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23 produkter
1491 (Second Edition)
New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Häftad, 2007
241 kr
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492—from “a remarkably engaging writer” ( The New York Times Book Review). Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, …
1491
The Americas Before Columbus
Häftad, 2006
171 kr
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Up until very recently it was believed that in 1491, the year before Columbus landed, the Americas, one-third of the earth's surface, were a near-pristine wilderness inhabited by small roaming bands of indigenous people. But recently unexpected discoveries have dramatically changed our …
1493
How Europe's Discovery of the Americas Revolutionized Trade, Ecology and Life on Earth
Häftad, 2012
161 kr
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Two hundred million years ago the earth consisted of a single vast continent, Pangea, surrounded by a great planetary sea. Continental drift tore apart Pangaea, and for millennia the hemispheres were separate, evolving almost entirely different suites of plants and animals. Columbus's arrival in …
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
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240 kr
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1491 (Second Edition)
New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
E-bok, 2006
158 kr
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In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492. Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine …
1493
Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
E-bok, 2011
171 kr
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From the author of 1491— the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas—a deeply engaging new history of the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs. More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two …
Wizard and the Prophet
Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow''s World
E-bok, 2018
221 kr
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From the best-selling, award-winning author of 1491 and 1493 --an incisive portrait of the two little-known twentieth-century scientists, Norman Borlaug and William Vogt, whose diametrically opposed views shaped our ideas about the environment, laying the groundwork for how people in the …
At Large
The Strange Case of the World's Biggest Internet Invasion
Av Charles C. Mann, David H. Freedman
Häftad, 1999
237 kr
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For two years a computer break-in artist known only as "Phantom Dialer" seized control of hundreds - perhaps thousands - of computer networks around the world. Frightened network administrators watched helplessly as the intruder methodically slipped into universities, corporations, banks, and …
Second Creation
Makers of the Revolution in Twentieth-Century Physics
Av Robert P Crease, Charles C Mann
Häftad, 1996
504 kr
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The Second Creation is a dramatic--and human--chronicle of scientific investigators at the last frontier of knowledge. Robert Crease and Charles Mann take the reader on a fascinating journey in search of "unification" (a description of how matter behaves that can apply equally to everything) with …
At Large
The Strange Case of the World''s Biggest Internet Invasion
Av David H. Freedman, Charles C. Mann
E-bok, 1998
209 kr
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Hailed as "a chilling portrait" by The Boston Globe and "a crafty thriller" by Newsweek, this astonishing story of an obsessive hacker promises to change the way you look at the Internet forever. At Large chronicles the massive manhunt that united hard-nosed FBI agents, computer nerds, and uptight …
Wizard and the Prophet
Two Groundbreaking Scientists and Their Conflicting Visions of the Future of Our Planet
Häftad, 2018
187 kr
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In forty years, the population of the Earth will reach ten billion. Can our world support so many people? What kind of world will it be? In this unique, original and important book, Charles C. Mann illuminates the four great challenges we face – food, water, energy, climate change – through an …
Wizard and the Prophet
Science and the Future of Our Planet
Häftad, 2019
160 kr
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Charles C. Mann's The Wizard and the Prophet pitches two influential yet little-known scientists against each other in a race against time. As Earth braces for a population surge to ten billion in the next forty years, mankind faces daunting challenges of food, water, energy, and climate …
Wizard and the Prophet
Two Groundbreaking Scientists and Their Conflicting Visions of the Future of Our Planet
E-bok, 2018
229 kr
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Charles C. Mann's The Wizard and the Prophet pitches two influential yet little-known scientists against each other in a race against time. As Earth braces for a population surge to ten billion in the next forty years, mankind faces daunting challenges of food, water, energy, and climate …
Kolumbus' Erbe
Wie Menschen, Tiere, Pflanzen die Ozeane überquerten und die Welt von heute schufen
E-bok, 2013
170 kr
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Kolumbus'' Erbe: Die folgenreichste Entdeckung seit dem Aussterben der DinosaurierDie Entdeckung Amerikas durch Kolumbus im Jahr 1492 veränderte das Leben auf unserem Planeten grundlegend. Zum ersten Mal seit Millionen Jahren traten die lange Zeit isolierten Hemisphären in einen regen Austausch. …
Amerika vor Kolumbus
Die Geschichte eines unentdeckten Kontinents
E-bok, 2016
204 kr
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Charles C. Mann schreibt die Geschichte des vorkolumbischen Amerikas. Er macht deutlich, dass die indianischen Kulturen oftmals weiter entwickelt waren als die europäische. Ihre Boote waren schneller und wendiger als die der Europäer, ihre Städte größer als das damalige Paris. Kolumbus'' Ankunft in …
1491
E-bok, 2022
168 kr
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En este innovador trabajo de ciencia, historia y arqueología, Mann altera radicalmente nuestra visión de las Américas antes de la llegada de Colón. Al contrario de lo que muchos estadounidenses aprenden en la escuela, los indios precolombinos no se establecieron escasamente en un desierto virgen, …
