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  • "The Great Builders"

    by Jack ...
    What’s the goal in life? Why are we here? What are we supposed to achieve and how? Do the goverments keep secrets from the people? Why? Is there life in other planet? We are humans there are things we aren’t suppose to understand…or are we?Pyramids all over the world, you know what that means?There was an old civilization capable of traveling around the world while constructing huges structures. ... Read more

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  • "Well, Doc, You're In"

    Freeman Dyson’s Journey through the Universe

    Edited by David Kaiser ...
    The life and work of Freeman Dyson—renowned scientist, visionary, and iconoclast—and his particular way of thinking about deep questions.Freeman Dyson (1923–2020)—renowned scientist, visionary, and iconoclast—helped invent modern physics. Not bound by disciplinary divisions, he went on to explore foundational topics in mathematics, astrophysics, and the origin of life. General readers were ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • #Apollo11

    Hashtag Histories, #2

    by Philip Gibson ...
    Series Book 2 - Hashtag Histories
    **"We choose to go to the Moon not because it is easy but because it is hard!"- President John F. Kennedy, 12 September, 1962.What if there had been today's social media during the incredible Apollo 11 mission to the Moon?**If you were not fortunate enough to be able to witness the entire historic mission of Apollo 11 as it unfolded (or even if you were), this gripping account will put you ... Read more

    $9.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 'Nature and the Greeks' and 'Science and Humanism'

    Series series Canto Classics
    Nobel laureate Erwin Schrödinger was one of the most distinguished scientists of the twentieth century; his lectures on the history and philosophy of science are legendary. 'Nature and the Greeks' and 'Science and Humanism' makes available for the first time in many years the texts of two of Schrödinger's most famous lecture series. 'Nature and the Greeks' offers a comprehensive historical account ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • 'The Bell Curve' in Perspective

    Race, Meritocracy, Inequality and Politics

    Series series Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology
    This open access book examines the implications of The Bell Curve for the social, economic, and political developments of the early 21st century. Following a review of the reception of The Bell Curve and its place in the campaign to end affirmative action, Professor Tucker analyses Herrnstein’s concept of the “meritocracy” in relation to earlier 20th century eugenics and the dramatic increase in ... Read more

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  • (Fast) Alles einfach erklärt

    Vom Big Bang quer durch die Weltgeschichte bis zum Ende des Universums | Der Spiegel-Bestseller vom Grimme-Online-Preisträger und Welterklärer auf TikTok

    by Niklas Kolorz ...
    Wie funktioniert das Universum? Und wer hat's erfunden? Ein wilder Trip durch die großen Entdeckungen der Astrophysik, Chemie und Biologie von Wissenschaftsjournalist und Science-Star Niklas Kolorz.Von subatomaren Partikeln bis zur Supernova: einfach alles erklärtPythagoras, Galileo Galilei, Newton, Einstein und Hubble: wie sie unser Weltbild revolutioniert habenWarum das Universum ein ... Read more

    $16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • (Pre-)dawning Of Functional Specialization In Physics, The

    In modern physics, various fundamental problems have become topics of ongoing debate. There was the 20th century climb to a Standard Model, still accurate at the highest energy levels obtainable so far. But, since the 1970's, a different approach to physics advocates for theories such as string theory, known for their mathematical elegance, even though they either cannot be verified in data or ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • 10 bilhões

    Translated by Kvieta Brezinova de Morais ...
    A Terra é o lar de milhões de espécies, mas apenas uma domina — nós. Em 2011, de acordo com a ONU, a população humana mundial ultrapassou sete bilhões, e recentes projeções preveem que até o fim deste século ela terá passado de dez bilhões.Stephen Emmott, consagrado cientista e professor da Universidade de Oxford, alerta para as terríveis consequências de uma população humana muito maior do que o ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • 10 Things I Learned From the Global Pandemic

    1, #1

    by Philip O'dera ...
    Series Book 1 - 1
    The global pandemic has been unlike anything that we have ever seen or witnessed in our lifetimes. We have seen uncontrolled viral infections hitting countries large and small with such devastating effects that the national health systems have been stretched to their absolute limits. It appeared that no country was immune from this pandemic and the infection and death statistics were just mind ... Read more

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  • 10 Women Who Changed Science and the World

    Series series Trailblazers, Pioneers, and Revolutionaries
    Spanning the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this fascinating history explores the lives and achievements of great women in science across the globe.Ten Women Who Changed Science and the World tells the stories of trailblazing women who made a historic impact on physics, biology, chemistry, astronomy, and medicine. Included in this volume are famous figures, such as two-time Nobel Prize winner ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 100 Great Scientists Who Changed the World

    by Jon Balchin ...
    'If I saw further than others it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.'- Sir Isaac NewtonThis stylish jacketed hardback introduces 100 of these giants of scientific discovery: the men and women who, often in the face of extreme skepticism or worse, have striven and succeeded in pushing back the boundaries of human knowledge. Ranging across the spectrum of scientific endeavor, from ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • 100 Hoaxes & Mistakes That Fooled Science

    Series series Popular Science
    Even experts get duped from time to time! The stories behind scientific fakes and mistakes, from crop circles to miracle cures and beyond.Science is an ongoing quest for knowledge filled with discoveries and experiments, trial and error. And occasionally, the errors can be whoppers—especially when hoaxers are involved. Some hoaxes are intended merely as well-intended humorous tricks, while others ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 100 Inventions That Changed the World

    Series series Popular Science
    From safety pins to steam engines to cell phones, the stories behind innovations that have transformed everyday lives.We take thousands of inventions for granted, using them daily and enjoying their benefits. But how much do we really know about their origins and development? This absorbing new book tells the stories behind the inventions that have changed the world, with details about:Convenience ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 100 Science Discoveries That Changed the World

    by Colin Salter ...
    Arranged in chronological order from the early Greek mathematicians, Euclid and Archimedes through to present-day Nobel Prize winners, 100 Science Discoveries That Changed the World charts the great breakthroughs in scientific understanding.Each entry describes the story of the research, the significance of the science and its impact on the scientific world. There is also a resume of each ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • 100 Stars That Explain the Universe

    Visit one hundred extraordinary stars that unveil the mysteries of the universeOur own Sun—a source of awe, myth, and mystery for untold generations of sky-gazers—is just one of roughly two hundred billion trillion stars. Together, they’re a window into the profoundest questions in physics—overturning, again and again, how we understand light, matter, time, and existence itself. Florian ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • 100 Years of Radar

    This book offers fascinating insights into the key technical and scientific developments in the history of radar, from the first patent, taken out by Hülsmeyer in 1904, through to the present day. Landmark events are highlighted and fascinating insights provided into the exceptional people who made possible the progress in the field, including the scientists and technologists who worked ... Read more

    $152.99 USD

  • 100 Years Of Subatomic Physics

    By year 1911 radioactivity had been discovered for over a decade, but its origin remained a mystery. Rutherford's discovery of the nucleus and the subsequent discovery of the neutron by Chadwick started the field of subatomic physics — a quest for understanding the fundamental constituents of matter.This book reviews the important achievements in subatomic physics in the past century. The chapters ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • 1000 Fatti Incredibili: Ti Svelo 1000 Cose che non Sai! Entusiasmante Cultura Generale per Fare Colpo su Chiunque!

    Lo sapevi che…Quanto è bello dire questa frase quando sai di essere l'unico a conoscere la risposta?Che tu sia in famiglia, ad una cena con gli amici o in qualsiasi situazione insieme ad altre persone, poter sorprendere tutti con un "ma lo sapevi che…" E vedere le loro facce sorprese, non ha prezzo!Ecco perché questo libro è la "Bibbia delle curiosità" per tutte quelle persone sempre affamate di ... Read more

    $3.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 109 East Palace

    Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos

    by Jennet Conant ...
    From the bestselling author of Tuxedo Park, the extraordinary story of the thousands of people who were sequestered in a military facility in the desert for twenty-seven intense months under J. Robert Oppenheimer where the world's best scientists raced to invent the atomic bomb and win World War II.In 1943, J. Robert Oppenheimer, the brilliant, charismatic head of the Manhattan Project, recruited ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • 12 Galaksi

    bu kitapda galaksinin tsnımı ve 12 galaksi yer almakdadır ... Read more

    $2.30 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 12 Seconds Of Silence

    How a Team of Inventors, Tinkerers, and Spies Took Down a Nazi Superweapon

    by Jamie Holmes ...
    The riveting story of the American scientists, tinkerers, and nerds who solved one of the biggest puzzles of World War II—and developed one of the most powerful weapons of the war12 Seconds of Silence is the remarkable, lost story of how a ragtag group of American scientists overcame one of the toughest problems of World War II: shooting things out of the sky.Working in a secretive organization ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • 13 Things That Don't Make Sense

    The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time

    Spanning disciplines from biology to cosmology, chemistry to psychology to physics, Michael Brooks thrillingly captures the excitement of scientific discovery.Science’s best-kept secret is this: even today, thereare experimental results that the most brilliant scientists cannot explain. In the past, similar “anomalies” have revolutionized our world. If history is any precedent, we should look to ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • 150 Years of the Periodic Table

    A Commemorative Symposium

    Series series Perspectives on the History of Chemistry
    This book provides an overview of the origins and evolution of the periodic system from its prehistory to the latest synthetic elements and possible future additions. The periodic system of the elements first emerged as a comprehensive classificatory and predictive tool for chemistry during the 1860s. Its subsequent embodiment in various versions has made it one of the most recognizable icons of ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

  • 18 Miles

    The Epic Drama of Our Atmosphere and Its Weather

    “With wit and a humbling sense of wonder, this is a book that can be shared and appreciated by a wide audience who now religiously check their phones for daily forecasts.” — Publishers Weekly Starred Review“This terrific, accessible, and exciting read helps us to better understand the aspects of weather and the atmosphere all around us.” —Library Journal Starred ReviewWe live at the bottom of an ... Read more

    $10.99 USD