep expert, Doctor Guy Leschziner, takes you through various sleep conditions and how they arise and affect people. Insomnia, narcolepsy, night terrors and apnoea are just some of the conditions afflicting those struggling with sleep. Then there are the extreme cases.The people frighten into paralysis by hallucinations. The woman in a state of deep sleep who gets dressed and goes for a drive. The teenager with 'Sleeping Beauty Syndrome', stuck in a cycle of excessive unconsciousness. The man who cleans out kitchens while 'sleep-eating'.With compassionate stories of his patients and their conditions, Leschziner illustrates the neuroscience behind our sleeping minds, revealing the many biological and psychological factors necessary in getting the rest needed for health and happiness.
Год: 2020
Производитель: Simon & Schuster
Артикул: 966440
ISBN: 9781471176388
Автор: Leschziner Guy
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Научная литература

The Hidden Life of Trees. What They Feel, How They Communicate
Are trees social beings? How do trees live? Do they feel pain or have awareness of their surroundings?In The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben makes the case that the forest is a social network. He draws on groundbreaking scientific discoveries to describe how trees are like human families: tree parents live together with their children, communicate with them, support them as they grow, share nutrients with those who are sick or struggling, and even warn each other of impending dangers. Wohlleben also shares his deep love of woods and forests, explaining the amazing processes of life, death and regeneration he has observed in his woodland.A walk in the woods will never be the same again.
Год: 2017
Производитель: William Collins
Артикул: 897646
ISBN: 9780008218430
Автор: Wohlleben Peter
Гендер: Дети
Категория: Научная литература

The Trials of Life. A Natural History of Animal Behaviour
The third and final updated edition of David Attenborough s classic Life trilogy. Life on Earth covered evolution, Living Planet , ecology, and now The Trials of Life tackles ethology, the study of how animals behave. This is, quite simply, the best thing I ve ever done. Sir David Attenborough on the TV series, The Trials of Life, upon which this book is based.This is the third and last of Sir David s great natural history books based on his TV series and competes his survey of the animal world that began with Life on Earth and continues with Living Planet.In Life on Earth, Sir David showed how each group of animals evolved. In Living Planet he looked at the way they have adapted to the whole range of habitats in which they live. Now, in Trials of Life, he completes the story by revealing how animals behave and why.
Год: 2023
Производитель: William Collins
Артикул: 986374
ISBN: 9780008477905
Автор: Attenborough David
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

The Universe
Every night, above our heads, a drama of epic proportions is playing out. Diamond planets, zombie stars, black holes heavier than a billion Suns. The cast of characters is extraordinary, and each one has its own incredible story to tell.We once thought of our Earth as unique, but we have now discovered thousands of alien planets, and that's barely a fraction of the worlds that are out there. And there are more stars in the Universe than grains of sand on every planet in the Solar System. But amid all this vastness, the Milky Way Galaxy, our Sun and the Earth are home to the only known life in the Universe - at least for now. With a foreword from Professor Brian Cox, and access to all the latest stunning NASA photography, Andrew Cohen takes readers on a voyage of discovery, via the probes and telescopes exploring the outer reaches of our galaxy, revealing how it was formed and how it will inevitably be destroyed by the enigmatic black hole at its heart. And beyond our galaxy, the expanding Universe, which holds clues to the biggest mystery of all - how did it all begin? We now know more about those first moments of existence than we ever thought possible, and hidden in this story of how it all began are the clues to the fate of the Universe itself and everything in it.
Год: 2023
Производитель: William Collins
Артикул: 986283
ISBN: 9780008389352
Автор: Cohen Andrew
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Open. How Collaboration and Curiosity Shaped Humankind
Humanity s embrace of openness is the key to our success. The freedom to explore and exchange whether it s goods, ideas or people has led to stunning achievements in science, technology and culture. As a result, we live at a time of unprecedented wealth and opportunity. So why are we so intent on ruining it?From Stone Age hunter-gatherers to contemporary Chinese-American relations, Open explores how across time and cultures, we have struggled with a constant tension between our yearning for co-operation and our profound need for belonging. Providing a bold new framework for understanding human history, bestselling author and thinker Johan Norberg examines why we re often uncomfortable with openness but also why it is essential for progress. Part sweeping history and part polemic, this urgent book makes a compelling case for why an open world with an open economy is worth fighting for more than ever.
Год: 2021
Производитель: Atlantic
Артикул: 929516
ISBN: 9781786497192
Автор: Norberg Johan
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Chemistry. From the periodic table to nanotechnology
Great advances in human history have often rested on and prompted progress in chemistry.The exploitation of fire, the development of pigments, and the discovery that metals could be smelted and worked laid the foundations of civilization.The search for better tools and weapons drove metallurgy, and the need for medicines and perfumes lay behind the first laboratories. This book traces a story of exploration and discovery, from the earliest applications of chemistry by our ancient forebears. For more than 1, 000 years alchemists pursued the transformation of matter, until the advent of modern chemistry in the 17th century set us on the path to the complex science of today.Topics include:- Prechemistry since prehistory- Alchemy and the transmutation of metals- The rise of the scientific method- Identifying the chemical elements- Understanding gases- The nature of the atom- Organic chemistry- Chemical analysisBeautifully illustrated throughout.

Серия: How the World Works
Год: 2019
Производитель: Arcturus
Артикул: 965095
ISBN: 9781788883900
Автор: Rooney Anne
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

The Universe: From the Big Bang to the present day... and beyond
The universe is everything we know all time and all space.At least 93 billion light years across, and possibly much larger, it has grown from an infinitely tiny point over the course of 12-14 billion years. This book traces its growth from nothing to everything and reveals how the story has been interpreted by generations of scientists and philosophers.Topics include: The Big Bang and the first seconds of the universe The making of matter The life, death, and recycling of stars How planets and moons form Where our universe could be headingBeautifully illustrated throughout.

Серия: How the World Works
Год: 2019
Производитель: Arcturus
Артикул: 965055
ISBN: 9781788286343
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

How to Talk to Robots. A Girls' Guide to a Future Dominated by AI
How To Talk To Robots, is your girls guide to Artificial Intelligence. Entrepreneur Tabitha Goldstaub welcomes you into the AI world with a warm embrace. She brilliantly breaks down the tech-bro barriers offering a straightforward introduction and makes clear the enormous benefits of understanding AI..If your social feed defines your spending habits or you ve downloaded the latest filter to see what you ll look like when you are old or now connect with your doctor using an app, have applied for a job online or used your phone to arrive at work in record time, AI is playing a part in how you live, work and play. We live in an era where machines are taught to learn and act without human intervention and there are infinite possibilities to their applications. The risk of these technologies biasing against you is real, and this book will give you tools to navigate the current and future developments consciously.As well as explaining the risks Tabitha lays out the awesome benefits AI can offer. From spotting disease to tailoring education and tackling climate change the potential rewards are life-changing.Starting with a potted history, Tabitha shines a light on the many unsung heroines since the rise of AI in the 1960s. In conversation with Karen Hao she simply demonstrates how the technology works (and sometimes doesn t work!) and interviews a cross-section of women who use AI in their work today including Jeanette Winterson, Sharmadean Reid, Martha Lane Fox and Hannah Fry. This book doesn t just present the challenge; Tabitha offers supportive practical advice and shares an extensive list of books, films, courses and more for further exploration.However it is that you identify with womanhood, wherever you are in life, and whatever you do, this technology is inescapable and now is your time to make sure AI works for you and not you for it!
Год: 2021
Производитель: 4th Estate
Артикул: 898175
ISBN: 9780008328238
Автор: Goldstaub Tabitha
Гендер: Девочки
Категория: Научная литература

Moongazing. Beginner s guide to exploring the Moon
An in-depth guide for aspiring astronomers and Moon observers from the Royal Observatory Greenwich. Includes detailed Moon maps and covers the history of lunar observation and exploration, the properties of the Moon, its origin and orbit. This is the ideal book for Moon observers covering essential equipment, and the key events to look out for.Detailed advice is given on how to choose a telescope and how to capture the Moon in sketches.Discover all you need to know about eclipses, blue moons, supermoons, conjunctions and occultations.A comprehensive section covers astrophotography using lenses, telescopes, Smartphones, including video and how to process your images.Comes with a photographic atlas of lunar features with plates and annotated maps.A glossary of key terms, index of lunar features and software references are also provided.
Год: 2018
Производитель: Collins
Артикул: 898023
ISBN: 9780008305000
Автор: Kerss Tom
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Northern Lights. The definitive guide to auroras
The perfect gift for anyone with a desire to see the Northern Lights. Discover the incomparable beauty of the Northern Lights with this accessible guide for aspiring astronomers and seasoned night sky observers. Covers the essential equipment needed for observation and photography and full of stunning photographs.Tom Kerss covers the cultural and scientific context for auroras, and offers a comprehensive guide to forecasting and photography, so that readers can fuse their own technical mastery with the infinite creativity of nature.Read about the formation, properties and types of aurorasDiscover the mythology and history of The Northern LightsFind out about Aurora science from Antiquity to the modern dayLearn how to take stunning photographs of the Northern LightsIncludes a comprehensive travel and forecasting guide and a glossary of key terms.The Northern Lights will give you a complete understanding of one of the true wonders of the natural world and leave you prepared for the adventure of a lifetime.
Год: 2021
Производитель: Collins
Артикул: 898857
ISBN: 9780008465551
Автор: Kerss Tom
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

The Hidden World of the Fox
We ve all seen the fox.A flash of his brushy tail disappearing between the gap of a fence, a blaze of orange caught in the headlights as he scampers across the road. We ve heard him too, his strange barks echoing in the city night. Perhaps we ve even come face to face with him, eyes meeting for a few moments before he disappears once more into the darkness. But where is he going, and what is his world really like?In The Hidden World of the Fox, ecologist Adele Brand shines a light on one of Britain s most familiar yet enigmatic animals, showing us how the astonishing senses, intelligence and behaviour that allowed foxes to thrive in the ancient wildwood now help them survive in the concrete car parks and clattering railway lines of our cities and towns.The result of a lifelong obsession, Brand adds a wealth of firsthand experience to this charming, lyrical love letter to the fox, whether she s fostering their cubs, studying their interactions with humans, or catching them on hidden cameras everywhere from the Bia owie a forest of Poland and the Thar desert of India to the classic English countryside of her home in the North Downs. While encounters with a host of furry acquaintances Chatter, Old Dogfox, Sooty, the Interloper, the Vixen from Across the Road will delight and amuse, her message about the importance of living peaceably side-by-side with nature will linger long after the last page is turned.
Год: 2020
Производитель: Harpercollins
Артикул: 898168
ISBN: 9780008327316
Автор: Brand Adele
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

The Living Mountain
In this masterpiece of nature writing, Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland. There she encounters a world that can be breathtakingly beautiful at times and shockingly harsh at others. Her intense, poetic prose explores and records the rocks, rivers, creatures and hidden aspects of this remarkable landscape.Shepherd spent a lifetime in search of the essential nature of the Cairngorms; her quest led her to write this classic meditation on the magnificence of mountains, and on our imaginative relationship with the wild world around us. Composed during the Second World War, the manuscript of The Living Mountain lay untouched for more than thirty years before it was finally published.

Серия: The Canons
Год: 2014
Производитель: Canongate
Артикул: 953638
ISBN: 9780857861832
Автор: Shepherd Nan
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

The Consolations of Physics. Why the Wonders of the Universe Can Make You Happy
A wise and inspiring manifesto about why understanding physics can make you happier, by one of the leading science writers of our time.The Consolations of Physics is an eloquent manifesto for physics. In an age where uncertainty and division is rife, Tim Radford, science editor of the Guardian for twenty-five years, turns to the wonders of the universe for consolation.From the launch of the Voyager spacecraft and how it furthered our understanding of planets, stars and galaxies to the planet composed entirely of diamond and graphite and the sound of a blacksmith's anvil; from the hole NASA drilled in the heavens to the discovery of the Higgs Boson and the endeavours to prove the Big Bang, The Consolations of Physics will guide you from a tiny particle to the marvels of outer space.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Sceptre
Артикул: 977342
ISBN: 9781473658912
Автор: Bradford Tim
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

A Curious Boy. The Making of a Scientist
What makes a scientist? Charming, funny and wise, in this memoir Richard Fortey shows how restless curiosity about the natural world led him to become a leading scientist and writer, with adventures and misadventures along the way.From a garden shed laboratory where he manufactured the greatest stink in the world to a tent high in the Arctic in pursuit of fossils, this is a story of obsession and love of nature, flavoured with the peculiarities and restrictions of post-war Britain. Fortey tells the story of following his father down riverbanks to fish for trout, and also of his father's shocking death. He unfolds his early passions - fungi, ammonite hunting and eyeing up bird's eggs. He evokes with warmth and wit how the natural world started out as his playground and refuge, then became his life's work.Much more than a story about science alone, this memoir gives an unforgettable portrait of a young, curious mind, and shows how luck and enthusiasm can create a special life.
Год: 2021
Производитель: William Collins
Артикул: 898150
ISBN: 9780008324001
Автор: Fortey Richard
Гендер: Мальчики
Категория: Научная литература

Autonomy. The Quest to Build the Driverless Car and How It Will Reshape Our World
From the ultimate insider a former General Motors executive and current advisor to the Google Self-Driving Car project comes the definitive story of the race between Google, Tesla and Uber to create the driverless car.We stand on the brink of a technological revolution. In the near future, most of us will not own automobiles, but will travel instead in driverless electric vehicles summoned at the touch of an app. We will be liberated from driving, so that the time we spend in cars can be put to more productive use. We will prevent more than 90 percent of car crashes, provide freedom of mobility to the elderly and disabled and decrease our dependence on fossil fuels.Autonomy tells the story of the maverick engineers and computer experts who triggered the revolution. Lawrence Burns long-time adviser to the Google self-driving car project (now Waymo) and former corporate vice president of research, development and planning at General Motors provides the perfectly timed history of how we arrived at this point, in a character-driven and vivid account of the unlikely thinkers who accomplished what billion-dollar automakers never dared.Beginning at a 2004 off-road robot race across the Mojave Desert with a million-dollar purse and continuing up to the current stampede to develop driverless technology, Autonomy is a page-turning chronicle of the past, a diagnosis of the present and a prediction of the future the ultimate guide to understanding the driverless car and to navigating the revolution it has sparked.
Год: 2019
Производитель: William Collins
Артикул: 898010
ISBN: 9780008302108
Автор: Burns Lawrence
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Beak, Tooth and Claw. Why We Must Live With Predators
Foxes, buzzards, crows, badgers, weasels, seals, kites - Britain and Ireland's predators are impressive and diverse and they capture our collective imagination. But many consider them to our competition, even our enemies. The problem is that predators eat what we farm or use for sport. From foxes and ravens attacking new-born lambs to weasels eating game-bird chicks, predators compete with us, putting them directly into the firing line. Farming, fishing, sport and leisure industries want to see numbers of predators reduced, and conservation organisations also worry that predators are threatening some endangered species. Other people, though, will go to great lengths to protect them from any harm. This clashing of worlds can be intense. So, what do we do? One of the greatest challenges facing conservation today is how, when and where to control predators. It is a highly charged debate.Mary Colwell travels across the UK and Ireland to encounter the predators face to face. She watches their lives in the wild and discovers how they fit into the landscape. She talks to the scientists studying them and the wildlife lovers who want to protect them. She also meets the people who want to control them to protect their livelihoods or sporting interests.In this even-handed exploration of the issues, Mary provides a thoughtful and reasoned analysis of the debates surrounding our bittersweet relationship with predators.
Год: 2022
Производитель: William Collins
Артикул: 898315
ISBN: 9780008354794
Автор: Colwell Mary
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

End Game. Tipping Point for Planet Earth?
What happens when vast population growth endangers the world's food supplies? Or our water? Our energy needs, climate, or environment? Or the planet's biodiversity? What happens if these all become critical at once? Just what is our future? In End Game, world-renowned scientists Anthony Barnosky and Elizabeth Hadly explain the growing threats to humanity as the planet edges towards a resource war for remaining space, food, oil and water. And as they show, these wars are not the nightmares of a dystopian future but are already happening today. They explore the origins of Ebola in densely populated areas of south-eastern Guinea, witness raging fires in Yellowstone and Colorado and explain how drought-induced food shortages are already causing problems in the Sudan, Gaza Strip and Iraq. Finally, they ask: at what point will inaction become the break-up of the intricate workings of the global society?The planet is in danger now, but the solutions, as Barnosky and Hadly show, are still available. We still have the chance to avoid the tipping point and to make the future better. But this window of opportunity is closing fast and will shut within ten-to-twenty years. End Game is the call we need.
Год: 2016
Производитель: William Collins
Артикул: 897275
ISBN: 9780007548170
Автор: Barnosky Anthony D., Hadly Elizabeth A
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Fermat's Last Theorem
I have a truly marvellous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain. It was with these words, written in the 1630s, that Pierre de Fermat intrigued and infuriated the mathematics community. For over 350 years, proving Fermat s Last Theorem was the most notorious unsolved mathematical problem, a puzzle whose basics most children could grasp but whose solution eluded the greatest minds in the world. In 1993, after years of secret toil, Englishman Andrew Wiles announced to an astounded audience that he had cracked Fermat s Last Theorem. He had no idea of the nightmare that lay ahead.In Fermat s Last Theorem Simon Singh has crafted a remarkable tale of intellectual endeavour spanning three centuries, and a moving testament to the obsession, sacrifice and extraordinary determination of Andrew Wiles: one man against all the odds.
Год: 2011
Производитель: Harpercollins
Артикул: 899759
ISBN: 9781841157917
Автор: Singh Simon
Гендер: Мужчины
Категория: Научная литература

Forces of Nature
How did life on Earth begin? What is the nature of space and time? What are the chances that we will discover life on other worlds?Think you know our planet?Think again.Forces of Nature takes you from the mid-Atlantic ridge in Iceland, the volcanoes of Indonesia and the precipitous cliffs in Nepal, to the manatees off the coast of Florida and the northern lights of the Arctic, in search of the fundamental laws that govern our world.These universal laws shape everything, from the structure of snowflakes to the elegant spirals of the galaxies. By seeking to understand the everyday world the colours, structure, behaviour and history of our home we can step beyond the everyday and approach the Universe beyond.
Год: 2017
Производитель: William Collins
Артикул: 897624
ISBN: 9780008210038
Автор: Cox Brian, Cohen Andrew
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

How to Grow a Human. Reprogramming Cells and Redesigning Life
A cutting-edge examination of what it means to be human and to have a 'self' in the face of new scientific developments in genetic editing, cloning and neural downloading.After seeing his own cells used to grow clumps of new neurons essentially mini-brains Philip Ball begins to examine the concepts of identity and consciousness. Delving into humanity's deep evolutionary past to look at how complex creatures like us emerged from single-celled life, he offers a new perspective on how humans think about ourselves.In an age when we are increasingly encouraged to regard the 'self' as an abstract sequence of genetic information, or as a pattern of neural activity that might be 'downloaded' to a computer, he return us to the body to flesh and blood and anchors a conception of personhood in this unique and ephemeral mortal coil. How to Build a Human brings us back to ourselves but in doing so, it challenges old preconceptions and values. It asks us to rethink how we exist in the world.
Год: 2020
Производитель: William Collins
Артикул: 898201
ISBN: 9780008331818
Автор: Ball Philip
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

It All Adds Up. The Story of People and Mathematic
From Aristotle to Ada Lovelace: a brief history of the mathematical ideas that have forever changed the world and the everyday people and pioneers behind them. The story of our best invention yet.From our ability to calculate the passing of time to the algorithms that control computers and much else in our lives, numbers are everywhere. They are so indispensable that we forget how fundamental they are to our way of life.In this international bestseller, Mickael Launay mixes history and anecdotes from around the world to reveal how mathematics became pivotal to the story of humankind. It is a journey into numbers with Launay as a guide. In museums, monuments or train stations, he uses the objects around us to explain what art can reveal about geometry, how Babylonian scholars developed one of the first complex written languages, and how Arabic numbers were adopted from India. It All Adds Up also tells the story of how mapping the trajectory of an eclipse has helped to trace the precise day of one of the oldest battles in history, how the course of the modern-day Greenwich Meridian was established, and why negative numbers were accepted just last century.This book is a vital compendium of the great men and women of mathematics from Aristotle to Ada Lovelace, which demonstrates how mathematics shaped the written word and the world. With clarity, passion and wisdom, the author unveils the unexpected and at times serendipitous ways in which big mathematical ideas were created. Supporting the belief that just like music or literature maths should be accessible to everyone, Launay will inspire a new fondness for the numbers that surround us and the rich stories they contain.
Год: 2019
Производитель: William Collins
Артикул: 897888
ISBN: 9780008283971
Автор: Launay Mickael
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Научная литература

Life at the Extremes
The debut of a female Steve Jones - likeable, literate, lucid and laconic. A sprightly, lavishly illustrated book on the science of human survival. How do people survive extremes of heat, cold, depth, speed and altitude? This book explores the limits of human survival and the physiological adaptations which enable us to exist under extreme conditions. In man's battle for survival in the harshest of environments, the knowledge imparted by physiology, the 'logic of life', is crucial. What causes mountain sickness? Why is it possible to reach the top of Everest without supplementary oxygen, yet be killed if a plane depressurises suddenly at the same altitude. Why are astronauts unable to stand without fainting when they return to Earth? Why do human divers get the bends but sperm whales don't? Will men always be able to run faster than women? Why don't penguins get frostbite?
Год: 2001
Производитель: Flamingo
Артикул: 896765
ISBN: 9780006551256
Автор: Ashcroft Frances
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Научная литература

Living Planet. The Web of Life on Earth
A new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough s seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet.Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species, and often whole communities adapt to make the most of ice cap and tundra, forest and plain, desert, ocean and volcano. These adaptations can be truly extraordinary: fish that walk or lay eggs on leaves in mid-air; snakes that fly; flightless birds that graze like deer; and bears that grow hair on the soles of their feet.In The Living Planet, David Attenborough s searching eye, unfailing curiosity and infectious enthusiasm explain and illuminate the intricate lives of the these colonies, from the lonely heights of the Himalayas to the wild creatures that have established themselves in the most recent of environments, the city. By the end of this book it is difficult to say which is the more astonishing the ingenuity with which individual species contrive a living, or the complexity of their interdependence on each other and on the habitations provided by our planet.In this new edition, the author, with the help of zoologist Matthew Cobb, has added all the most up-to-date discoveries of ecology and biology, as well as a full-colour 64-page photography section. He also addresses the urgent issues facing our living planet: climate change, pollution and mass extinction of species.
Год: 2022
Производитель: William Collins
Артикул: 898940
ISBN: 9780008477868
Автор: Attenborough David
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Other Minds Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life
What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the encounter?In Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith, a distinguished philosopher of science and a skilled scuba diver, tells a bold new story of how nature became aware of itself - a story that largely occurs in the ocean, where animals first appeared.Tracking the mind's fitful development from unruly clumps of seaborne cells to the first evolved nervous systems in ancient relatives of jellyfish, he explores the incredible evolutionary journey of the cephalopods, which began as inconspicuous molluscs who would later abandon their shells to rise above the ocean floor, searching for prey and acquiring the greater intelligence needed to do so - a journey completely independent from the route that mammals and birds would later take.But what kind of intelligence do cephalopods possess? How did the octopus, a solitary creature with little social life, become so smart? What is it like to have eight tentacles that are so packed with neurons that they virtually 'think for themselves'? By tracing the question of inner life back to its roots and comparing human beings with our most remarkable animal relatives, Godfrey-Smith casts crucial new light on the octopus mind - and on our own.
Год: 2018
Производитель: William Collins
Артикул: 695546
ISBN: 978-0-00-822629-9
Автор: Godfrey-Smith Peter
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Stargazing. Beginners Guide to Astronomy
A brilliant introductory guide to exploring the night sky, from the astronomers of the Royal Observatory Greenwich.Offering complete advice from the ground up, Stargazing is the perfect manual for beginners to astronomy introducing the world of telescopes, planets, stars, dark skies and celestial maps.Discover how to tackle light pollution, how to stargaze with just your eyes, and what equipment is best for beginners.Astronomy experts Radmila Topalovic and Tom Kerss explain the best ways to plan your stargazing experience and the key things to look out for on specific dates throughout the year.With seasonal star charts, constellation charts and facts about our Solar System, Stargazing is packed of useful information and guidance for both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.Bridging the gap between human curiosity and the need for scientific expertise, Stargazing allows a complete novice to understand our place in the cosmos and enjoy the beautiful and extraordinary wonders of the night sky.The perfect companion to the best-selling Guide to the Night Sky from Collins, Stargazing is a great way to get started in the fascinating world of astronomy.
Год: 2016
Производитель: Collins
Артикул: 897584
ISBN: 9780008196271
Автор: Topalovic Radmila, Kerss Tom
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Symphony in C. Carbon and the Evolution of (Almost) Everything
An enchanting biography of the most resonant and most necessary chemical element on Earth.Carbon. It is the building block of every cell that makes up every living thing. It is the essential component of the food we eat, the fuel we burn, the wood we use and the air we breathe. It is worth billions as a luxury and half a trillion as a necessity, but there are still mysteries to be solved about the element that can be both diamond and coal. Where does it come from, what does it do, and why, above all, does life need it?In Symphony in C, leading carbon scientist Robert M. Hazen takes us on a vibrant journey through the origin and evolution of life s most widespread element. The story unfolds in four movements Earth, Air, Fire and Water and transports us through nearly 14 billion years of cosmic history, explaining how carbon is formed in the hearts of stars and why all life forms earthbound or alien use it as the basis of their biology. Symphony in C is a sweeping chronicle of carbon from its birth amidst the stars to its unknowable life cycle deep within the Earth s core and its role in the evolution of all life in the universe.
Год: 2020
Производитель: William Collins
Артикул: 897945
ISBN: 9780008292416
Автор: Hazen Robert M
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

The Frayed Atlantic Edge. A Historian's Journey from Shetland to the Channel
Over the course of a year, leading historian and nature writer David Gange kayaked the weather-ravaged coasts of Atlantic Britain and Ireland from north to south: every cove, sound, inlet, island.The idea was to travel slowly and close to the water: in touch with both the natural world and the histories of communities on Atlantic coastlines. The story of his journey is one of staggering adventure, range and beauty. For too long, Gange argues, the significance of coasts has been underestimated, and the potential of small boats as tools to make sense of these histories rarely explored. This book seeks to put that imbalance right.Paddling alone in sun and storms, among dozens of whales and countless seabirds, Gange and his kayak travelled through a Shetland summer, Scottish winter and Irish spring before reaching Wales and Cornwall. Sitting low in the water, as did millions in eras when coasts were the main arteries of trade and communication, Gange describes, in captivating prose and loving detail, the experiences of kayaking, coastal living and historical discovery.Drawing on the archives of islands and coastal towns, as well as their vast poetic literatures in many languages, he shows that the neglected histories of these stunning regions are of real importance in understanding both the past and future of the whole archipelago. It is a history of Britain and Ireland like no other.
Год: 2020
Производитель: William Collins
Артикул: 897666
ISBN: 9780008225148
Автор: Gange David
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

The Infinite Monkey Cage How to Build a Universe
The Infinite Monkey Cage, the legendary BBC Radio 4 programme, brings you this irreverent celebration of scientific marvels. Join us on a hectic leap through the grand and bizarre ideas conjured up by human imagination, from dark matter to consciousness via neutrinos and earthworms.Professor Brian Cox and Robin Ince muse on multifaceted subjects involved in building a universe, with pearls of wisdom from leading scientists and comedians peppered throughout.Covering billions of concepts and conundrums, they tackle everything from the Big Bang to parallel universes, fierce creatures to extraterrestrial life, brain science to artificial intelligence. How to Build a Universe is an illuminating and inspirational celebration of science sometimes silly, sometimes astounding and very occasionally facetious.
Год: 2018
Производитель: William Collins
Артикул: 897856
ISBN: 9780008276324
Автор: Cox Brian, Ince Robin, Feachem Alexandra
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

The Smallest Lights in the Universe
In The Smallest Lights in the Universe, MIT astrophysicist Sara Seager interweaves the story of her search for meaning and solace after losing her first husband to cancer, her unflagging search for an Earth-like exoplanet and her unexpected discovery of new love. Sara Seager has made it her life's work to peer into the spaces around stars - looking for exoplanets outside our solar system, hoping to find the one-in-a-billion world enough like ours to sustain life. But with the unexpected death of her husband, her life became an empty, lightless space. Suddenly, she was the single mother of two young boys, a widow at forty, clinging to three crumpled pages of instructions her husband had written for things like grocery shopping - things he had done while she did pioneering work as a planetary scientist at MIT. She became painfully conscious of her Asperger's, which before losing her husband had felt more like background noise. She felt, for the first time, alone in the universe.In this probing, invigoratingly honest memoir, Seager tells the story of how, as she stumblingly navigated the world of grief, she also kept looking for other worlds. She continues to develop ground-breaking projects, such as the Starshade, a sunflower-shaped instrument that, when launched into space, unfurls itself so as to block planet-obscuring starlight, and she takes solace in the alien beauty of exoplanets. At the same time, she discovers what feels every bit as wondrous: other people, reaching out across the space of her grief. Among them are the Widows of Concord, a group of women offering consolation and advice, and her beloved sons, Max and Alex. Most unexpected of all, there is another kind of one-in-a-billion match with an amateur astronomer. Equally attuned to the wonders of deep space and human connection, The Smallest Lights in the Universe is its own light in the dark.
Год: 2021
Производитель: 4th Estate
Артикул: 898176
ISBN: 9780008328283
Автор: Seager Sara
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Научная литература

Weird is Beautiful. The Wisdom of Octopuses
Think like you ve got nine brains, feel like you ve got three hearts, and hug as though you have eight arms.Wisdom begins in wonder: and there is no creature so weird and wonderful as the octopus. Wise, compassionate, strong yet adaptable and with Houdini-like vanishing tricks octopuses are the most fascinating creatures on the planet. They provide a masterclass in self-care and there is so much we can learn from them. With the help of Weird Is Beautiful you will discover: When to be strong, and when to be flexible How to sift through the flotsam and jetsam of your life to find the pearls you should cling to How camouflage can be self-care, but when you should let your true colours shine! How to multi-task, even when you don t have eight arms When to allow the currents of the ocean to sweep you along, and when to stick your tentacles to the rocks and resist How to live wild, weird and freeWho said life above water can t sparkle?
Год: 2022
Производитель: Harpercollins
Артикул: 899119
ISBN: 9780008517878
Автор: Marvin Liz
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

What We Cannot Know. From Consciousness to the Cosmos, the Cutting Edge of Science Explained
Britain's most famous mathematician takes us to the edge of knowledge to show us what we cannot know.Is the universe infinite?Do we know what happened before the Big Bang?Where is human consciousness located in the brain?And are there more undiscovered particles out there, beyond the Higgs boson?In the modern world, science is king: weekly headlines proclaim the latest scientific breakthroughs and numerous mathematical problems, once indecipherable, have now been solved. But are there limits to what we can discover about our physical universe?In this very personal journey to the edges of knowledge, Marcus du Sautoy investigates how leading experts in fields from quantum physics and cosmology, to sensory perception and neuroscience, have articulated the current lie of the land. In doing so, he travels to the very boundaries of understanding, questioning contradictory stories and consulting cutting edge data.Is it possible that we will one day know everything? Or are there fields of research that will always lie beyond the bounds of human comprehension? And if so, how do we cope with living in a universe where there are things that will forever transcend our understanding?In What We Cannot Know, Marcus du Sautoy leads us on a thought-provoking expedition to the furthest reaches of modern science. Prepare to be taken to the edge of knowledge to find out if there's anything we truly cannot know.
Год: 2017
Производитель: 4th Estate
Артикул: 897322
ISBN: 9780007576593
Автор: du Sautoy Marcus
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Grunt. The Curious Science of Humans at War
War. Mention it and most of us think of history, of conflicts on foreign soil, of heroism and compromise, of strategy and weapons. But there s a whole other side to the gruesome business of the battlefield.In Grunt, the inimitable Mary Roach explores the science of keeping human beings intact, awake, sane, uninfected and uninfested in the bizarre and extreme circumstances of war. Setting about her task with infectious enthusiasm, she sniffs World War II stink bombs, tests earplugs in a simulated war zone and burns the midnight oil with the crew of a nuclear submarine. Speaking to the scientists and the soldiers, she learns about everything from life-changing medical procedures to innovations as esoteric as firing dead chickens at fighter jets. Engrossing, insightful and laugh-out-loud funny, this is an irresistible ride to the wilder shores of modern military life.
Год: 2018
Производитель: Oneworld Publications
Артикул: 954353
ISBN: 9781786070890
Автор: Roach Mary
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Maths on the Back of an Envelope. Clever ways to (roughly) calculate anything
How many cats are there in the world?What's the chance of winning the lottery twice?And just how long does it take to count to a million?Learn how to tackle tricky maths problems with nothing but the back of an envelope, a pencil and some good old-fashioned brain power.Join Rob Eastaway as he takes an entertaining look at how to figure without a calculator. Packed with amusing anecdotes, quizzes, and handy calculation tips for every situation, Maths on the Back of an Envelope is an invaluable introduction to the art of estimation, and a welcome reminder that sometimes our own brain is the best tool we have to deal with numbers.
Год: 2021
Производитель: Harpercollins
Артикул: 898765
ISBN: 9780008444495
Автор: Eastaway Rob
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Fermat's Last Theorem
Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience classics which will endure for generations to come. Maths is one of the purest forms of thought, and to outsiders mathematicians may seem almost otherworldly In 1963, schoolboy Andrew Wiles stumbled across the world s greatest mathematical problem: Fermat s Last Theorem. Unsolved for over 300 years, he dreamed of cracking it.Combining thrilling storytelling with a fascinating history of scientific discovery, Simon Singh uncovers how an Englishman, after years of secret toil, finally solved mathematics most challenging problem.Fermat s Last Theorem is remarkable story of human endeavour, obsession and intellectual brilliance, sealing its reputation as a classic of popular science writing.

Серия: Collins Modern Classics
Год: 2022
Производитель: 4th Estate
Артикул: 986519
ISBN: 9780008553821
Автор: Singh Simon
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

The Creativity Code. How AI is learning to write, paint and think
Can Machines Be Creative? In The Creativity Code, Marcus du Sautoy examines the nature of creativity, asking how much of our emotional response to art is a product of our brains reacting to pattern and structure, and exactly what it is to be creative in mathematics, art, language and music.Exploring how long it might be before machines compose a symphony or paint a masterpiece, and whether they might jolt us into being more imaginative in turn, The Creativity Code is a fascinating and very different exploration into the essence of what it means to be human.
Год: 2020
Производитель: 4th Estate
Артикул: 897921
ISBN: 9780008288198
Автор: du Sautoy Marcus
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

On the Origin of Species
'There is grandeur in this view of life ... from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.'On the Origin of Species was first published to great controversy in 1859. With it Charles Darwin forever changed the way men and women thought about the natural world. In this seminal work of natural philosophy, he articulated his theory of natural selection, or survival of the fittest, that put him at the centre of a debate on evolution and the origins of mankind, the embers of which are still burning today.From the discoveries he made during his voyage on board H.M.S. Beagle, Darwin produced a scientific masterpiece.
Год: 2017
Производитель: Arcturus
Артикул: 858294
ISBN: 9781784287115
Автор: Darwin Charles
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Научная литература

Uncommon Knowledge. Extraordinary Things That Few People Know
Following up 2016's hit Go Figure and 2018's Sunday Times bestseller Seriously Curious, another collection of astonishing bite-sized explainers from the Economist.The world can be an amazing place if you know the right questions to ask:How did carrots become orange? What's stopping us from having a four-day week? How can we remove all the broken bits of satellite from orbit? If everything is so terrible, why is the global suicide rate falling?The keen minds of the Economist love to look beyond everyday appearances to find out what really makes things tick. In this latest collection of The Economist Explains, they have gathered together the juiciest fruits of their never-ending quest for answers. For an uncommonly interesting read, take a peek at some Uncommon Knowledge - and pass it on! The world only gets more amazing when discoveries are shared.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Profile Books
Артикул: 772552
ISBN: 9781788163323
Автор: Standage Tom
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Butterflies and Moths
Discover over 325 species of butterfly and moth found in Britain and Northwest Europe with this new edition.From the Short-tailed Blue Butterfly to the Winter Moth, discover over 325 species of butterflies and moths with this pocket-sized guide. In-situ photographs and no nonsense notes covering both anatomy and identifying marks will help you identify them in the field quickly and accurately.Maps show you what butterflies and moths to find where so you can plan your spotting and make the most of your surroundings, whether you are on a holiday browse or serious quest. An ideal guide for all the family.
Год: 2010
Производитель: Dorling Kindersley
Артикул: 986902
ISBN: 9781405349956
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Hot Air. The Inside Story of the Battle Against Climate Change Denial
Ours is the age of global warming. Rising sea levels, extreme weather, forest fires. Dire warnings are everywhere, so why has it taken so long for the crisis to be recognised? Here, for the first time, climate scientist Peter Stott reveals the bitter fight to get international recognition for what, among scientists, has been known for decades: human activity causes climate change. Across continents and against the efforts of sceptical governments, prominent climate change deniers and shadowy lobbyists, Hot Air is the urgent story of how the science was developed, how it has been repeatedly sabotaged and why humanity hasn't a second to spare in the fight to halt climate change.
Год: 2022
Производитель: Atlantic
Артикул: 929442
ISBN: 9781838952518
Автор: Stott Peter
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

The Arbornaut. A Life Discovering the Eighth Continent in the Trees Above Us
One of the world's first tree-top scientists, Meg Lowman is both a pioneer in her field - she invented one of the first treetop walkways - and a tireless advocate for the planet. In a voice as infectious in its enthusiasm as in its practical optimism, The Arbornaut chronicles her irresistible story. From climbing solo hundreds of feet into Australia's rainforests to measuring tree growth in the northeastern United States, from searching the redwoods of the Pacific coast for new life to studying leaf-eaters in Scotland's Highlands, from a bioblitz in Malaysia to conservation planning in India to collaborating with priests in Ethiopia's last forests, Lowman launches us into the life and work of a scientist and ecologist. She also offers hope, specific plans and recommendations for action; despite devastation across the world, we can still make an immediate and lasting impact against climate change.
Год: 2022
Производитель: Allen & Unwin
Артикул: 929378
ISBN: 9781911630500
Автор: Lowman Meg
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Astronomy. From plotting the stars to pulsars and black holes
Astronomy traces one of humanity's oldest obsessions. This accessible, fascinating account of discoveries from the times of Palaeolithic star-gazers to current space missions shows how we have come to know so much about the universe. At the same time, unfolding knowledge has opened new horizons to explore. Our understanding of the boundless cosmos has only just begun.Topics include: Cosmology, from ancient times to the Big Bang Our place in the solar system Astrolabes, telescopes, and radio astronomy Mapping the stars Space missions and probes Comets, asteroids, supernovae, and black holes The unknown, from empty space to dark energyBeautifully illustrated throughout.

Серия: How the World Works
Год: 2019
Производитель: Arcturus
Артикул: 965096
ISBN: 9781784286613
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература

Mathematics. From Creating the Pyramids to Exploring Infinity
People have always sought order in the apparent chaos of the universe. Mathematics has been our most valuable tool in that search, uncovering the patterns and rules which govern our world and beyond. This book traces humankind's greatest achievements, plotting a journey through the mathematical intellects of the last 4, 000 years to where we stand today.Topics include: The Ancient Egyptians and geometry The movement of the planets Algebra, solid geometry, and the trigonometric tables The first computers How statistics came to rule our finances Impossible shapes and extra dimensions Measuring and mapping the world Chaos theory and fuzzy logic Set theory and the death of numbersBeautifully illustrated throughout.

Серия: How the World Works
Год: 2019
Производитель: Arcturus
Артикул: 965072
ISBN: 9781784286651
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Научная литература