How the prized matsutake mushroom is remaking human communities in China—and providing new ways to understand human and more-than-human worldsWhat a Mushroom Lives For pushes today’s mushroom renaissance in compelling new directions. For centuries,... Zobraziť viac
This book covers all the content needed for the compulsory Edexcel AS level Further Core Pure Mathematics exam. It can also be used alongside Book 2 to cover all the content needed for the compulsory Edexcel A level Further Core Pure Mathematics exams. Zobraziť viac
This book covers all the content needed for the optional Edexcel AS and A level Further Mechanics 1 exams. Zobraziť viac
This book can be used alongside Book 1 to cover all the content needed for the compulsory Edexcel A level Further Core Pure Mathematics exams. Zobraziť viac
‘Gow reinvents what it means to be a guardian of the countryside.’ Guardian‘This authentic, impassioned manifesto-cum-memoir will hopefully have a major impact on what is likely to be a long-running controversy.’ The Spectator‘Gow has a... Zobraziť viac
Humans are the dominant species on the planet. But how did we get here? Human Origins takes the reader on a fascinating 5-million-year journey from our earliest primordial ape-like roots through to the present day. Zobraziť viac
For most of us, the story of mammal evolution starts after the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs, but over the last 20 years scientists have uncovered remarkable fossils and new technologies that have upended this story.In Beasts Before Us,... Zobraziť viac
Combining crystal-clear explanations of the laws of the universe with basic exercises (including essential equations and maths), this book covers the minimum that readers should master. Zobraziť viac
What is the secret to humanity’s evolutionary success? Could it be our strength, our intellect…or something much nicer? Zobraziť viac
The epic, page-turning history of how a group of physicists toppled the Newtonian universe in the early decades of the twentieth century. Marie Curie, Max Planck, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger, and Albert Einstein didn’t only... Zobraziť viac
The Primacy of Doubt takes us on a unique journey through the science of uncertainty, covering a breathtaking range of topics, from climate change to the foundations of quantum physics, economic modelling to conflict prediction, free will to... Zobraziť viac
A number one Irish bestseller, and winner of the Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards. Zobraziť viac
Thames & Hudson Ltd: Discusses the mythological properties assigned to geometric forms, and covers the Golden Section,... Zobraziť viac
Donna J. Haraway refigures our current epoch, moving away from the Anthropocene toward the Chthulucene: an epoch in which we stay with the trouble of living and dying on a damaged earth while living with and understanding the nonhuman in complex ways... Zobraziť viac
Uncover the language of our universe - numbers - in this wide-ranging whistle-stop tour of the history and majesty of mathematics... Zobraziť viac
Wouldn't it be great if all school teachers (from kindergarten through high school) would share the joy of mathematics with their students, rather than focus only on the prescribed curriculum that will subsequently be tested? ... Zobraziť viac
The smartphones in our pockets and computers like brains. The vagaries of game theory and evolutionary biology. Self-replicating moon bases and nuclear weapons. All bear the fingerprints of one remarkable man: John von Neumann... Zobraziť viac
Trees have played countless roles in human history - by turns hopeful symbols of freedom, pioneering space travellers, keepers of ancient history and accessories to murder. From art to politics, science to crime... Zobraziť viac
There's so much talk about the threat posed by intelligent machines that it sometimes seems as though we should surrender to our robot overlords. But Junaid Mubeen isn't ready to throw in the towel just yet... Zobraziť viac
