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Every day meteorologists sift through a deluge of information to make predictions that help us navigate our daily lives. Instead of being overwhelmed by the data and possibilities, they focus on sma……続きを見る

When on a summer evening, astrophysicist Hubert Reeves went for a walk with his granddaughter, he was immediately assaulted by her questions: 'How big is the Universe? How far are the stars? Are the……続きを見る

This invaluable book provides a broad and comprehensive introduction to the fascinating and beautiful subject of timeless approaches in physics, focusing the attention in particular on significant m……続きを見る

En m’asseyant ici pour écrire, à l’ombre d’une treille, sous le ciel bleu de l’Italie méridionale, il me vient à l’esprit, avec une sorte de naïf étonnement, que ma participation aux stupéfiantes av……続きを見る

It is generally assumed that, in polite company, you don’t talk politics, religion, or money. But in recent years, it seems “climate change” needs to be added to that list. Incorporating all of the ……続きを見る

Mars, the red planet named for the god of war, a mysterious dust-ridden place, is most like Earth in its climate and seasons. Of all the possible destinations in space to travel, Mars is the most li……続きを見る

'The deepest trenches, highest mountains, biggest earthquakes, most explosive volcanoes are all associated with these places. We’re discovering things all the time.' For ten years, the RV Southern S……続きを見る

The language of genes has become common parlance. We know they make your eyes blue, your hair curly or your nose straight. The media tells us that our genes control the risk of cancer, heart disease……続きを見る

To enter caves is to venture beyond the realm of the everyday. From huge vaulted caverns to impassable water-filled passages, the karst topography of Guilin in China and the lava tubes of Hawaii, fr……続きを見る

Water flows centrally through human lives, hydrating our bodies and all of the organic species on which we depend; sustaining the ecosystems we inhabit; and enabling our agricultural and technologic……続きを見る

EXTRAIT: Le problème soulevé par M. Ginzberg (Revue de janvier, p. 101) a été depuis longtemps résolu par les logisticiens d’une manière qui me semble satisfaisante et définitive. Je voudrais la rap……続きを見る

EXTRAIT: Je remercie M. Georges Lechalas des bienveillantes critiques dont il a honoré mon article, et de l’occasion qu’il me fournit de l’éclaircir et de le compléter. Je connaissais déjà la théori……続きを見る

How does the physics we know today - a highly professionalised enterprise, inextricably linked to government and industry - link back to its origins as a liberal art in Ancient Greece? What is the p……続きを見る

'Michael Day’s insightful ‘philosophical biography’ of J Robert Oppenheimer stands out from other works on the so-called ‘father of the atomic bomb’ by its focus on the post-war period and……続きを見る

The book aims to explain the historical development of particle physics, with special emphasis on CERN and collider physics. It describes in detail the LHC accelerator and its detectors, describing ……続きを見る

Generations of practical and ingenious Maritimers have given the word great things. Since the mid-nineteenth century, scientists have fanned out into the world from colleges and universities that ar……続きを見る

Isaac Newton was indisputably one of the greatest scientists in history. His achievements in mathematics and physics marked the culmination of the movement that brought modern science into being. Ri……続きを見る

Erwin Schrödinger was a brilliant and charming Austrian, a great scientist, and a man with a passionate interest in people and ideas. In this, the first comprehensive biography of Schrödinger, Walte……続きを見る

Aging is a puzzle to solve. This process is traditionally studied in a couple of biological models like fruit flies, worms and mice. What all these species have in common is their fast aging. This i……続きを見る

Horsemeat in burgers was hard to swallow, but there are far more sinister culinary crimes afoot... Chicken eggs that haven't come from chickens, melamine in infants' milk in China, nut shells in spi……続きを見る

Never Lose Your Nerve! chronicles the ups and downs of a Nobel Laureate's life. Professor Alan J Heeger was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2000 together with Professor Alan G MacDiarmid and……続きを見る

Today, most people look down when they want to check the weather, peeking at cell phones or popping open a browser, instead of looking up at one of the most accessible weather predictors of allーthe……続きを見る

Wie wirklich ist Zeit? Zeit ist etwas völlig Selbstverständliches für uns, wir erleben, wie sie vergeht, wenn wir auf die Uhr schauen, Kindern beim Älterwerden zusehen oder Wettrennen beobachten. Un……続きを見る

EXTRAIT: San-Iago. ー Îles du Cap-Vert. Après avoir été deux fois repoussé par de terribles tempêtes du sud-ouest, le vaisseau de Sa Majesté le Beagle, brick de dix canons, sous le commandement du c……続きを見る

Algorithmen: Die wichtigste Denkweise unserer Zeit unterhaltsam erklärt. Ob Suchmaschine, Navigationssystem, Datensicherheit, Online-Dating oder Studienplatzvergabe – Algorithmen sind überall. Sie z……続きを見る

EXTRAIT: En mesurant exactement la quantité d’eau qu’il faut employer pour maintenir constamment une plante dans de bonnes conditions d’humidité onarrive à se rendre compte des quantités énormes de ……続きを見る

"A fascinating introduction" (Steven Pinker) to the science of decision-making One of the leading thinkers in the computational neuroscience revolution offers a brilliant new perspective on the mind……続きを見る

A leading astronomer takes readers behind the scenes of the thrilling science of stellar archaeology Astronomers study the oldest observable stars in the universe in much the same way archaeologists……続きを見る

This book presents a systematic design methodology for decoding the interior structure of the Antikythera mechanism, an astronomical device from ancient Greece. The historical background, surviving ……続きを見る

In recent decades game theoryーthe mathematics of rational decision-making by interacting individualsーhas assumed a central place in our understanding of capitalist markets, the evolution of social……続きを見る