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The smooth functioning of an ordered society depends on the possession of a means of regularising its activities over time. That means is a calendar, and its regularity is a function of how well it ……続きを見る

This book draws upon a wealth of respected authors as resources to help explain ideas regarding the creation of positive responses through good decision making. It describes how pressure and change ……続きを見る

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring In the last few years global awareness of climate change has grown very rapidly - through the school strikes led by Greta Thunberg, groups like ……続きを見る

With a Foreword by Steven WeinbergIn this richly illustrated book, Nobel Laureate Gerard 't Hooft and Theoretical Physicist Stefan Vandoren describe the enormous diversity of natural phenomena that ……続きを見る

Here I present why a rigid body cannot be seen as a point mass in regard of its motion in a gravitational field. With illustrations and two simple equations I explain why it is not possible to see a……続きを見る

Bienvenue dans ce nouveau numéro du « Coin des familles » qui a pour but d’expliquer, de manière simple, le Coronavirus aux enfants. Cette maladie, qui est arrivée il y a peu de temps en France, imp……続きを見る

During the Middle Ages, a thriving center for learning and research was Muslim Spain, where students gathered to consult Arabic manuscripts of earlier scientific works and study with famous teachers……続きを見る

The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position. Other animals have stronger muscles ……続きを見る

This is a bold and thought-provoking book that unravels the mysteries of genes and telepathy with a revolutionary solution to the problems of biology and the enigma of life. The author draws on his ……続きを見る

‘Bad Science’ hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists use to distort science, becoming a 400,000 copy bestseller. Now Ben Goldacre puts the $600bn global pharmaceutical industry u……続きを見る

In this so called digital age, there are many people who have taken up writing as a hobby, and many more who would like to. The big stumbling block to the vast majority is how to get their work publ……続きを見る

Tuberculosis is an ancient disease, but it's not a disease of history. With more than a million victims every year – more than any other disease, including malaria – and antibiotic resistance now fo……続きを見る

Why is it that many people come down with the flu in winter months but flu is rare in the summer? Why then do new flu strains such as the recent swine flu epidemic affect people even in the summer m……続きを見る

"Nobody! is the Rube Goldberg of popular science!" Nobody at The New Yorker "A pie in the face of consciousness!" Nobody at Soupy Sales "Soupy Sales meets Mr. Wizard!" Nobody at Harry Potter's Pea S……続きを見る

Mr. Lynch brings to the fore some new theories on a variety of topics that have puzzled us for many years, while we stubbornly cling to some beliefs (as we did with the Flat Earth belief, even to th……続きを見る

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In a divided world, empathy is not the solution, it is the problem. We think of empathy – the ability to feel the suffering of others for ourselves – as the ultimate source of all good behaviour. Bu……続きを見る

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Award-winning writer, columnist, and journalists Carl Zimmer selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in 2022. “What's most compelling about a ……続きを見る

A cutting-edge examination of what it means to be human and to have a 'self' in the face of new scientific developments in genetic editing, cloning and neural downloading. After seeing his own cells……続きを見る

A Return to Glory is a Photo Essay about the Restoration of the Western Mfg. Special. 続きを見る

Η γρήγορη εξέλιξη της τεχνολογίας δημιουργεί προϊόντα και υπηρεσίες που αλλάζουν τα παραδοσιακά δεδομένα για πολλές καταστάσεις της ανθρώπινης καθημερινότητας. Τα τεχνολογικά επιτεύγματα γρήγορα περ……続きを見る

This book gets to the heart of science by asking a fundamental question about its essence: what is the true nature of space and time? Both defy modern physics and scientists find themselves continua……続きを見る

As a scientist, you are a professional writer: your career is built on successful proposals and papers. Success isn't defined by getting papers into print, but by getting them into the reader's cons……続きを見る

Modern statistics is very different from the dry and dusty discipline of the popular imagination. In its place is an exciting subject which uses deep theory and powerful software tools to shed light……続きを見る

There is no doubt that Magento currently is one of the most powerful and fast-growing ecommerce platforms. Over the past few years, not only the number of websites using Magento, but also the number……続きを見る

As we contemplate the cosmos and our place in it one question crops up again and again, and has done for centuries: are we alone? So far there is no definitive evidence for an answer one way or the ……続きを見る

The pattern set nearly 70 years ago by Maxwell's Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism has had a dominant influence on almost every subsequent English and American text, persisting to the present da……続きを見る

This essay tells of an alternate form of chemotherapy. I.P.T.L.D., Insulin Potentiation Therapy Low Dose. By utilizing cancer's love of sugar it targets the cancer tumors using less chemo than today……続きを見る

Humans are extraordinary creatures, with the unique ability among animals to imitate and so copy from one another ideas, habits, skills, behaviours, inventions, songs, and stories. These are all mem……続きを見る