Computer simulation is increasingly used in physics and engineering to predict the probable outcome of experiments and to aid in their interpretation. The methods of simulation are based on a range of numerical techniques for treating ordinary and... Zobraziť viac
Sacred Cells? tells the little-known story of Christian theologians who have been actively involved with leading scientists in the lab to determine the ethical implications of stem cell research. And contrary to popular expectation, these Christians... Zobraziť viac
Game theory is the mathematical analysis of strategic interaction. In the fifty years since the appearance of von Neumann and Morgenstern's classic Theory of Games and Economic Behavior (Princeton, 1944), game theory has been widely applied to problems... Zobraziť viac
"Communicating Science" will be an invaluable source-book for those eager to learn about or enter the professional world of science. Zobraziť viac
This volume explores counterfactual thought and language. We can typically evaluate counterfactual questions probabilistically, predicting what would be likely or unlikely to happen. Schulz describes these probabilistic ways of evaluating... Zobraziť viac
'Wise, timely and eloquent... A joy to read.' GuardianWhat does it mean to be well? Is it something in our body? Or, is it rather something subjective - something of the mind? In this profound collection of clinical stories, eminent psychiatrist Dr... Zobraziť viac
Unravelling the Double Helixc overs the most colourful period in the history of DNA, from the discovery of 'nuclein' in the late 1860s to the landmark publication of James Watson's The Double Helix in 1968. These hundred years included the advent of the Zobraziť viac
The science of cooperation tells us not only how we got here, but also where we might end up. Cooperation explains how strands of DNA gave rise to modern-day nation states. It defines our extraordinary ecological success as well as many... Zobraziť viac
Pure Human is a bold call to reclaim what makes us human before it's lost. As AI reshapes the world, award-winning scientist Gregg Braden discusses the innate abilities we’ve forgotten and challenges us to embrace our extraordinary potential before we... Zobraziť viac
The fun, easy way to get up to speed on biophysics concepts, principles, and practices One of the most diverse of modern scientific disciplines, biophysics applies methods and technologies from physics to the study of biological ... Zobraziť viac
Max Tegmark leads us on an astonishing journey through past, present, and future, and through the physics, astronomy, and mathematics that are the foundation of his work, most particularly his hypothesis that our ... Zobraziť viac
In this New York Times bestseller and longlist nominee for the National Book Award, ';our greatest living chronicler of the natural world' (The New York Times), David Quammen explains how recent discoveries in molecular biology ... Zobraziť viac
From the best-selling author of Gratitude and On the Move, a final volume of essays that showcase Sacks's broad range of interests—from his passion for ferns, swimming, and horsetails, to his final case histories exploring ... Zobraziť viac
WHAT IF... one man decided to answer all the unanswerable questions, using science... Zobraziť viac
From the discovery of entirely new kinds of galaxies to a window into cosmic ';prehistory', Bothwell shows us the Universe as we've never seen it before literally... Zobraziť viac
Mama's Last Hug is a whirlwind tour of new ideas and findings about animal emotions, based on Frans de Waal's renowned studies of the social and emotional lives of chimpanzees, bonobos and other primates.... Zobraziť viac
