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They came seeking Illumination. Did they find it? Well, how would they know? What makes you think you're "enlightened"? Maybe you're one of those false awakeners. How do you know that your "enlighte……続きを見る

In "Experiments upon Magnesia Alba, Quicklime, and some other Alcaline Substances," Joseph Black meticulously investigates the chemical properties and reactions of various alkaline compounds. The te……続きを見る

Making Sense of World History is a comprehensive and accessible textbook that helps students understand the key themes of world history within a chronological framework stretching from ancient times……続きを見る

This open access book examines the implications of The Bell Curve for the social, economic, and political developments of the early 21st century. Following a review of the reception of The Bell Curv……続きを見る

With more than 1 million copies sold worldwide, The Elements is the most entertaining, comprehensive, and visually arresting book on all 118 elements in the periodic table. Includes a poster of Theo……続きを見る

Maths 100 Ideas in 100 Words offers the essential facts at your fingertips, satisfying your mathematical curiosity and helping you to understand the biggest concepts in maths in concise, 100-word su……続きを見る

What’s the goal in life? Why are we here? What are we supposed to achieve and how? Do the goverments keep secrets from the people? Why? Is there life in other planet? We are humans there are things ……続きを見る

An inclusive vision of mathematicsーits beauty, its humanity, and its power to build virtues that help us all flourish For mathematician Francis Su, a society without mathematical affection is like ……続きを見る

The groundbreaking and premier work on nonprofit organizations. The nonprofit sector is growing rapidly, creating a major need for expert advice on how to manage these organizations effectively. Man……続きを見る

The volume results from a seminar sponsored by the ’Foundation for Intellectual History’ at the Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, in 1992. Starting with the theory of regressus as displayed i……続きを見る

After experiencing the SARS outbreak in 2003, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan all invested in various techniques to mitigate future pandemics involving myriad cross-species interactions between hum……続きを見る

This book explains how the entire universe can be created using just two ingredients: nothing at all and the principle of sufficient reason. This is the final book in The God Series. 続きを見る

Today's most visionary thinkers reveal the cutting-edge scientific ideas and breakthroughs you must understand. Scientific developments radically change and enlighten our understanding of the world ……続きを見る

The only insider′s account ever written on America′s most powerful weapon in the war against terrorism 続きを見る

We are living in a stressful world, yet despite our familiarity with the notion, stress remains an elusive concept. In The Age of Stress, Mark Jackson explores the history of scientific studies of s……続きを見る

Explore the beauty and awe of the heavens through the rich celestial prints and star atlases offered in this third edition book. The author traces the development of celestial cartography from ancie……続きを見る

This reader-friendly volume groups the patterns of mathematics into five archetypes: numbers, space, logic, infinity, and information. Rudy Rucker presents an accessible introduction to each of thes……続きを見る

The Royal Entomological Society was founded in 1833 and is one of the oldest such societies in the world. Its records are an invaluable source for historians of entomology and the natural sciences b……続きを見る

The Routledge History of Disease draws on innovative scholarship in the history of medicine toexplore the challenges involved in writing about health and disease throughout the past and across the g……続きを見る

In the late nineteenth century, scientists began allying themselves with America’s corporate, political, and military elites. They did so not just to improve their professional standing and win more……続きを見る

From Henry David Thoreau to Bill McKibben, critics and philosophers have long sought to demonstrate how a sufficient lifeーone without constant, environmentally damaging growthーmight still be rich ……続きを見る

Who will be president in 2008? Many believe that the White House is Hillary Clinton's to lose. As long-time strategists Dick Morris and Eileen McGann reveal in Condi vs. Hillary, however, Hillary's ……続きを見る

The first authorized Twitter book, Twitter Wit is a collection of the most clever one-liners posted on the massively popular social networking and micro-blogging website. Featuring a foreword by Twi……続きを見る

Drawn from the cutting-edge frontiers of science, This Explains Everything will revolutionize your understanding of the world. What is your favorite deep, elegant, or beautiful explanation? This is ……続きを見る

On May 11, 1998, India began testing nuclear weapons. The world will never be the same. The Indian test of five atomic bombs, and the Pakistani tests that answered a few weeks later, marked the end ……続きを見る

The world's leading scientific thinkers explore bold, remarkable, perilous ideas that could change our livesーfor better . . . or for worse . . . From Copernicus to Darwin, to current-day thinkers, ……続きを見る

Drawing on rarely examined diaries and journals, Down the Great Unknown is the first book to tell the full, dramatic story of the Powell expedition. On May 24, 1869 a one-armed Civil War veteran, Jo……続きを見る

Former Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives and leading organizer of the Tea Party movement, Dick Armey offers a Tea Party Manifesto: Give Us Liberty. Written with Matt Kibbee, Presi……続きを見る

The newest addition to John Brockman’s Edge.org series explores life itself, bringing together the world’s leading biologists, geneticists, and evolutionary theoristsーincluding Richard Dawkins, Edw……続きを見る

Ever since Singapore became independent in 1965, its leaders have invested tremendous efforts and resources to develop its economy in order to create jobs for its people and to support national deve……続きを見る