A pioneer of artificial intelligence shows how the study of causality revolutionized science and the world. 'Correlation does not imply causation.' This mantra was invoked by scientists for decades in order to avoid taking positions as to whether one ... Zobraziť viac
How did wet nurses drive civilization? Are women always the weaker sex? Is sexism useful for evolution? And are our bodies at war with our babies? ... Zobraziť viac
Every animal on the planet owes its existence to one crucial piece of evolutionary engineering: the egg... Zobraziť viac
In the aftermath of World War II, the victorious Allied powers turned to the question of how to move on from years of carnage and destruction. The Tokyo trial - the largely overlooked counterpart to Nuremberg - was an opportunity both to render ... Zobraziť viac
A provocative and inspiring look at the future of humanity and science from world-renowned scientist and bestselling author Martin Rees... Zobraziť viac
Science starts to get interesting when things don't make sense... Zobraziť viac
Unravel the universe's biggest mysteries from your own home. Explore the origins of life, the Big Bang, cosmic expansion, dark matter, and other worlds. All you need is this book. Zobraziť viac
Odborná kniha z oblasti nejmodernějšího materiálového inženýrství se zabývá zcela novými přístupy v oblasti polymerních materiálů. Jde o výsledky výzkumu na molekulární úrovni, tak aby na makroskopické byly dosaženy všechny požadované vlastnosti pro... Zobraziť viac
Imagine if The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy were a real, practical book about the mysteries of the universe... The Universe In Your Hand takes us on a wonder-filled journey to the surface of our dying Sun, ... Zobraziť viac
Have you ever wondered how the universe began? Or what it takes to put humans on the moon - or even on Mars? What would you do if you could travel through space and time? ... Zobraziť viac
This is the complete guide to exploring the fascinating world of maths you were never told about at school. Stand-up comedian and mathematician Matt Parker uses bizarre Klein Bottles, unimaginably small pizza slices, knots no one can untie ... Zobraziť viac
Antoine de Saint-Exupery's timeless tale, reissued in a beautiful clothbound edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith. Antoine de Saint-Exupery first published The Little Prince in 1943, only a year before his plane vanished over the... Zobraziť viac
'The very treeline is on the move: a devastating image... Zobraziť viac
Stephen Hawking's worldwide bestseller, A Brief History of Time, has been a landmark volume in scientific writing. Its author's engaging voice is one reason, and the compelling subjects he addresses is another: the nature of space and time, the role of... Zobraziť viac
A leading computer scientist brings human sense to the AI bubble. No recent scientific enterprise has been so alluring, terrifying and filled with extravagant promise and frustrating setbacks as artificial intelligence... Zobraziť viac
Neil deGrasse Tyson is arguably the most influential, acclaimed scientist on the planet. As director of the Hayden Planetarium, and host of Cosmos and StarTalk, he has dedicated his life to exploring and explaining the mysteries of the universe... Zobraziť viac
Science is a huge topic, but this friendly book breaks it down into bite-sized chunks, making it an accessible introduction for anyone who wants to find out about this fascinating subject. Highly illustrated, in a pictorial, 'infographics' style... Zobraziť viac
No other bird is quite so ever-present and familiar, so embedded in our culture, as the robin. With more than six million breeding pairs, the robin is second only to the wren as Britain’s most common bird... Zobraziť viac
It is worse, much worse, than you think. The slowness of climate change is a fairy tale, perhaps as pernicious as the one that says it isn't happening at all, and if your anxiety about it is dominated by fears of sea-level rise... Zobraziť viac
Cook led three famous expeditions to the Pacific Ocean between 1768 and 1779. In voyages that ranged from the Antarctic circle to the Arctic Sea, Cook charted Australia and the whole coast of New Zealand, and brought back detailed descriptions... Zobraziť viac
