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"In 1611, Kepler wrote an essay wondering why snowflakes always had perfect, sixfold symmetry. It's a simple enough question, but one that no one had ever asked before and one that couldn't actually……続きを見る

Bisher investiert nur ein kleiner Teil der deutschen Stiftungen in neue Ideen und Konzepte, die von unabhängigen Instituten entwickelt werden. Dabei eröffnet sich mit der privaten Finanzierung von g……続きを見る

Take a look at all the sciences: biology, for example the human body, cell biology and genetics; chemistry, including the periodic table, fuels and pollution, metals and alloys; and physics, such as……続きを見る

When the powers that be reduced the speed limit on Lake Windermere to 10 knots, waterskiers complained that their sport was now completely scuppered. So just how slow can you waterski before you sta……続きを見る

Fast taglich berichten die Medien Ãber Lebensmittelskandale und "chemisch verseuchte" Nahrung. Ob Rackstände von Pflanzenschutzmitteln in Obst und Gemase, von Tierarzneimitteln in Fleisch, Milch un……続きを見る

The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) was discovered in 1964. At the time, the very idea of a virus underlying a cancer was revolutionary. Cancer is, after all, not catching. Even now, the idea of a virus ca……続きを見る

Numericon tells the stories of the numbers, mathematical discoveries, oddities and personalities that have shaped the way we understand the world around us. Funny, bizarre, tragic and dramatic, thes……続きを見る

After two decades, data processing has finally, and probably forever, found its niche among civil engineering and construction (CEC) professionnals, through word processors, digitizing tables, manag……続きを見る

Smelting is an industrial process involving the extraction of metal from ore. During this process, impurities in oreーincluding arsenic, lead, and cadmiumーmay be released from smoke stacks, contami……続きを見る

Meeresrauschen, Sonnenschein und Herbstnebel kennen wir gut - aber wissen wir, wie all das entsteht? Hannelore Dittmar-Ilgen öffnet uns mit ihren Reisen durch Natur und Technik die Augen für die Geh……続きを見る

The science is unequivocal: stabilizing climate change implies bringing net carbon emissions to zero. This must be done by 2100 if we are to keep climate change anywhere near the 2oC warming that wo……続きを見る

Yoga: Mehr Energie und Stärke Angestellte, Führungskräfte und Manager brauchen täglich Energie, um den Arbeitsalltag erfolgreich zu bewältigen. Hier hilft Yoga. Einfache Übungen, die sich perfekt in……続きを見る

‘Sunlight and Seaweed is the beginning of a new way of helping the planet we live on.’ AU Review Acclaimed scientist Tim Flannery investigates exciting new technologies currently being developed to ……続きを見る

While environmental disputes and conflicts over fossil fuel extraction have grown in recent years, few issues have been as contentious in the twenty-first century as those surrounding the impacts of……続きを見る

First published in 1960, Energy and Man is a book that comprises five speeches, together with follow-up questions, that were given by business school graduates at a symposium held at Columbia Univer……続きを見る

Wie man ein Kurvendiagramm zähmt – und andere lebensrettende Tipps zum Umgang mit Zahlen und Statistiken Zahlen begegnen uns überall: Sie bestimmen, was wir essen, wie schnell wir arbeiten oder wie ……続きを見る

When Einstein first published his Theory of Special Relativity paper, it was said that only a handful of people understood it. This is due in no small part to the "against everyday or common experie……続きを見る

'The book is undeniably a work of scholarship with detailed research, substantial references and footnotes, and academics’ characteristic dry and detached style. Most of the essays felt similar in……続きを見る

Since W. B. Yeats wrote in 1890 that "the man of science is too often a person who has exchanged his soul for a formula," the anti-scientific bent of Irish literature has often been taken as a given……続きを見る

As the second decade of the twenty-first century draws to a close, the cultural, social, and economic effects of artificial intelligence are becoming ever more apparent. Despite their long-intertwin……続きを見る

This book is for city dwellers that wish to move to a rural area and what they will face. It is also for rural residents trying to save money while living in the country. Who should read this book?:……続きを見る

Hvordan vil du klare dig, hvis du ikke har wifi i en uge? Hvordan vil du tackle det, hvis strømmen går og ikke kommer tilbage foreløbigt? Hvor mange dage kan du brødføde dig selv og din familie med ……続きを見る

**Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize. A gripping investigation into an extraordinary medical phenomenon, from Wellcome Prize-winning neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan.** 'To compare a……続きを見る

The human brain is more wonderful and delicate in its construction than any invention of man. No question is more difficult for a parent to decide than this: "When and how shall I begin to train the……続きを見る

Nel novembre 1944, nel pieno della guerra, il Presidente degli Stati Uniti Franklin D. Roosevelt pose al proprio consigliere scientifico, Vannevar Bush, una domanda cruciale: in che modo potremo, a ……続きを見る

Questo libro è un regalo per chi ama la verità della scienza, quella semplice, che capisce anche un bambino, perché le cose grandi sono semplici. 続きを見る

The concept of environmental security, drawing on the widely understood notion of international strategic interdependence (in facing, for example, threats of nuclear war or economic collapse) is gai……続きを見る

A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK Slime is an ambiguous thing. It exists somewhere between a solid and liquid. It inspires revulsion even while it compels our fascination. It is a both a vehicle for pa……続きを見る

DIATOM MORPHOGENESIS A unique book presenting the range of silica structures formed by diatoms, theories and hypotheses of how they are made, and applications to nanotechnology by use or imitation o……続きを見る

The Weather Makers tells the dramatic story of the earth's climate, of how it has changed, how we have come to understand it, and of what that means for the future. Tim Flannery's gripping narrative……続きを見る