It's 1961 and the white heat of the Space Race is making the Cold War even colder.The age of global surveillance dawns. Secret agent Richard Knox has been hung out to dry by someone in MI5 and he needs to find the traitor in their midst... Zobraziť viac
Flight is the story of humankind's most ambitious undertaking. From thousand-year-old flying machines and the trailblazing 'birdmen' who risked their lives to test them, to the Wright brothers' legendary first flight and ... Zobraziť viac
This gorgeously illustrated collection of airline route maps transports readers to another time. Hundreds of images span a century of passenger flight, from the rudimentary trajectory of routes to the most intricately detailed birds-eye views of land... Zobraziť viac
What is an imaginary number? Can two parallel lines ever meet? How can maths help us predict the future? Charting the development of maths around the world from Babylon to Bletchley Park, this book explores big questions like these... Zobraziť viac
Transcending sport and spectacle, all things equine and equestrian have captivated and charmed an elite global audience. Including horse racing, show-jumping, and polo, amongst other horse disciplines, this book encapsulates the glittering people... Zobraziť viac
Human travel into space is an enormously expensive and unforgiving endeavor. So why go? In this accessible and authoritative book, astrophysicist Martin Elvis argues that the answer is asteroid exploration, for the strong motives... Zobraziť viac
Bioluminescent algae, symbiotic aquariums, self-healing concrete, clavicle wind instruments and structures made from living trees - biology applied outside the lab has never been so intriguing, or so beautiful... Zobraziť viac
This double volume is the unrivaled collector car anthology. It curates 100 of the most exquisite, remarkable, and desirable cars of all time, from the landmark 1903 Mercedes-Simplex 40 hp to the radically designed 2020 McLaren Speedtail... Zobraziť viac
Tato monografie, plná kvalitních fotografií a technických detailů, je především určena obdivovatelům vojenské techniky, sběratelům a modelářům. Zobraziť viac
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Tato monografie, plná kvalitních fotografií a technických detailů, je především určena obdivovatelům vojenské techniky, sběratelům a modelářům. Zobraziť viac
A spectacular pictorial history of astronomical exploration, for anyone who has gazed at the sky and wondered what lies beyond From the beginning of time, human beings have looked up at the stars and speculated on other worlds... Zobraziť viac
Discover the hidden worlds beneath our feet... In Underland, Robert Macfarlane takes us on a journey into the worlds beneath our feet. From the ice-blue depths of Greenland's glaciers, to the underground networks by which trees communicate, ... Zobraziť viac
One of the world's top behavioural geneticists argues that we need a radical rethink about what makes us who we are. The blueprint for our individuality lies in the 1% of DNA that differs between people... Zobraziť viac
Those who understand how AI thinks are about to win big. Leading AI entrepreneur Nigel Toon explains why it's so exciting, and how it can be controlled... Zobraziť viac
You may be familiar with the idea of our body's biome - the bacterial fauna that populates our gut and can so profoundly affect our health. In We Are Electric we cross the next frontier of scientific understanding: discover your body's electrome... Zobraziť viac
When we throw things ‘away’, what does that actually mean? Where does it go, and who deals with it when it gets there? In Wasteland, award-winning journalist Oliver Franklin-Wallis takes us on an eye-opening journey through... Zobraziť viac
For decades, biology has been dominated by information - the power of genes. Yet there is no difference in information content between a living cell and one that died a moment ago... Zobraziť viac
Illuminating, provocative and bold, The Universe in a Box is the story of the technologies that allow us to look up, to learn and to discover our place in the cosmos... 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
