How do you sniff out danger? What is a sense of direction or a gut instinct? You know about your five senses: hearing, sight, smell, taste and touch. But recent research has shown that we actually have at least thirty-two... Zobraziť viac
In 2017, the luxury sports car manufacturer Ferrari, which has captivated generations of people from all over the world with its cars of exceptional quality, luxury and beauty, will celebrate its 70th anniversary... Zobraziť viac
A flexible, current, and comprehensive look at the biological, industry, and species approaches to Animal Science, complete with worldview information and societal issues. Relevant and timely, Introduction to Animal Science features the most comprehens Zobraziť viac
Linear algebra is something all mathematics undergraduates and many other students, in subjects ranging from engineering to economics, have to learn. The fifth edition of this hugely successful textbook retains all the qualities of earlier editions, while Zobraziť viac
Featuring engaging examples from diverse disciplines, this book explains how to use modern approaches to quasi-experimentation to derive credible estimates of treatment effects under the demanding constraints of field settings... Zobraziť viac
Beneath all of the complex and formidable mathematical structures that formulate physical laws rest simple but deep nuggets of truth. It is these simple truths, and not the complicated technical details, that scientists strive for... Zobraziť viac
'A cheerful, chatty, and charming trip through the world of mathematics and its relation to the world of people - and not a number in sight! Everyone should read this delightful book. Even mathematicians' Ian Stewart, author of Do Dice Play God... Zobraziť viac
This is a business dictionary of 30,383 defined technology terms — covering the latest in telecommunications, computing, the Internet, the Internet of Things, networking and social media. It's a complete dictionary/encyclopedia of today's information... Zobraziť viac
For readers of George Monbiot, Mark Cocker and Robert Macfarlane - an urgent and lyrical account of endangered places around the globe and the people fighting to save them... Zobraziť viac
Thirty years ago, Bill McKibben wrote The End of Nature, the first book that alerted us to the dangers of climate change. Falter is a new call to arms, to save not only our planet but our very souls as well... Zobraziť viac
Vzrůstající hrozbou postindustriální společnosti je "hypokinetická deprivace organismu člověka", která má původ v hypokinetické monotonii denního režimu moderního člověka a podílí se na zvýšení prahu citlivosti propriocepce a v... Zobraziť viac
This is the story of a family led to confront a crisis they had never foreseen. Aged eleven, their eldest daughter has stopped eating and speaking. Alongside diagnoses of autism and selective mutism, her parents slowly become aware of... Zobraziť viac
Dolphins and parrots call each other by their names. Fork tailed drongos mimic the calls of other animals to scare them away and then steal their dinner. In the songs of many species of birds... Zobraziť viac
As a new wave of interplanetary exploration launches in summer 2020, a talented young planetary scientist charts our centuries-old obsession with Mars... Zobraziť viac
So much relies on science. But what if science itself can't be relied on? Medicine, education, psychology, health, parenting - wherever it really matters, we look to science for guidance... Zobraziť viac
Our story with the stars. Most of us have never been to space. To date, of the more than 100 billion humans that have ever existed, fewer than 600 humans have ever left Earth... Zobraziť viac
'A vaulting triumph of a book' Isabella Tree, author of WildingBird migration remains perhaps the most singularly compelling natural phenomenon in the world. Nothing else combines its global sweep with its inherent ability to... Zobraziť viac
In this "provocative" book (New York Times), a contrarian physicist argues that her field's modern obsession with beauty has given us wonderful math but bad science... Zobraziť viac
