Let Lonely Planet take you further than ever before with the world's first and only travel guide to the Universe. Developed with the latest data from NASA, we take you from our home on Earth and out into the far reaches of the solar system, ... Zobraziť viac
Today, we take it for granted that we can fly anywhere in the world, but the modest beginnings of international air travel are not even a century old. The Junkers F 13, introduced in 1919, could seat only four passengers... Zobraziť viac
Why 60 seconds in a minute? Who invented zero? What exactly is pi? Why do mathematicians hunt prime numbers? And how can you get a number bigger than infinity? To find out, take a tour through 200 important, fascinating and unusual numbers ... Zobraziť viac
There is no greater aspiration than saving the world. Natalie Fee's upbeat and engaging book is a life-altering guide to making those changes that will contribute to helping our planet. Covering all key areas of our lives, from food and leisure... Zobraziť viac
In 1935, when a small company in Coventry, England, launched a sporting saloon (i.e., sedan) called the Jaguar SS, it set in motion an inexorable process that would lead to Britain’s most beloved line of high-performance automobiles... Zobraziť viac
A catalog of wonders, from walking fish to self-medicating chimpanzees. This Atlas of Poetic Zoology leads readers into a world of wonders where turtles fly under the sea, lizards walk on water, insects impersonate flowers, birds don't fly... Zobraziť viac
Million-copy bestselling author of The Elements, Molecules, and Reactions Theodore Gray applies his trademark mix of engaging stories, real-time experiments, and stunning photography to the inner workings of machines, big and small, ... Zobraziť viac
How old is the sloth? How do sloths have sex? How did a sloth save Dublin? The answers to these questions, and more, are found in this wonderfully entertaining celebration of the sloth. Walking readers through the sloth's evolutionary history... Zobraziť viac
Prepare to embark on a journey through space and time with The NASA Archives, a visual celebration of humankind’s unstoppable urge to travel away from Earth to worlds beyond... Zobraziť viac
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*100,000 words, phrases and meanings, including the Academic Word List *40,000 corpus-based examples *Integrated Thesaurus explains 6000 synonyms, antonyms and... Zobraziť viac
A groundbreaking text and reference book on twenty-first-century classical physics and its applications... Zobraziť viac
World authority on astrophysics, Sir Martin Rees, takes us on a journey through all the things which could wipe out mankind in the near future. From asteroids to disease to scientific discoveries gone wrong... Zobraziť viac
A world-renowned astronomer and an esteemed science writer make the provocative argument for space exploration without astronauts... Zobraziť viac
Manjit Kumar's epic history of the band of young men and their challenging theories which changed the way we see the very building blocks of our world. For most people, quantum theory is a byword for mysterious,... Zobraziť viac
This lifesize guide and essential reference reveals the extraordinary beauty, surprising diversity and importance of seeds... Zobraziť viac
The Cabinet of Natural Curiosities is one of the 18th century's greatest natural history achievements and remains one of the most prized natural history books of all time... Zobraziť viac
Technology is at the heart of the human story. In an era of transformation, comprehending what drives these changes means understanding the history of man's relationship with technology... Zobraziť viac
We spend our whole lives in one body and yet most of us have practically no idea how it works and what goes on inside it. The idea of the book is simply to try to understand the extraordinary contraption that is us.' Bill Bryson turns his attention... Zobraziť viac
The thinking man s sports car: a symbol of the relentless desire for peak power and limitless performance, the Porsche 911 inspires a worldwide ripple effect. When Ferdinand Porsche could not find a sportscar he liked, he decided to build one himself... Zobraziť viac
