CK - Science 1

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

A sufficiently clever person, sitting alone in their room, could work out all of the principles of existence. No faith and no sensory observations or experiments are required. No one needs to spend ……続きを見る

Dimitri is coming. Who is Dimitri? He’s DMT. Dimitri is going to change everything. Do you want to meet Dimitri? You already have. He’s in your brain right now. What is he doing to you? Don’t you wa……続きを見る

Award-winning environmentalist, author, and journalist Bill McKibben selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in the previous year. “This was t……続きを見る

A neuroscientist transforms the way we think about our brain, our health, and our personal happiness in this clear, informative, and inspiring guide to improving your brain healthーa blend of person……続きを見る

**In A Brief History of Black Holes, award-winning University of Oxford researcher Dr Becky Smethurst charts five hundred years of scientific breakthroughs in astronomy and astrophysics. 'A jaunt th……続きを見る

From man's first exploration of natural materials and their transformations to today's materials science, chemistry has always been the central discipline that underpins both the physical and biolog……続きを見る

Lost in the raging debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what, precisely, is being constructed. Facts, gender, quarks, reality? Is it a person? An object? An idea? A the……続きを見る

The sixth title in the bestselling Collins Guide series, this book covers the fungi of the British Isles, with considerable relevance for Europe and the wider temperate world. Leading mycological ar……続きを見る

Over the last three decades, the Santa Fe Institute and its network of researchers have been pursuing a revolution in science. Ignoring the boundaries of disciplines and schools and searching for no……続きを見る

From man's first exploration of natural materials and their transformations to today's materials science, chemistry has always been the central discipline that underpins both the physical and biolog……続きを見る

Humans are extraordinary creatures, with the unique ability among animals to imitate and so copy from one another ideas, habits, skills, behaviours, inventions, songs, and stories. These are all mem……続きを見る

The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position. Other animals have stronger muscles ……続きを見る

In September of 1940, Ned Smith, Professor of Physics at a small men's college in Illinois, gets a telegram inviting him to join a secret project at MIT. He jumps at the chance, even if it means par……続きを見る

Großreinemachen in der Wissenschaft: Die klügsten Köpfe der Welt zeigen, welche Ideen und Theorien sie für entbehrlich, überkommen oder schlicht für falsch halten. In der Welt der Wissenschaft werde……続きを見る

Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand their own mind and to find a spiritual path that is compatible with science As an impressionable young student, Susan Blackmore had an intense, dra……続きを見る

Seen through the eyes of a loving and caring son, this book helps to explain a way through the illness of Alzheimer and Dementia for both sufferer and carer. Facts, advice, a rich narrative, real ex……続きを見る

L'hypnose est un état de conscience humaine impliquant une attention ciblée et la sensibilisation périphérique réduite et une capacité accrue pour une réponse à la suggestion. Le terme peut égalemen……続きを見る

'These minibiographies of women who persisted will move anyone with an avid curiosity about the world.' Publishers Weekly With a foreword by Athene Donald, Professor of Experimental Physics, Univers……続きを見る

'Our relationship with nature has changed . . . radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with invention. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurab……続きを見る

" La vie intelligente n'est ni fortuite ni négligeable ; elle occupe dans l'Univers une place particulière insoupçonnée. " Décryptant les découvertes les plus récentes de l'astronomie et de la physi……続きを見る

Why do stars seem to twinkle? Where do all the teaspoons go? Why is the Giant Panda so paradoxical? Why does dark matter matter? The world around (and inside) us is completely astonishing. Dr Karl K……続きを見る

This Series is a Space book series about exploring the planets one at a time. In the first in the series, this one focuses on Mercury and the wonders of this mysterious planet and how the secrets of……続きを見る

**From the bestselling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, a collection of essays that displays Oliver Sacks's passionate engagement with the most compelling ideas of human endeavor: e……続きを見る

In 1925 the geological connection between Flint Ridge and Mammoth Cave was proved when dye placed in a Flint Ridge spring showed up in Echo River at Mammoth Cave. That tantalizing swirl of dye confi……続きを見る

Sono giovani e intelligenti. Intelligentissimi. Sono scienziati. E si chiedono: ragazzi, che direzione vogliamo dare al futuro? Ma non si fermano qui, si pongono quelle domande che l'uomo si fa da s……続きを見る

Science and technology are responsible for almost every advance in our modern quality of life. Yet science isn't just about laboratories, telescopes and particle accelerators. Public policy exerts a……続きを見る

Brilliant but overlooked ideas you must know, as revealed by today’s most innovative minds What scientific term or concept ought to be more widely known? That is the question John Brockman, publishe……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

Faszination Honigbienen - wie sie denken, planen und fühlen Wir lieben die Bienen nicht nur, weil sie süßen Honig produzieren. Sie gehören zu den wichtigsten und intelligentesten Nutztieren der Erde……続きを見る