Vydejte se spolu s námi na dobrodružnou a fascinující výpravu napříč periodickou tabulkou prvků a seznamte se se všemi z nich – od nejlehčího vodíku až po těžké a podivuhodné prvky na jejích okrajích. Každý z nich je totiž nejen strohou položkou ve... Zobraziť viac
‘I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.’ Richard Feynman wrote this in 1965 – the year he was awarded the Nobel prize in physics for his work on quantum mechanics. Over the past decade, the enigma ... Zobraziť viac
China's history is an epic tapestry of courtly philosophies, warring factions and imperial intrigue. Yet, over five thousand years, one ancient element has so dramatically shaped the country's fate that it remains the key to unlocking China's story... Zobraziť viac
A cutting-edge new vision of biology that proposes to revise our concept of what life is – from Science Book Prize winner Philip Ball... Zobraziť viac
Is there a 'physics of society'? Philip Ball's investigation into human nature ranges from Hobbes and Adam Smith to modern work on traffic flow and market trading, across economics, sociology and psychology. Ball shows how much of human behaviour we... Zobraziť viac
Understanding the human mind and how it relates to the world that we experience has challenged philosophers for centuries. How then do we even begin to think about ‘minds’ that are not human? ... Zobraziť viac
Flush with hundreds of illustrations, this book revisits the histories of chemistry, medicine, ideas, and culture through the lens of alchemy “Philip Ball’s book is a treasure: beautifully illustrated and, as usual, the author caries his learning... Zobraziť viac
This book offers a largely chronological illustrated guide to how the chemical elements were discovered over the past three millennia. It provides a view not just of how we came to understand what everything is made... Zobraziť viac
