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Ever wondered why your grandmother threw a teabag into the pressure cooker while boiling chickpeas, or why she measured using the knuckle of her index finger? Why does a counter-intuitive pinch of s……続きを見る

Any theory – any theory at all – that begins with false assumptions will produce false results. Therefore, the most fundamental task of all is to examine and get right the assumptions that underlie ……続きを見る

有史以來最動人的科學作品 諾貝爾文學獎得主貝婁、義大利作家卡爾維諾　一致推崇 科學與文學的交會 有史以來最動人的科學作品。 閱讀片刻，我即欣然沉浸在《週期表》的書頁中。本書毫無冗贅，文字美妙又精粹。 ── ……続きを見る

What beliefs are, what they do for us, how we come to hold them, and how to evaluate them. Our beliefs constitute a large part of our knowledge of the world. We have beliefs about objects, about cul……続きを見る

"Fundamentals of Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion" is a comprehensive guide to plasma physics and the quest for controlled fusion energy. We explore the study of plasmas, the fourth state of mat……続きを見る

Over a decade ago, as the Human Genome Project completed its mapping of the entire human genome, hopes ran high that we would rapidly be able to use our knowledge of human genes to tackle many inher……続きを見る

語言文字會消亡，而數學概念卻不會 證明是數學的核心 數學不僅是計算，更是一場場思考與邏輯的遊戲 破解費瑪提出的數學難題 經過三個世紀的挑戰，終於得到證明 　　《費馬最後定理》之所以經典，不在於它教會了你……続きを見る

Longlisted for PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award “A bulletproof case that sexual diversity exists in the natural world…The Sexual Evolution is a thoughtfully and delightfully written bo……続きを見る

How and why our brains age, and what we can do to prevent brain ageing and mental deterioration. We joke about growing old. From the viewpoint of youth, old age holds few if any rewards - at best th……続きを見る

The Top 10 Sunday Times Bestseller NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Oscar Nominated For Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay Set amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NAS……続きを見る

我們如何從牙牙學語進展到能夠流利表達？ 兒童語言發展權威，集結五十年研究心血重量之作 專家學者一致推薦 江文瑜／國立臺灣大學語言學研究所教授 何萬順／東海外文系講座教授 黃竹佑／「麻瓜的語言學」創辦人 蔡……続きを見る

Humans possess an extraordinary capacity for culture, from the arts and language to science and technology. But how did the human mindーand the uniquely human ability to devise and transmit culture……続きを見る

Games are everywhere: Drivers manoeuvring in heavy traffic are playing a driving game. Bargain hunters bidding on eBay are playing an auctioning game. A firm negotiating next year's wage is playing ……続きを見る

Named a best book of the year by The Guardian and The Telegraph Why do some people become radicalized? How do ideologies shape the human brain? And how can we unchain our minds from toxic dogmas? In……続きを見る

Archives bring to mind rooms filled with old papers and dusty artifacts. But for scientists, the detritus of the past can be a treasure trove of material vital to present and future research: fossil……続きを見る

الذرة هي أصغر جزء من أي عنصر يمكن أن يوجد منفردا أو متحدا مع جسيمات أخرى، وعلى ذلك فإن جميع الذرات عناصر، ويوجد أكثر من مائة عنصرا طبيعيا. وتبعا لذلك يوجد أكثر من مائة ذرة طبيعية. والذرات هي جسيمات ……続きを見る

誠品選書 ＆ Amazon 年度科學選書 美國在2012年還是以反對同性婚姻合法化者居多， 英國在2020年底仍有86%拒絕接種新冠疫苗， 但不到一年即情勢互換， 顯然人的想法是能夠改變的， 而且改變的速度奇快無比， 就像骨……続きを見る

“BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY.” ーTime Volume 3 of the Nobel Prize winner’s towering masterpiece: Solzhenitsyn's moving account of resistance within the Soviet labor camps and his own re……続きを見る

From the sudden expansion of a cloud of gas or the cooling of a hot metal, to the unfolding of a thought in our minds and even the course of life itself, everything is governed by the four Laws of T……続きを見る

اعتاد الإنسان أن ينظر لنفسه دائما على أنه الكائن الأسمى في الكون، فيرى نفسه الأجمل، والأعقل، والأذكي، وأيضا يجعل من مشاعره مقياسا لمشاعر الآخرين فيصفها بالإنسانية، والنقيض منها يصفها بالحيوانية، فكأ……続きを見る

What games can teach us about life, the universe and ourselves. If you shuffle a deck of cards what are the odds that the sequence is unique? What is the connection between dice, platonic solids and……続きを見る

The basic principles of quantum mechanics, which is the foundations of model science, and, its difficulties and contradictions are exhibited and confirmed in detail and systematically by plenty of t……続きを見る

**FINALIST FOR THE PEN/E.O. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARD***A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2021***A SCIENCE NEWS FAVORITE BOOK OF 2021***A SMITHSONIAN TOP TEN SCIENCE BOOK OF 2021 “Stories……続きを見る

***Nominated for the 2016 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award* *An NBC News Notable Science Book of 2015* *Named one of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2015* *A Book of the Month for Br……続きを見る

Discover how ontological mathematics explains telepathy, homeopathy, out-of-body experiences, near-death experiences, the placebo effect, déjà vu, jamais vu, reincarnation, demonic possession, enlig……続きを見る

"The Consciousness of the Atom" was delivered as a series of weekly lectures in 1921 and 1922, and published later in 1922. Bailey, even at this point in her career, shows a mature grasp of esoteric……続きを見る

This work is about inequalities which play an important role in mathematical Olympiads. It contains 175 solved problems in the form of exercises and, in addition, 310 solved problems. The book also ……続きを見る

Listening is the simplest skill we ignore - and the one that changes everything. In our noisy world, journalist Kate Murphy reminds us that listening is the key to understanding and to deeper connec……続きを見る

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Siamo esserini che vivono sulla crosta di una palla di roccia lanciata nello spazio, come una piccola astronave. Fuori, attorno a noi c’è uno straordinario mondo ancora inesplorato. Come un bambino ……続きを見る