How does brain activity give rise to sleep, dreams, learning, memory, and language? Do drugs like cocaine and heroin tap into the same neurochemical systems that evolved for life's natural rewards? What are the powerful new tools of molecular biology... Zobraziť viac
Just like the real thing - only shorter! Help your child prepare for the SATS with these bite-sized National test papers. This book offers 12 mini-tests - including Reasoning and Arithmetic papers... Zobraziť viac
Concluding with a cautionary call for increased regulation, Reprogenetics introduces fact, history, and reason into a public discussion of complex and vexing issues. Zobraziť viac
Are there geographic clusters of disease cases, or hotspots of crime? Can the geography of air quality be matched to where people hospitalized for respiratory complaints actually live? Spatial data is data about the world where the attribute of... Zobraziť viac
* Subtitled 'The Remarkable True Story of the Penicillin Miracle', this book is a wonderful combination of modern narrative history and popular science. Zobraziť viac
An unconventional history of the world’s largest cellular workhorse, from chickens to penguins, art to egg crimes and more Zobraziť viac
Discover the real-life inspirations behind history’s most infamous serial killers: John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Charles Manson, and so many more. Gothic media moguls Kelly Florence and Meg Hafdahl, authors of The Science of Monsters, The... Zobraziť viac
How does life work? How does nature produce the right numbers of zebras and lions on the African savanna, or fish in the ocean? How do our bodies produce the right numbers of cells in our organs and bloodstream? In The Serengeti Rules, award-winning... Zobraziť viac
A sweeping history of data and its technical, political and ethical impact on our world Zobraziť viac
Through riveting personal stories and the latest research, Harvard evolutionary biologist Carole Hooven shows how testosterone drives the behavior of the sexes apart and how understanding the science behind this hormone is empowering for all.Since... Zobraziť viac
In this lyrical book Wendy Williams explores the lives of one of the world’s most resilient creatures—the butterfly—shedding light on the role that they play in our ecosystem and in our human lives. Zobraziť viac
For almost four billion years, microbes had the primordial oceans all to themselves. The stewards of Earth, these organisms transformed the chemistry of our planet to make it habitable for plants, animals, and us. Life's Engines takes readers deep into... Zobraziť viac
The remarkable story of the Global Seed Vault—and the valiant effort to save the past and the future of agriculture: Now updated with a new chapter by the author and photos from recent improvements in the facilities. Author Cary Fowler, father of the... Zobraziť viac
This powerful report on what went wrong-and right-with America's Covid response, from a team of 34 experts, shows how Americans faced the worst peacetime catastrophe of modern times Zobraziť viac
Two controversial authors debate the nature and methods of science, its dogmas, and its future. Rupert Sheldrake argues that science needs to free itself from materialist dogma while Michael Shermer contends that science, properly conceived, is a... Zobraziť viac
An exhilarating new biography of John von Neumann: the lost genius who invented our world... Zobraziť viac
A collection of the world's most mind-boggling, thought-provoking, and downright hilarious theories... Zobraziť viac
This textbook explores both the theoretical foundation of the Finite Volume Method (FVM) and its applications in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Readers will discover a thorough explanation of the FVM numerics and algorithms used for the simulation... Zobraziť viac
The primary aim of this book is to present a coherent introduction to graph theory, suitable as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in mathematics and computer science. It provides a systematic treatment of the theory... Zobraziť viac
