This book provides an essential insight into the practices and ideas of maps and map-making. It draws on a wide range of social theorists, and theorists of maps and cartography, to show how maps and map-making have shaped the spaces in which we... Zobraziť viac
In this mythbusting guide to AI past and present, one of the world's leading researchers shows why our fears for the future are misplaced. The ultimate dream of artificial intelligence is to build machines that are like us: conscious and self-aware... Zobraziť viac
Albertus Seba’s 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
Smartphones, skyscrapers, spacecraft. Modern technology seems mind-bogglingly complex. But beneath the surface, it can be beautifully simple... Zobraziť viac
To thrive in the twenty-first century, we all need to understand the challenges coming our way. And start adapting, now... Zobraziť viac
This book provides the necessary equipment for the application of spectroscopic methods in organic chemistry, as required as part of chemistry courses in all universities... Zobraziť viac
On 21 November 1915, the Endurance, Ernest Shackleton's ship, finally succumbed to the immense pressures of the surrounding ice. Its crew watched in silence as the stern rose twenty feet in the air and then, just like that, it was gone... Zobraziť viac
In this indispensable follow up to his acclaimed The End of the Line: How Overfishing is Changing the World, Charles Clover chronicles how determined individuals are proving that the crisis in our oceans can be reversed... Zobraziť viac
The author of the international bestseller The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment, asking: can we save nature in time? Elizabeth Kolbert has become one of the most important writers on the environment... Zobraziť viac
Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and a local teenager, Laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. When the Taliban take over... Zobraziť viac
Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry the troubled and bitter Rasheed, who is thirty years her senior. Nearly two decades later, in a climate of growing unrest, tragedy strikes fifteen-year-old Laila, who must leave her home... Zobraziť viac
Did you know that we can lead longer and healthier lives by making simple changes right now... Zobraziť viac
A deep-dive into the astonishing nature and true science of longevity... Zobraziť viac
What would it be like to experience the ancient landscapes of the past as we experience the reality of nature today... Zobraziť viac
Presents a new way of applying the methods of proof theory to axiomatic theories and systems of philosophical logic. Zobraziť viac
Weird and awesome facts to fascinate curious kids this Christmas... Zobraziť viac
Is mathematics a discovery or an invention? Do numbers truly exist? What sort of reality do formulas describe? ... Zobraziť viac
In his first book ever, the father of string theory reinvents the world's concept of the known universe and man's unique place within it. Line drawings... Zobraziť viac
Every rock has a story tell, and none more so than those which have fallen from the sky: meteorites. Originating in the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter, these rocky fragments offer clues not just to the earliest origins of the Solar System... Zobraziť viac
Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize 2019. A magisterial history of calculus (and the people behind it) from one of the world's foremost mathematicians. This is the captivating story of mathematics' greatest ever idea: calculus... Zobraziť viac
