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Ranging across the 4.6 billion year history of the planet, geology is the subject that encompasses almost all that we see around us, in one way or another, and also much that we cannot see, beneath ……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 our stone-age brains made modern society, and why it matters for relationships between men and women As countless love songs, movies, and self-help books attest, men and women have long sought d……続きを見る

EXTRAIT: § I. -- La théorie physique considérée comme explication. La première tache question que nous rencontrions est celle-ci : quel est l'objet d'une théorie physique ? A cette question, on a fa……続きを見る

The text discusses the development of "Third Millennium Thinking" as a new approach needed to collectively navigate an age defined by abundant information, global challenges, and polarized debate. I……続きを見る

An unparalleled group of prominent scholars from wide-ranging disciplines detail ongoing efforts to impose ideological restrictions on science and scholarship throughout western society. From assaul……続きを見る

Every culture rests on a bedrock of folk wisdom handed down through generations. The pronouncements of philosophers are homespun by our grandmothers, and find their way into our common sense: what d……続きを見る

The real story of how our brains and nervous systems change throughout our lifetimesーwith or without “brain training.” Fifty years ago, neuroscientists thought that a mature brain was fixed like a ……続きを見る

**New York Times bestseller • Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize "This is a book to shake up the world." ーAnn Patchett** Nicholas Carr’s bestseller The Shallows has become a foundational book in one o……続きを見る

“Engineering” has firmly taken root in the entangled bank of biology even as proposals to remake the living world have sent tendrils in every direction, and at every scale. Nature Remade explores th……続きを見る

This book is a combination of an explanatory dictionary and a thesaurus - it provides unique vocabulary clarification not only when studying science in English, but also when reading professional te……続きを見る

A neuroscientist’s bold proposal for tackling one of the greatest challenges of our timeーbrain and mental illnesses Brain research has been accelerating rapidly in recent decades, but the translati……続きを見る

Why you should worry less about AI and more about what makes us human We are at a crossroads in history. If we hope to share our planet successfully with one another and the AI systems we are creati……続きを見る

From Stanford professor, author of Limitless Mind, youcubed.org founder, and leading expert in the field of mathematics education Jo Boaler comes a groundbreaking guide to finding joy and understand……続きを見る

'Fascinating, absorbing and educative' A. C. Grayling 'Highly original and beautifully written' Dominic Lawson A compelling insight into how our imagination works, based on the latest scientific res……続きを見る

Living organisms are astonishingly complex. And the more we know about them - their biochemistry, their anatomy, their behaviour - the more astonishing are the detailed adaptations that we discover.……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

This revised and up-dated second edition provides a current insight into how the fundamental principles of the chemistry of colour are applied in dyes and pigments. The text has been expanded and re……続きを見る

《紐約時報》暢銷榜#1作者， 會如何回答讀者奇思妙想的問題？ 全世界有數以百萬的人讀過《如果這樣，會怎樣？》， 他們的好奇心又帶來更多的疑問。 謝天謝地，熱心的xkcd網站創建人蘭徳爾．門羅堅守崗位， 繼續回……続きを見る

What does it mean to think about technology philosophically? Why try? These are the issues that Carl Mitcham addresses in this work, a comprehensive, critical introduction to the philosophy of techn……続きを見る

Are men's and women's brains really different? Why are teenagers impulsive and rebellious? And will it soon be possible to link our brains together via the Cloud? Drawing on the latest neuroscience ……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

"Mastering Discrete Mathematics" is a comprehensive and accessible resource designed to provide readers with a thorough understanding of the fundamental concepts, techniques, and applications of dis……続きを見る

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

The concept of multivalued linear operatorsーor linear relationsーis the one of the most exciting and influential fields of research in modern mathematics. Applications of this theory can be found i……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

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

One hundred percent of scientists think that Einstein’s special theory of relativity is correct. One hundred percent of scientists are wrong. Isn’t that astounding? Why is it so hard for scientists ……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