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A myth-busting tour of the body's hidden foundations from a pioneering evolutionary biologist. 'Public health strategies stubbornly cling to the simplistic armchair engineer's view of metabolism, hurting efforts to combat obesity, diabetes... Zobraziť viac
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Total Competition is the most compelling, comprehensive and revealing insight into what it takes to get to the top in Formula One that has ever been published... Zobraziť viac
The next generation of architectural design is moving outside the box. Robotic arms are beginning to replace and advance now common digital fabrication technologies... Zobraziť viac
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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 purpose... Zobraziť viac
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Human beings, says Lee Smolin, author of The Trouble With Physics, have always had a problem with the boundary between reality and fantasy, confusing our representations of the world with the world itself... Zobraziť viac
First published in 1973, Gravitation is a landmark graduate-level textbook that presents Einstein’s general theory of relativity and offers a rigorous, full-year course on the physics of gravitation... Zobraziť viac
The definitive guide to the development, form, function, and disorders of the human body... Zobraziť viac
The greatest challenge in designing homes is negotiating the delicate balance between aesthetics and the personal desires of the occupants... Zobraziť viac
What happens when a star dies? How many asteroids are in our solar system? Can galaxies collide? What is dark energy? Astronomy in Minutes answers all these questions and more as it condenses 200 key... Zobraziť viac
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James Lovelock, creator of the Gaia hypothesis and the greatest environmental thinker of our time, has produced an astounding new theory about future of life on Earth. He argues that the anthropocene... Zobraziť viac
The novel approach in Volume III rounds out and builds upon the material developed in the earlier lectures, while remaining independent of the first two... Zobraziť viac
Banish math anxiety and give students of all ages a clear roadmap to success. Mathematical Mindsets provides practical strategies and activities to help teachers and parents show all children, even those who are convinced that they are... Zobraziť viac
