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As the planet faces ever-worsening disruptions to global ecosystemsーcarbon and chemical emissions, depletions of the ozone layer, the loss of biodiversity, rising sea levels, air toxification, and ……続きを見る

A researcher and consultant burrows deep inside the heads of one modern two-career couple to examine how each partner processes the workdayーrevealing how a more nuanced understanding of the brain c……続きを見る

Dementia is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. Responding to the global dementia challenge, however, affects more than humans alone. We live in a multi-species world……続きを見る

The economic operating system keeps crashing. It’s time to upgrade to a new one. Five decades ago, The Limits to Growth shocked the world by showing that population and industrial growth were pushin……続きを見る

This open access book offers a unique and practically oriented study of organisational and national conditions for implementing Responsible Research Innovation (RRI) policies and practices. It gives……続きを見る

In Your Brain at Work, David Rock takes readers inside the headsーliterallyーof a modern two-career couple as they mentally process their workday to reveal how we can better organize, prioritize, re……続きを見る

A comprehensive review of the scientific literature on the possible benefits of CBD, describing findings from both preclinical and human clinical studies. CBD (cannabidiol), a nonintoxicating compou……続きを見る

"A carefully laid-out argument about the ecological limits of our planetーand the challenge these limits pose to our patterns of life and economic growth."ーDaniel C. Esty, coauthor of Green to Gold……続きを見る

Tekst ten przybliża fragment metrologii zwany chronometrią, czyli o mierzeniu czasu. Nie zawiera jednak nic o kalendarzu, tylko o zegarze – a i to w postaci bardzo ograniczonej. 続きを見る

From man's first exploration of natural materials and their transformations to today's materials science, chemistry has always been the central discipline that underpins both the physical and biolog……続きを見る

Die Gattungen Trachyphyllia, Euphyllia und andere Großpolypige Steinkorallen zählten bereits in den frühen Tagen der Riffaquaristik – seit den 1970er-Jahren – zu den beliebtesten wirbellosen Aquarie……続きを見る

Kaum eine andere Tiergruppe hat die Entwicklung der Meerwasseraquaristik so nachhaltig beeinflusst wie die hermatypischen, also riffbildenden Steinkorallen. Für ihre erfolgreiche Pflege mussten neue……続きを見る

Tekst popularyzatorski; przywołanie paru faktów, ukazujących starożytnych nie tylko jako mądrych ludzi, ale także, jak się wydaje, jako ludzi bardziej otwartych na „odbiegające od zdrowego rozsądku”……続きを見る

In «Verdi colline d’Africa», Hemingway racconta di avere centrato con un colpo di fucile, durante un safari in Kenya, una iena, e di aver sentito poi la sua guida apostrofarla rabbiosamente «ermafro……続きを見る

The Taï Chimpanzee Project (Taï National Park, Cote D'Ivoire) has yielded unprecedented insights into the nature of cooperation, cognition, and culture in our closest living relatives. Founded in 19……続きを見る

This textbook provides a starter’s guide to VHDL. This book can be used in conjunction with a one-semester course in Digital Systems Design or on its own for designers who only need an introduction ……続きを見る

From man's first exploration of natural materials and their transformations to today's materials science, chemistry has always been the central discipline that underpins both the physical and biolog……続きを見る

Ein Korallenriff im eigenen Heim – wer möchte sich diesen Wunschtraum nicht erfüllen? Dieser fantastisch bebilderte Ratgeber ist ein hervorragender Leitfaden zum Aufbau und Betrieb eines funktionier……続きを見る

Solidly grounded in up-to-date research, theory, and technology, Teaching Secondary Mathematics is a practical, student-friendly, and popular text for secondary mathematics methods courses. It provi……続きを見る

An available Paleo recipe book for both new and prepared calorie counters For quite a while, the Paleo diet has been ruling the globe. I have a phenomenal determination of recipes for you whether yo……続きを見る

This guide provides descriptions of when the bat species resident in Britain and Ireland use natural and human-made rock habitats, how they use them, and the environments each species occupies there……続きを見る

Across the world, animals are being domesticated at an unprecedented rate and scale. But what exactly is domestication, and what does it tell us about ourselves? In this book, Marcus Baynes-Rock see……続きを見る

Biologists studying large carnivores in wild places usually do so from a distance, using telemetry and noninvasive methods of data collection. So what happens when an anthropologist studies a clan o……続きを見る

In this riveting medical detective story, Trent Stephens and Rock Brynner recount the history of thalidomide, from the epidemic of birth defects in the 1960's to the present day, as scientists work ……続きを見る

The purpose of Communicating in the Anthropocene: Intimate Relations is to tell a different story about the world. Humans, especially those raised in Western traditions, have long told stories about……続きを見る

This volume addresses key questions about the puzzle of human origins by focusing on a topic that is largely unexplored thus far, namely, the evolution of human wisdom. How can we best understand th……続きを見る

To show from the Big Bang to the end of this universe observers and their souls are the reason for it all. How? By using published scientific facts, figures, and extrapolations from the bio-geo-chem……続きを見る

Maschinendynamik ist aktueller denn je: Dynamische Belastungen und störende Schwingungen (auch Schadensfälle) nehmen mit höheren Drehzahlen und weiterer Leichtbauweise zu. Der Arbeitsschutz verlangt……続きを見る

«Was macht die Zeit, wenn sie vergeht?» Diese Frage, die eine Kinderfrage sein könnte, stellte der große Physiker Albert Einstein dem großen Mathematiker Kurt Gödel auf ausgedehnten Spaziergängen in……続きを見る

Eine so abenteuerliche wie unterhaltsame Reise zum ganz Kleinen und ganz Großen – in die Mikrowelt der Moleküle, Atome und Elementarteilchen bis hin zum Vakuum, das nicht leer, sondern voller energe……続きを見る