In the 17th, century the Massacre of Glencoe laid the foundation for hatred between the Campbell’s and the MacDonald’s. Early in the 19th, century a young girl, Katriona Campbell, daughter of Sir Go……続きを見る
Olivella shell beads are ubiquitous at Central California Indian sites and were traded far inland by the local inhabitants. Their distinctive patterns of manufacture provide archaeologists with impo……続きを見る
This story is based on the author's birth family in the throes of the father's alcoholism. Thirty years after her brother's suicide which triggered other family tragedies, she honored his memo……続きを見る
著者:New Scientist
出版社: John Murray Press
発売日: 2017年04月20日
Murder for hire. Drug trafficking. Embezzlement. Money laundering... These might sound like plot lines of a thriller, but they are true stories from the short history of cryptocurrencies - digital c……続きを見る
著者:New Scientist
出版社: John Murray Press
発売日: 2016年09月01日
Every year, readers send in thousands of questions to New Scientist, the world's best-selling science weekly, in the hope that the answers to them will be given in the 'Last Word' column - regularly……続きを見る
著者:New Scientist
出版社: John Murray Press
発売日: 2016年09月01日
The 2011 'Last Word' collection featured, for the first time, 108 full-colour photographs showing the beauty, complexity and mystery of the world around us.
From ripples in glass to 'holograms' in i……続きを見る
著者:New Scientist
出版社: John Murray Press
発売日: 2016年09月01日
In August 1931, New Zealand farmer Richard Buckley hit the local headlines - or rather his trousers did. One minute they were drying in front of the fire; the next there was a huge blast and a ball ……続きを見る
著者:New Scientist
出版社: John Murray Press
発売日: 2017年04月20日
Forget everything you thought you knew about reality.
The world is a seriously bizarre place. Things can exist in two places at once and travel backwards and forwards in time. Waves and particles ar……続きを見る
This issue brings the anesthesiologist up to date on current essential topics in regional analgesia and acute pain management, including the latest state-of-the-art techniques and drugs. Subjects co……続きを見る
著者:New Scientist
出版社: John Murray Press
発売日: 2016年09月01日
Well, why not? Is it because elephants are too large or heavy (after all, they say hippos and rhinos can play hopscotch)? Or is it because their knees face the wrong way? Or do they just wait until ……続きを見る
著者:New Scientist
出版社: John Murray Press
発売日: 2016年09月01日
Why do birds sing at dawn? What's the slowest a plane can fly without stalling and falling out of the sky? And how long can you keep a tiger cub as a pet? Will We Ever Speak Dolphin? has the answers……続きを見る
著者:New Scientist
出版社: John Murray Press
発売日: 2016年09月01日
Science tells us grand things about the universe: how fast light travels, and why stones fall to earth. But scientific endeavour goes far beyond these obvious foundations. There are some fields we d……続きを見る
著者:New Scientist
出版社: John Murray Press
発売日: 2016年09月01日
Zero, zip, nada, zilch. It's all too easy to ignore the fascinating possibilities of emptiness and non-existence, and we may well wonder what there is to say about nothing. But scientists have known……続きを見る
著者:New Scientist
出版社: John Murray Press
発売日: 2016年09月01日
All science begins with questions...
- Why is the night sky black, even though it's full of stars?
- How do pebbles skim on water?
- Why doesn't your own snoring wake you up?
- And why is the Large ……続きを見る
著者:New Scientist
出版社: John Murray Press
発売日: 2016年09月01日
How can you measure the speed of light with chocolate and a microwave? Why do yo-yos yo-yo? Why does urine smell so peculiar after eating asparagus (includes helpful recipe)? How long does it take t……続きを見る
著者:New Scientist
出版社: John Murray Press
発売日: 2016年09月01日
Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? is the latest compilation of readers' answers to the questions in the 'Last Word' column of New Scientist, the world's best-selling science weekly. Following the phe……続きを見る
American Catholic women rarely surface as protagonists in histories of the United States. Offering a new perspective, Kathleen Sprows Cummings places Catholic women at the forefront of two defining ……続きを見る
In this compelling work on Flat Earth Theory, David Waldo Scott uses a collection of scripture, reason, and fact to argue against the idea that the earth is a planet.
Since its publication in 1901, ……続きを見る
Most leaders today are desperately trying to motivate a new generation of workers who have completely different core values by using an age-old business model and, based on the extensive research of……続きを見る
The pie-making classic named one of 2016’s best cookbooks by NPR, Oprah.com, USA Today, Bon Appétit, Cosmopolitan and more.
“A new baking bible.” ーWall Street Journal
“If there’s such a thing as a ……続きを見る
Band 2 "Der neue König": Nachdem die Wolkenkrieger Thujus und Aquila ihre Ausbildung beendet haben, will Thujus seine Eltern wiedersehen. Aber in Zwischental ist nichts mehr wie es war. Die Wolkenkr……続きを見る
After Trisha follows Denise to Phoenix, she is confronted with new ways to make money. Denise plays to her inner demon while they make a name for themselves with internet cam shows in the sex indust……続きを見る
Access the Source of God’s Miracle-Working Power!
God’s supernatural power is not reserved just for healing evangelists and notable Christian leaders. All Christ-followers already possess this anoin……続きを見る
著者:New Scientist
出版社: John Murray Press
発売日: 2017年09月21日
What is this strange mental world that seems so essential to being human?
The conscious mind brings together sensations, perceptions, thoughts and memories to generate the seamless movie of a person……続きを見る
著者:New Scientist
出版社: John Murray Press
発売日: 2017年10月19日
Sometime in the future the intelligence of machines will exceed that of human brain power.
So are we on the edge of an AI-pocalypse, with superintelligent devices superseding humanity, as predicted ……続きを見る
Growing up, I loved the Movie “A Star is Born.”
Later it was “The Jazz Singer.”
In TWScott Style I have created “The Girl NextDoor” which is the name of her band.
Sally Towers had no clue that her l……続きを見る
Tina Gilmore decided to bury herself in her work after her husband left her for another man. The shame of divorce was bad enough to contend with, but for another man? Was she that terrible of a pers……続きを見る
Tina Gilmore decided to bury herself in her work after her husband left her for another man. The shame of divorce was bad enough to contend with, but for another man? Was she that terrible of a pers……続きを見る
An amusing tale about two hometown girls who fall in love and come out, through erotic exploits while producing and acting out cam shows over services designed for cyber prostitution.
Taking it to t……続きを見る
Trisha grew up on a farm with her brother and parents. Hating everything about it, she finds solace in her best friend Denise, who shares a common history. Planning for college, they finally get a b……続きを見る