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Where the Universe Came From
How Einstein's relativity unlocks the past, present and future of the cosmos
Häftad, 2021
130 kr
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How did it all begin? Where is it all going?A little over a century ago, a young Albert Einstein presented his general theory of relativity to the world and utterly transformed our understanding of the universe. His theory changed the way we think about space and time, revealed how our universe has …
How Numbers Work
Discover the strange and beautiful world of mathematics
Häftad, 2022
188 kr
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Think of a number between one and ten.No, hang on, let's make this interesting. Between zero and infinity. Even if you stick to the whole numbers, there are a lot to choose from - an infinite number in fact. Throw in decimal fractions and infinity suddenly gets an awful lot bigger (is that even …
Human Origins
7 million years and counting
Häftad, 2022
133 kr
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Where did we come from? Where are we going?Homo sapiens is the most successful, the most widespread and the most influential species ever to walk the Earth. In the blink of an evolutionary eye we have spread around the globe, taken control of Earth's biological and mineral resources, transformed …
How Long is Now?
Fascinating Answers to 191 Mind-Boggling Questions
Häftad, 2016
146 kr
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A Sunday Times bestsellerHow long is 'now'? The short answer is 'somewhere between 2 and 3 seconds'. The long answer involves an incredible journey through neuroscience, our subconscious and the time-bending power of meditation. Living in the present may never feel the same. Ready for some more? …
How Long is Now?
Fascinating Answers to 191 Mind-Boggling Questions
E-bok, 2016
45 kr
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A Sunday Times bestseller How long is ''now''? The short answer is ''somewhere between 2 and 3 seconds''. The long answer involves an incredible journey through neuroscience, our subconscious and the time-bending power of meditation. Living in the present may never feel the same. Ready for some …
Universe Next Door
A Journey Through 55 Parallel Worlds and Possible Futures
Häftad, 2017
151 kr
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A journey through 55 alternative realities, parallel worlds and possible futures.It's lucky you're here. But for a series of incredible coincidences and roads not taken, your life could be very different. The same goes for reality. We live in just one of many possible worlds. In others, dinosaurs …
Universe Next Door
A Journey Through 55 Parallel Worlds and Possible Futures
E-bok, 2017
44 kr
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It''s lucky you''re here. But for a series of choices, accidents and coincidences - any of which could have gone otherwise - your life would have been very different. The same goes for reality. We live in just one of many possible worlds - but we can imagine parallel universes in which dinosaurs …
This Book Will Blow Your Mind
Journeys at the Extremes of Science
E-bok, 2018
45 kr
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What''s the nature of reality? Does the universe ever end? What is time and does it even exist? These are the biggest imagination-stretching, brain-staggering questions in the universe - and here are their fascinating answers. From quantum weirdness to freaky cosmology (like white holes - which …
This Book Will Blow Your Mind
Journeys at the Extremes of Science
Häftad, 2018
146 kr
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What's the nature of reality? Does the universe ever end? What is time and does it even exist? These are the biggest imagination-stretching, brain-staggering questions in the universe - and here are their fascinating answers.From quantum weirdness to freaky cosmology (like white holes - which spew …
How to Be Human
The Ultimate Guide to Your Amazing Existence
E-bok, 2017
45 kr
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If you thought you knew who you were, THINK AGAIN. Did you know that half your DNA isn''t human? That somebody, somewhere has exactly the same face? Or that most of your memories are fiction? What about the fact that you are as hairy as a chimpanzee, various parts of your body don''t belong to you, …
Brain
Everything You Need to Know
E-bok, 2018
45 kr
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Congratulations! You''re the proud owner of the most complex information processing device in the known universe. The human brain comes equipped with all sorts of useful design features, but also many bugs and weaknesses. Problem is you don''t get an owner''s manual. You have to just plug and play. …
Brain
Everything You Need to Know
Inbunden, 2018
275 kr
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Congratulations! You're the proud owner of the most complex information processing device in the known universe. The human brain comes equipped with all sorts of useful design features, but also many bugs and weaknesses. Problem is you don't get an owner's manual. You have to just plug and play. As …
Quantum World
The disturbing theory at the heart of reality
E-bok, 2017
45 kr
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Forget everything you thought you knew about reality. The world is a seriously bizarre place. Things can exist in two places at once and travel backwards and forwards in time. Waves and particles are one and the same, and objects change their behaviour according to whether they are being watched. …
End of Money
The story of bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and the blockchain revolution
E-bok, 2017
45 kr
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Murder for hire. Drug trafficking. Embezzlement. Money laundering... These might sound like plot lines of a thriller, but they are true stories from the short history of cryptocurrencies - digital currencies conceived by computer hackers and cryptographers that represent a completely new sort of …
How Your Brain Works
Inside the most complicated object in the known universe
E-bok, 2017
45 kr
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Ever wondered what''s going on inside your head? You are your brain. Everything that makes you you, and all your experiences of the world, are somehow conjured up by 1.4 kilograms of grey matter inside your skull. That might seem impossible, but science has advanced so much that we now understand …
Where the Universe Came From
How Einstein''s relativity unlocks the past, present and future of the cosmos
E-bok, 2017
45 kr
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How did it all begin? Where is it all going? A little over a century ago, a young Albert Einstein presented his general theory of relativity to the world and utterly transformed our understanding of the universe. His theory changed the way we think about space and time, revealed how our universe …
Your Conscious Mind
Unravelling the greatest mystery of the human brain
E-bok, 2017
45 kr
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What is this strange mental world that seems so essential to being human? The conscious mind brings together sensations, perceptions, thoughts and memories to generate the seamless movie of a person''s life. It makes us aware of the world around us and our own self. How all this emerges from a …
Machines that Think
Everything you need to know about the coming age of artificial intelligence
E-bok, 2017
44 kr
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Sometime in the future the intelligence of machines will exceed that of human brain power. So are we on the edge of an AI-pocalypse, with superintelligent devices superseding humanity, as predicted by Stephen Hawking? Or will this herald a kind of Utopia, with machines doing a far better job at …
Why the Universe Exists
How particle physics unlocks the secrets of everything
Häftad, 2017
216 kr
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As you read this, billions of neutrinos from the sun are passing through your body, antimatter is sprouting from your dinner and the core of your being is a chaotic mess of particles known only as quarks and gluons.If the recent discovery of the Higgs boson piqued your interest, then Why The …
Why the Universe Exists
How particle physics unlocks the secrets of everything
E-bok, 2017
45 kr
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As you read this, billions of neutrinos from the sun are passing through your body, antimatter is sprouting from your dinner and the core of your being is a chaotic mess of particles known only as quarks and gluons. If the recent discovery of the Higgs boson piqued your interest, then Why The …
How Evolution Explains Everything About Life
From Darwin''s brilliant idea to today''s epic theory
E-bok, 2017
45 kr
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How did we get here? All cultures have a creation story, but a little over 150 years ago Charles Darwin introduced a revolutionary new one. We, and all living things, exist because of the action of evolution on the first simple life form and its descendants. We now know that it has taken 3.8 …
How Numbers Work
Discover the strange and beautiful world of mathematics
E-bok, 2018
45 kr
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Think of a number between one and ten. No, hang on, let''s make this interesting. Between zero and infinity . Even if you stick to the whole numbers, there are a lot to choose from - an infinite number in fact. Throw in decimal fractions and infinity suddenly gets an awful lot bigger (is that even …
This is Planet Earth
Your ultimate guide to the world we call home
Häftad, 2018
216 kr
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The ancient Greeks called it Gaia; the Romans Terra. We know it simply as Earth, the planet we call home. And what a planet it is.Formed around 4.6 billion years ago from the debris of the big bang and long-dead stars, at first it was nothing special, but somehow it evolved to become the most …
This is Planet Earth
Your ultimate guide to the world we call home
E-bok, 2018
45 kr
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The ancient Greeks called it Gaia; the Romans Terra. We know it simply as Earth, the planet we call home. And what a planet it is. Formed around 4.6 billion years ago from the debris of the big bang and long-dead stars, at first it was nothing special, but somehow it evolved to become the most …
Human Origins
7 million years and counting
Häftad, 2018
216 kr
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Where did we come from? Where are we going?Homo sapiens is the most successful, the most widespread and the most influential species ever to walk the Earth. In the blink of an evolutionary eye we have spread around the globe, taken control of Earth's biological and mineral resources, transformed …
Human Origins
7 million years and counting
E-bok, 2018
45 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Where did we come from? Where are we going? Homo sapiens is the most successful, the most widespread and the most influential species ever to walk the Earth. In the blink of an evolutionary eye we have spread around the globe, taken control of Earth''s biological and mineral resources, transformed …
Journey Through The Universe
A traveler''s guide from the centre of the sun to the edge of the unknown
E-bok, 2018
45 kr
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There''s a whole universe out there... Imagine you had a spacecraft capable of travelling through interstellar space. You climb in, blast into orbit, fly out of the solar system and keep going. Where do you end up, and what do you see along the way? The answer is: mostly nothing. Space is …
Chance
The science and secrets of luck, randomness and probability
Häftad, 2016
146 kr
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For you to be here today reading this requires a mind-boggling series of lucky breaks, starting with the Big Bang and ending in your own conception. So it's not surprising that we persist in thinking that we're in with a chance, whether we're playing the lottery or working out the likelihood of …
Chance
The science and secrets of luck, randomness and probability
E-bok, 2016
45 kr
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For you to be here today reading this requires a mind-boggling series of lucky breaks, starting with the Big Bang and ending in your own conception. So it''s not surprising that we persist in thinking that we''re in with a chance, whether we''re playing the lottery or working out the likelihood of …
Question Everything
132 science questions -- and their unexpected answers
E-bok, 2016
45 kr
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All science begins with questions... - Why is the night sky black, even though it''s full of stars? - How do pebbles skim on water? - Why doesn''t your own snoring wake you up? - And why is the Large Hadron Collider so ... er ... large? And as these intriguing, imaginative and occasionally bonkers …
