In Traversal, Maria Popova traverses the border between life and death, chance and choice, chemistry and consciousness: what makes a body a person? What makes a planet a world? How do we safeguard o……続きを見る
Siamo soli nell'universo? Questa è una domanda antica che l'umanità si pone da sempre. Anche oggi non abbiamo una risposta definitiva, ma ci stiamo avvicinando sempre di più ad averla. Dal 1970, le ……続きを見る
Are we alone in the universe? This ancient question remains unanswered, but we are inching closer to finding out. Since the 1970s, probes have explored various objects in our solar system, revealing……続きを見る
From safety pins to steam engines to cell phones, the stories behind innovations that have transformed everyday lives.
We take thousands of inventions for granted, using them daily and enjoying thei……続きを見る
Even experts get duped from time to time! The stories behind scientific fakes and mistakes, from crop circles to miracle cures and beyond.
Science is an ongoing quest for knowledge filled with disco……続きを見る
Exploring several of the evolutionary branches of the mathematical notion of genus, this book traces the idea from its prehistory in problems of integration, through algebraic curves and their assoc……続きを見る
Figuring explores the complexities of love and the human search for truth and meaning through the interconnected lives of several historical figures across four centuries – beginning with the astron……続きを見る
Praise for the previous edition
[. . .] Dr. Popko’s elegant new book extends both the science and the art of spherical modeling to include Computer-Aided Design and applications, which I would never……続きを見る
著者:Igor Popov
出版社: Springer International Publishing
発売日: 2018年08月22日
This book reviews the convoluted history of orthogenesis with an emphasis of non-English sources, untangles relationships between various concepts of directed evolution and argues whether orthogenes……続きを見る