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Im Oktober 2013 setzte der Nobelpreis für Peter Higgs und François Englert den vorläufigen Höhepunkt in der verrückten Geschichte um das sogenannte Gottesteilchen, das Higgs-Boson. Schon im Juli des……続きを見る

Characterizing Pedagogical Flow presents conclusions from a multi-disciplinary, multi-national research project blending quantitative and qualitative approaches through a discourse methodology. The ……続きを見る

All former Soviet Union countries experience their past as a heavy burden. It led to the centralisation of scientific personnel, the separation of research from teaching at universities, and a conce……続きを見る

Extrait : "L'origine de l'astronomie paraît fort simple quand on l'attribue à la contemplation des cieux, par des bergers, ou des poètes admirateurs des beautés de la création. La curiosité, issue d……続きを見る

'A first class book' Sunday Times We're all conspiracy theorists. Some of us just hide it better than others. Conspiracy theorists do not wear tin-foil hats (for the most part). They are not just a ……続きを見る

Cunning Plans collects several of NYT-bestselling author Warren Ellis' lectures on the nature of the haunted future and the secrets of deep history, given in recent years at events in London, New Yo……続きを見る

Handbook of Warning Intelligence: Assessing the Threat to National Security was written during the cold war and was classified for 40 years. The majority of this manual, however, is now finally avai……続きを見る

Written in an engaging and highly readable style, The Handbook of Geoscience is ideal for students, administrators, legal professionals, non-scientific professionals, and general readers with little……続きを見る

This 2nd Edition is a significantly expanded exploration of hazardous chemicals, their effects on human health, and the principles of hazards materials toxicology and industrial hygiene. It includes……続きを見る

Many would argue that the state of urban science education has been static for the past several decades and that there is little to learn from it. Rather than accepting this deficit perspective, Imp……続きを見る

There has been, and continues to be, an explosion of interest in developing new small science centers that is changing the world of museums. This handbook is designed to be a one-stop source for fut……続きを見る

This comprehensive resource provides engineers, managers, compliance specialists, construction professionals, and students with the tool they need to understand and comply with the requirements of t……続きを見る

Now available in paperback! In this first reference book devoted entirely to mortuary science, Szabo presents a thorough bibliographical examination of the funeral industry and related subjects, inc……続きを見る

Every branch of science, every profession, and every engineering process has its own language for communication. Environmental health and environmental science are no different. To work within these……続きを見る

This 2nd Edition provides any facility that generates or processes hazardous waste-treatment facilities, recyclers, hazardous waste transporters, and storage facilities-with a practical guide for qu……続きを見る

In Digital Freedom, N. D. Batra explores the tension between the boundlessness of the Internet and the boundaries of the marketplace, as well as the resulting impact on human expression, privacy, an……続きを見る

Environmental issues, global warming, pollution, and chemical dumping, are ever present in the news. But what about the health problems these issues pose? Frank Spellman and Melissa Stoudt identify ……続きを見る

In the early 1990s, people predicted the death of privacy, an end to the current concept of "property," a paperless society, 500 channels of high-definition interactive television, world peace, and ……続きを見る

TheHandbook of Meteorology gives specialists and non-specialists alike a clear understanding of the way our weather functions. It provides scientific answers to questions that arise when looking at ……続きを見る

Environmental Science: Principles and Practices provides the scientific principles, concepts, applications, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world, iden……続きを見る

Today, only a few people outside of the scientific community are conversant with the tradition of science and its many breakthroughs. The rest are scientifically illiterate. So say Frank R. Spellman……続きを見る

“Scientific Methods” is a part of the college-level Principles of Biology course series and the Neuropsychopharmacology course series textbooks. It is a tutorial written in questions and answers for……続きを見る

EXTRAIT: Le seul moyen que l’on ait encore de purifier le platine, est de le dissoudre dans l’acide nitro-muriatique et de le précipiter par le sel ammoniac. La décomposition du sel triple s’opère e……続きを見る

The Loch Ness Monster: a creature that should have died out with the dinosaurs, or a legend built on hoaxes and wishful thinking? Sir Peter Scott, internationally renowned naturalist and president o……続きを見る

Extrait: Ceux qui s’en tiennent aux faits de la nature humaine, sans se permettre de qualification sur la valeur des choses, ne peuvent nier au moins que la science ne soit le premier besoin de l’h……続きを見る

A guide to the hardest problem in science: the nature of consciousness. Is consciousness merely an illusion, a by-product of our brain's workings, or is it, as the latest physics may suggest, the ba……続きを見る

«Принципы коммунизма» великого немецкого мыслителя, общественно-политического деятеля Фридриха Энгельса являются теоретической основой марксисткой теории. В своем труде автор рассказывает об отличии……続きを見る

This interdisciplinary new work explores one of the central theoretical problems in linguistics: learnability. The authors, from different backgrounds---linguistics, philosophy, computer science, ps……続きを見る

‘Brilliant and fascinating. No one is better at making the recondite accessible and exciting’ Bill Bryson Britain’s most famous mathematician takes us to the edge of knowledge to show us what we can……続きを見る

Water dominates the surface of Earth and is vital to life on our planet. It is a remarkable liquid which shows anomalous behaviour. In this Very Short Introduction John Finney introduces the science……続きを見る