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Animal Behaviour
A Very Short Introduction
AvTristram D. Wyatt
Häftad, Engelska, 2017
95 kr
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How animals behave is crucial to their survival and reproduction. The application of new molecular tools such as DNA fingerprinting and genomics is causing a revolution in the study of animal behaviour, while developments in computing and image analysis allow us to investigate behaviour in ways never previously possible. By combining these with the traditional methods of observation and experiments, we are now learning more about animal behaviour than ever before.In this Very Short Introduction Tristram D. Wyatt discusses how animal behaviour has evolved, how behaviours develop in each individual (considering the interplay of genes, epigenetics, and experience), how we can understand animal societies, and how we can explain collective behaviour such as swirling flocks of starlings. Using lab and field studies from across the whole animal kingdom, he looks at mammals, butterflies, honeybees, fish, and birds, analysing what drives behaviour, and exploring instinct, learning, and culture. Looking more widely at behavioural ecology, he also considers some aspects of human behaviour.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Calling Bullshit
The Art of Scepticism in a Data-Driven World
AvJevin D. West,Carl T. Bergstrom
Häftad, Engelska, 2021
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
141 kr
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'A necessary book for our times. But also just great fun' Saul Perlmutter, Nobel LaureateThe world is awash in bullshit, and we're drowning in it. Politicians are unconstrained by facts. Science is conducted by press release. Start-up culture elevates hype to high art. These days, calling bullshit is a noble act.Based on a popular course at the University of Washington, Calling Bullshit gives us the tools to see through the obfuscations, deliberate and careless, that dominate every realm of our lives. In this lively guide, biologist Carl Bergstrom and statistician Jevin West show that calling bullshit is crucial to a properly functioning social group, whether it be a circle of friends, a community of researchers, or the citizens of a nation. Through six rules of thumb, they help us recognize bullshit whenever and wherever we encounter it - even within ourselves - and explain it to a crystal-loving aunt or casually racist grandfather.
Nexus : en kort historik över informationsnätverk från stenåldern till AI
AvYuval Noah Harari
Häftad, Svenska, 2026
239 kr
”Harari sätter samman världen i en lysande form som väcker engagemang”Telegraph

”En mästerlig berättare”Guardian

”Fängslande… En diagnos och en uppmaning till handling… Om Nexus säljer i närheten av lika bra som Sapiens gjorde, kommer vi att vara något bättre rustade som art att hantera maskinernas uppgång"Observer

”Hararis narrativ är engagerande, och hans inramning är slående originell” The Economist

Ny bok av författaren till världssuccén Sapiens!

De senaste 100 000 årens alla upptäckter, uppfinningar och erövringar har gjort människan enormt mäktig. Ändå befinner vi oss i en existentiell kris. Världen står inför en ekologisk kollaps, mängden desinformation ökar, och vi kastar oss huvudstupa in i AI-ålderns nya informationsnätverk som hotar att förinta oss.

Om vi är så kloka – hur kan vi vara så självdestruktiva? I Nexus skildrar Yuval Noah Harari hur informationsflöden har skapat vår värld och oss själva. Han leder oss från stenåldern genom Bibeln, tidigmoderna häxjakter, stalinism och nazism till vår egen tids populism. Han får oss att begrunda skillnaderna mellan information och sanning, byråkrati och mytologi, vishet och makt. Han utforskar hur historiens samhällen och politiska system på gott och ont använt information för att nå sina mål.Och han ställer den angelägna frågan hur vi ska agera när icke-mänsklig intelligens hotar vår existens.

Information är inte enbart sanningens råmaterial. Inte heller är det uteslutande ett vapen. Nexus utforskar den hoppingivande vägen mellan dessa ytterligheter, och hur den i sin tur kan leda mänskligheten till en ny sorts samhörighet.

”Fantastisk, tankeväckande och så väldigt välargumenterad. Harari ger oss visionen av en snabbt annalkande framtid som är på samma gång spännande och skrämmande. Om det finns en bok jag skulle uppmana alla att läsa – särskilt våra ledare i politiken, företagsvärlden och kulturen – så är det Nexus” Stephen Fry

”Harari bär på ett av vår tid mest anmärkningsvärda intellekt – djärv, originell, lärd, provokativ och förtrollande. Hans senaste bok omtolkar allt från läskunnighet till AI och – liksom alla hans böcker – förändrar i grunden ens syn på världen” Rory Stewart

”Harari har en unik förmåga att förena både historiens mest finkorniga detaljer och dess största megatrender i en enda blick. Denna djupt viktiga bok kommer vid en kritisk tidpunkt då vi alla funderar över AI:s implikationer” Mustafa Suleyman
Sapiens
THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER
AvYuval Noah Harari
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
4,7 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(56)
141 kr
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'Interesting and provocative... It gives you a sense of how briefly we've been on this Earth' Barack ObamaWhat makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being human.Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it: us.In this bold and provocative book, Yuval Noah Harari explores who we are, how we got here and where we're going.**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**PRAISE FOR SAPIENS:'Jaw-dropping from the first word to the last... It may be the best book I've ever read' Chris Evans'Startling... It changes the way you look at the world' Simon Mayo'I would recommend Sapiens to anyone who's interested in the history and future of our species' Bill GatesOver 2 million copies sold since publication [Nielsen BookScan UK, Circana BookScan US, April 2024]
Empire of AI
Inside the reckless race for total domination
AvKaren Hao
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
3,7 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(3)
129 kr
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A New York Times and Sunday Times BestsellerWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award 2025Longlisted for the 2025 Financial Times & Schroders Business Book of the YearShortlisted for Foyles Non Fiction Book of the Year 2025An eye-opening account of the tech arms race shaping out planet, from an award-winning journalist and AI insider to the world of Sam Altman and OpenAIWhen longtime AI expert and journalist Karen Hao first began covering OpenAI in 2019, she thought they were the good guys. Founded as a nonprofit with safety enshrined as its core mission, it was meant, its leader Sam Altman told us, to act as a check against more purely market forces.But the core truth of this massively disruptive sector is that it requires an unprecedented amount of proprietary resources: the ‘compute’ power of scarce high-end chips, the sheer volume of data that needs to be amassed at scale, the humans on the ground ‘cleaning it up’ for sweatshop wages throughout the Global South, and a truly alarming spike in the need for energy and water underlying everything. We have entered a new, ominous age of empire with OpenAI setting a breakneck pace, as a small group of the most valuable companies in human history try to chase it down.In exhilarating prose and with unparalleled access to those closest to Sam Altman, Hao recounts the meteoric rise of OpenAI and shows us the sinister impact that this industry is having on society.
Order of Time
AvCarlo Rovelli
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
4,6 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(5)
144 kr
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THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLEROne of TIME's Ten Best Nonfiction Books of the Decade'Captivating, fascinating, profoundly beautiful. . . Rovelli is a wonderfully humane, gentle and witty guide for he is as much philosopher and poet as he is a scientist' John Banville'We are time. We are this space, this clearing opened by the traces of memory inside the connections between our neurons. We are memory. We are nostalgia. We are longing for a future that will not come'Time is a mystery that does not cease to puzzle us. Philosophers, artists and poets have long explored its meaning while scientists have found that its structure is different from the simple intuition we have of it. From Boltzmann to quantum theory, from Einstein to loop quantum gravity, our understanding of time has been undergoing radical transformations. Time flows at a different speed in different places, the past and the future differ far less than we might think, and the very notion of the present evaporates in the vast universe.With his extraordinary charm and sense of wonder, bringing together science, philosophy and art, Carlo Rovelli unravels this mystery. Enlightening and consoling, The Order of Time shows that to understand ourselves we need to reflect on time -- and to understand time we need to reflect on ourselves.Translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre
Behave
The bestselling exploration of why humans behave as they do
AvRobert M Sapolsky
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
4,8 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(4)
145 kr
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Why do human beings behave as they do? 'Awe-inspiring... You will learn more about human nature than in any other book I can think of' Henry Marsh, bestselling author of And Finally.We are capable of savage acts of violence but also spectacular feats of kindness: is one side of our nature destined to win out over the other?Every act of human behaviour has multiple layers of causation, spiralling back seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, even centuries, right back to the dawn of time and the origins of our species.In the epic sweep of history, how does our biology affect the arc of war and peace, justice and persecution? How have our brains evolved alongside our cultures?This is the exhilarating story of human morality and the science underpinning the biggest question of all: what makes us human?'One of the best scientist-writers of our time' Oliver Sacks
Power of Life
The Invention of Biology and the Revolutionary Science of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
AvJessica Riskin
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
333 kr
Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum
AvLeonard Susskind,Art Friedman
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
4,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(2)
141 kr
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'Quantum mechanics for real. This is the good stuff, the most mysterious aspects of how reality works, set out with crystalline clarity. The place to start' Sean Carroll, physicist, California Institute of Technology, author of The Particle at the End of the UniverseThis is the ultimate practical introduction to quantum mechanics. World-renowned physicist Leonard Susskind and data engineer Art Friedman give you the basic skills you need to tackle this famously difficult topic yourself.They provide clear, lively explanations of basic concepts, introduce the key fields of quantum mechanics and include step-by-step exercises. Making a complex subject 'as simple as possible, but no simpler', this is a practical toolkit for amateur scientists that you won't find anywhere else.
Eye of the Master
A Social History of Artificial Intelligence
AvMatteo Pasquinelli
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
208 kr
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What is AI? A dominant view describes it as the quest "to solve intelligence" - a solution supposedly to be found in the secret logic of the mind or in the deep physiology of the brain, such as in its complex neural networks. The Eye of the Master argues, to the contrary, that the inner code of AI is shaped not by the imitation of biological intelligence, but the intelligence of labour and social relations, as it is found in Babbage's "calculating engines" of the industrial age as well as in the recent algorithms for image recognition and surveillance. The idea that AI may one day become autonomous (or "sentient", as someone thought of Google's LaMDA) is pure fantasy. Computer algorithms have always imitated the form of social relations and the organisation of labour in their own inner structure and their purpose remains blind automation. The Eye of the Master urges a new literacy on AI for scientists, journalists and new generations of activists, who should recognise that the "mystery" of AI is just the automation of labour at the highest degree, not intelligence per se.
Nexus
A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
AvYuval Noah Harari
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
193 kr
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‘If you read only one non-fiction book this year, consider this one’ TOM HANKS‘If there’s one book that I would urge everyone to read – it is Nexus’ STEPHEN FRYThe mind-blowing story of how information networks – from the stone age to AI - have shaped our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of SapiensStories brought us together.Books spread our ideas – and our mythologies.The internet promised infinite knowledge.The algorithm learned our secrets – and then turned us against each other.What will AI do?Nexus is the thrilling account of how we arrived at this moment, and the urgent choices we must now make to survive – and to thrive.**NOW FEATURING EXCLUSIVE NEW MATERIAL FOR PAPERBACK AND EBOOK**'One of the most remarkable intellects of our generation' RORY STEWART'A wake-up call in the gentlest, most urgent way' YOTAM OTTOLENGHI'This deeply important book comes at a critical time as we all think through the implications of AI’ MUSTAFA SULEYMAN'A super narrative writer' GUARDIAN‘[Harari] sticks the world together in a gleaming shape that inspires and excites' TELEGRAPH
A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0
AvBill Bryson
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
218 kr
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In this fully revised and updated edition of the best-selling popular science book of the 21st century, Bill Bryson makes complex subjects clear and compelling for everyone with an interest in the world around them. NOW FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED.'Possibly the best scientific primer ever published.' Economist'Truly impressive...It's hard to imagine a better rough guide to science.' GuardianBill Bryson can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0 is the result of his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got from being nothing at all to what we are today. Now fully updated to reflect the many scientific discoveries in the last twenty years since this book was first published, it explains among much else:
why Pluto is no longer a planethow the number of moons in the solar system has more than doubled in 20 yearshow scientists used advances in genetics to discover previously unknown species of early humanswhy we still don't know what most of the universe is made ofhow the little Higgs boson transformed physics
This journey through time and space will inform a new generation of readers, young and old, as well as those who read this book on first publication with a new perspective based on what we know now.Written in his inimitable style, Bryson makes complex subjects fascinating and accessible to everyone with an interest in the world around them.A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0 reveals the world in a whole new way.Praise for A Short History of Nearly Everything:'I doubt that a better book for the layman about the findings of modern science has been written.' Sunday Telegraph'Bill Bryson has an unmatched gift for explaining the most difficult subjects in the clearest possible way.' Mail on Sunday'A travelogue of science, with a witty, engaging, and well-informed guide' The Times'Hugely readable and never obfuscating.' Sunday Times'A genuinely useful and readable book... A thoroughly enjoyable, as well as educational, experience. Nobody who reads it will ever look at the world around them in the same way again' Daily Express'The very book I have been looking for most of my life... Bryson wears his knowledge with aplomb and a lot of very good jokes.' Daily Mail'Destined to become a modern classic of science writing' The New York Times
How to Solve It
A New Aspect of Mathematical Method
AvGeorge Polya
Häftad, Engelska, 1990
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
145 kr
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The definitive guide to mathematical problem solving, from one of the great teachers of the twentieth centuryGeorge Pólya's perennial bestseller has inspired generations around the world to think more clearly. Brilliantly showing how 'there is a grain of discovery in the solution of any problem', his strategies for mathematical problem-solving - from finding weak points to squeezing the data - will help get to the bottom of any puzzle.'A superb book on how to think fresh thoughts ... A walk inside Pólya's mind as he builds up maxims on how to comprehend a problem, how to build up a strategy, and then how to test it' David Bodanis, Guardian'Everyone should know the work of George Polya on how to solve problems' Marvin Minsky'A classic ... It is the outcome of careful and informed deliberation by one of the great teachers among the ranks of research mathematicians' Ian Stewart, author of Does God Play Dice?'Every prospective teacher should read it' E. T. Bell
Scale
The Universal Laws of Life and Death in Organisms, Cities and Companies
AvGeoffrey West
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
194 kr
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'Magisterial . . . you reach the end of this profound, revealing book rewarded. West shows how scientific method helps to peel back the hidden reality of our world' MATTHEW SYED, THE TIMESGeoffrey West's research centres on a quest to find unifying principles and patterns connecting everything, from cells and ecosystems to cities, social networks and businesses.Why do organisms and ecosystems scale with size in a remarkably universal and systematic fashion?Is there a maximum size of cities? Of animals and plants? What about companies?Can scale show us how to create a more sustainable future?By applying the rigour of physics to questions of biology, visionary physicist Geoffrey West found that despite the riotous diversity in the sizes of mammals, they are all, to a large degree, scaled versions of each other. This speaks to everything from how long we can expect to live to how many hours of sleep we need. He then made the even bolder move of exploring his work's applicability to cities and to the business world. These investigations have led to powerful insights about the elemental natural laws that bind us together in profound ways, and how all complex systems are dancing to the same simple tune, however diverse and unrelated they may seem.
Europas mödrar : de senaste 43 000 åren
AvKarin Bojs
Storpocket, Svenska, 2023
3,8 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(5)
159 kr
Mycket har hunnit hända inom DNA-forskningen sedan Karin Bojs skrev Augustprisvinnaren Min europeiska familj - de senaste 54 000 åren (2015) och uppföljaren Svenskarna och deras fäder - de senaste 11 000 åren (2016).
Bland annat börjar forskare kunna urskilja hur vandringsmönstren har skilt sig åt för Europas fäder och mödrar.
En hel del, visar det sig.
Karin Bojs borrar i äldre påståenden om folkvandringar och könsroller, och visar vad den allra senaste vetenskapen kan säga.
Resan går från regnskogens schimpanser till Nordens sköldmör. Via bland annat neandertal-sex, de första hundarna, den första metallen, de första tama hästarna och ett 5000 år gammalt incestfall på Irland.
Food for Life
Your Guide to the New Science of Eating Well
AvTim Spector
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
146 kr
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'Life-changing' DAVINA McCALL'A must-read' Dr RUPY AUJLA'Fascinating' NIGELLA LAWSON'Empowering' LIZ EARLE**As seen on Channel 4’s What Not to Eat****THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE FOOD FOR LIFE COOKBOOK**Food For Life is the original guidebook for readers looking to understand the research and science behind eating well. For recipes, please see The Food For Life Cookbook (ISBN: 9781787335233).Food is our greatest ally for good health, but the question of what to eat in the age of ultra-processed food has never seemed so complicated.Drawing on cutting-edge research and personal insights, Professor Tim Spector offers clear answers in this definitive, easy-to-follow guide to the new science of eating well.Empowering and practical, Food for Life is nothing less than a new approach to how to eat - for our health and the health of the planet.‘No fads, no nonsense, just practical, science-based advice on how to eat well’ Daily Mail, Books of the Year'A rigorously academic book that welcomes the layperson with open arms' The Times** A THE TIMES and SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR**** WINNER OF THE FORTNUM & MASON SPECIAL AWARD **Food for Life is the ultimate gift for anyone who wants to eat better and feel better in 2026.Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, February 2024
Dopamine Nation
Why our Addiction to Pleasure is Causing us Pain
AvAnna Lembke
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
4,2 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(5)
170 kr
THE MILLION COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER We are a wired generation. In these fast-paced times we are constantly bombarded by high-reward, high-dopamine stimuli. From texting to social media, food to drugs, gambling to shopping, we have become addicted to fleeting and distracting pleasures that are making us sick.In Dopamine Nation, psychiatrist and bestselling author Dr Anna Lembke reveals why our relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain and what we can do about it. Bringing together cutting-edge neuroscience with the gripping real life experiences from her clinical practice, Lembke explores how contentment and connectedness are essential tools in keeping dopamine in check. This is an essential book for anyone wanting to find a balance for a happier life.Don't miss the new book from Dr Anna Lembke - RADICAL SURRENDER: Letting Go in a World Addicted to Control - coming November 2026
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Superintelligence
Paths, Dangers, Strategies
AvNick Bostrom
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
4,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(4)
168 kr
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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 or sharper claws, but we have cleverer brains. If machine brains one day come to surpass human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could become very powerful. As the fate of the gorillas now depends more on us humans than on the gorillas themselves, so the fate of our species then would come to depend on the actions of the machine superintelligence. But we have one advantage: we get to make the first move. Will it be possible to construct a seed AI or otherwise to engineer initial conditions so as to make an intelligence explosion survivable? How could one achieve a controlled detonation? To get closer to an answer to this question, we must make our way through a fascinating landscape of topics and considerations. Read the book and learn about oracles, genies, singletons; about boxing methods, tripwires, and mind crime; about humanity's cosmic endowment and differential technological development; indirect normativity, instrumental convergence, whole brain emulation and technology couplings; Malthusian economics and dystopian evolution; artificial intelligence, and biological cognitive enhancement, and collective intelligence. This profoundly ambitious and original book picks its way carefully through a vast tract of forbiddingly difficult intellectual terrain. Yet the writing is so lucid that it somehow makes it all seem easy. After an utterly engrossing journey that takes us to the frontiers of thinking about the human condition and the future of intelligent life, we find in Nick Bostrom's work nothing less than a reconceptualization of the essential task of our time.
En berättelse om Sverige
AvAlasdair Skelton,My Schüldt
Häftad, Svenska, 2025
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(3)
273 kr
Välkommen till Sverige! Visste du att berg höga som Anderna en gång stod där Stockholm nu ligger? Eller att stora delar av Stockholms skärgård består av förstenad aska från gigantiska urtida vulkaner?
Marken vi går på bär på en lång historia. Idag kan vi stå på uråldrig havsbotten bland vårt lands högsta toppar, eftersom kolossala krafter en gång i tiden har skjutit upp Sveriges fjällkedja och lagt den ovanpå en ännu äldre bergskedja.
I Vättern kan du se stenbumlingar som byggdes av jordens äldsta livsformer och rovdinosaurier i Skåne har efterlämnat fotspår.
Sverige har utsatts för både dödlig kyla och outhärdlig hetta, och berggrunden är naturens klimatstabilisator. Det vet vi tack vare geologin. Vad kan då geologi lära oss om den pågående klimatförändringen?En berättelse om Sverige tar dig med på en resa genom tre miljarder år, där geologiska krafter gång på gång har format landskapet, skapat rikedomar av malm och mineral och lagt grunden för vårt välstånd. Det är både en historielektion i geologisk tid och en hyllning till den mäktiga svenska naturen.

BTJ ger omdömet "Mycket bra"
"[...] Boken är kunnigt och intresseväckande skriven, och rekommenderas för den allmänintresserade, men även för lärare som vill göra exkursioner, eller för sällskap med intresse för – bokstavligt talat – marken de står på. [...]"
Lektör Jens Jakobsson, BTJ-häfte nr 3, 2026
Code Book
The Secret History of Codes and Code-Breaking
AvSimon Singh
Häftad, Engelska, 2000
4,6 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(5)
141 kr
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The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum CryptographyFrom the best-selling author of Fermat’s Last Theorem, The Code Book is a history of man’s urge to uncover the secrets of codes, from Egyptian puzzles to modern day computer encryptions.As in Fermat’s Last Theorem, Simon Singh brings life to an anstonishing story of puzzles, codes, languages and riddles that reveals man’s continual pursuit to disguise and uncover, and to work out the secret languages of others.Codes have influenced events throughout history, both in the stories of those who make them and those who break them. The betrayal of Mary Queen of Scots and the cracking of the enigma code that helped the Allies in World War II are major episodes in a continuing history of cryptography. In addition to stories of intrigue and warfare, Simon Singh also investigates other codes, the unravelling of genes and the rediscovery of ancient languages and most tantalisingly, the Beale ciphers, an unbroken code that could hold the key to a $20 million treasure.
Helgoland
The Strange and Beautiful Story of Quantum Physics
AvCarlo Rovelli
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
144 kr
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The instant Sunday Times bestseller -- a beautiful story of rebellion and science'A triumph. . . We are left in a world that is not disenchanted by science, but even more magical' Financial TimesIn June 1925, twenty-three-year-old Werner Heisenberg, suffering from hay fever, had retreated to the treeless, wind-battered island of Helgoland in the North Sea in order to think. Walking all night, by dawn he had wrestled with an idea that would transform the whole of science and our very conception of the world.In Helgoland Carlo Rovelli tells the story of the birth of quantum physics and its bright young founders who were to become some of the most famous Nobel winners in science. It is a celebration of youthful rebellion and intellectual revolution. An invitation to a magical place.Here Rovelli illuminates competing interpretations of this science and offers his own original view, describing the world we touch as a fabric woven by relations. Where we, as every other thing around us, exist in our interactions with one another, in a never-ending game of mirrors.A dazzling work from a celebrated scientist and master storyteller, Helgoland transports us to dizzying heights, reminding us of the many pleasures of the life of the mind.Translated by Erica Segre and Simon CarnellChosen as a Book of the Year by The Times, Financial Times, Sunday Times, Guardian and ProspectShortlisted for the Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize
Fermat’s Last Theorem
AvSimon Singh
Häftad, Engelska, 2002
4,8 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(4)
159 kr
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‘I have a truly marvellous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.’It was with these words, written in the 1630s, that Pierre de Fermat intrigued and infuriated the mathematics community. For over 350 years, proving Fermat’s Last Theorem was the most notorious unsolved mathematical problem, a puzzle whose basics most children could grasp but whose solution eluded the greatest minds in the world. In 1993, after years of secret toil, Englishman Andrew Wiles announced to an astounded audience that he had cracked Fermat’s Last Theorem. He had no idea of the nightmare that lay ahead.In ‘Fermat’s Last Theorem’ Simon Singh has crafted a remarkable tale of intellectual endeavour spanning three centuries, and a moving testament to the obsession, sacrifice and extraordinary determination of Andrew Wiles: one man against all the odds.
Biggest Ideas in the Universe 1
Space, Time and Motion
AvSean Carroll
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(2)
129 kr
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER‘Sean Carroll has achieved something I thought impossible: a bridge between popular science and the mathematical universe of working physicists. Magnificent!’Brian Clegg, author of Ten Days in Physics that Shook the WorldImmense, strange and infinite, the world of modern physics often feels impenetrable to the undiscerning eye – a jumble of muons, gluons and quarks, impossible to explain without several degrees and a research position at CERN.But it doesn’t have to be this way!Allow world-renowned theoretical physicist and bestselling author Sean Carroll to guide you through the biggest ideas in the universe. Elegant and simple, Carroll unravels this web of theories and formulae equation by equation, getting to the heart of the truths they represent.—In Space, Time and Motion, the first book of this landmark trilogy, Carroll delves into the core of classical physics. From Euclid to Einstein, Space, Time and Motion explores the ideas which revolutionised science and forever changed our understanding of our place in the cosmos.
Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
AvLisa Feldman Barrett
Häftad, Engelska, 2021
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
134 kr
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'Highly accessible, content-rich and eminently readable . . . Fascinating and informative . . . popular science at its best.' - The ObserverHave you ever wondered why you have a brain? Let renowned neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett, bestselling author of How Emotions Are Made, demystify that big grey blob between your ears . . .In seven short chapters (plus a brief history of how brains evolved), this slim, entertaining, and accessible book reveals mind-expanding lessons from the front lines of neuroscience research. You’ll learn where brains came from, how they’re structured (and why it matters), and how yours works in tandem with other brains to create everything you experience. Along the way, you’ll also learn to dismiss popular myths such as the idea of a 'lizard brain' and the alleged battle between thoughts and emotions, or even between nature and nurture, to determine your behaviour.Sure to intrigue casual readers and scientific veterans alike, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain is full of surprises, humour, and important implications for human nature - a gift of a book about our most complex and crucial organ.'Subtly radical . . . It presents a revelatory model of consciousness that will be completely new to most readers' - The Guardian
Tänk om ... : seriösa vetenskapliga svar på absurda hypotetiska frågor
AvRandall Munroe
Pocket, Svenska, 2016
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INTERNATIONELL BÄSTSÄLJARE UTGIVEN PÅ 30+ SPRÅK Miljontals människor besöker varje vecka xkcd.com för att ta del av Randall Munroes nätserie. Munroes streckgubbar som funderar på vetenskap, teknologi, språk och kärlek (bland mycket annat) har blivit omåttligt populära, och lika uppskattade är hans svar på läsarnas mest absurda frågor. Från vilken höjd behöver man släppa en köttbit för att den ska vara färdiggrillad när den når marken? Kan man använda uppochnervända kulsprutor som en jetpack? Går det att bygga en bro av Lego över Atlanten? I jakten på svar använder Munroe avancerade datorsimuleringar, gräver djupt i militära arkiv, pratar med kärnkraftstekniker, analyserar Star Wars-filmerna med ett stoppur, ringer sin mamma och bildgooglar djur. Munroes svar är precisa och underhållande när han förklarar allt ifrån möjligheten att hitta en eventuell själsfrände, till de många hemska sätt du kan dö på om du blandar alla grundämnen. En väldigt kul bok för människor som tycker om vetenskap, filosofi och allting som rör den här stora jorden. Magnus Utvik i Gomorron Sverige "Underbar! Randall Munroe måste vara världens näst roligaste vetenskapskomiker." Jesper Rönndahl, vetenskapskomiker och programledare för Institutet i P3 Randall Munroe var tidigare anställd vid amerikanska NASA. Han fick nyligen en asteroid uppkallad efter sig Munroe 4942 som är stor nog att orsaka en massiv katastrof om den skulle krocka med jorden. Tänk om har blivit en global succé och ges ut i fler än 30 länder.
Reality Is Not What It Seems
The Journey to Quantum Gravity
AvCarlo Rovelli
Häftad, Engelska, 2017
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'The physicist transforming how we see the universe' (Financial Times)'An utter joy' (Adam Rutherford)'A hugely engaging book... Rovelli is a charming, thought-provoking tour guide' (Manjit Kumar Prospect)Do space and time truly exist? What is reality made of? Can we understand its deep texture?Scientist Carlo Rovelli has spent his whole life exploring these questions and pushing the boundaries of what we know. In this mind-expanding book, he shows how our understanding of reality has changed throughout centuries, from Democritus to loop quantum gravity. Taking us on a wondrous journey, he invites us to imagine a whole new world where black holes are waiting to explode, spacetime is made up of grains, and infinity does not exist -- a vast universe still largely undiscovered.Translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre
Homo Deus
‘An intoxicating brew of science, philosophy and futurism’ Mail on Sunday
AvYuval Noah Harari
Häftad, Engelska, 2017
4,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(17)
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**THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER**Sapiens showed us where we came from. In our increasingly uncertain times, Homo Deus shows us where we're going.'Spellbinding' GuardianThe world-renowned historian and intellectual Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century and beyond - from overcoming death to creating artificial life.It asks the fundamental questions: how can we protect this fragile world from our own destructive power? And what does our future hold?'Even more readable, even more important, than his excellent Sapiens' Kazuo Ishiguro'Homo Deus will shock you. It will entertain you. It will make you think in ways you had not thought before' Daniel Kahneman, bestselling author of Thinking, Fast and Slow
Moonwalking with Einstein
The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
AvJoshua Foer
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
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'Be prepared to be amazed' GuardianCan anyone get a perfect memory?Joshua Foer used to be like most of us, forgetting phone numbers and mislaying keys. Then he learnt the art of memory training, and a year later found himself in the finals of the US Memory Championship. He also discovered a truth we often forget: that, even in an age of technology, memory is the key to everything we are.In Moonwalking with Einstein he takes us on an astonishing journey through the mind, from ancient 'memory palace' techniques to neuroscience, from the man who can recall nine thousand books to another who constantly forgets who he is. In doing so, Foer shows how we can all improve our memories.'Captivating ... engaging ... smart and funny' The New York Times'Delightful ... uplifting ... it shows that our minds can do extraordinary things' Wall Street Journal'Great fun ... a book worth remembering' Independent'A lovely exploration of the ways that we preserve our lives and our world in the golden amber of human memory' New Scientist
Beginning of Infinity
Explanations that Transform The World
AvDavid Deutsch
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
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'Science has never had an advocate quite like David Deutsch ... A computational physicist on a par with his touchstones Alan Turing and Richard Feynman, and a philosopher in the line of his greatest hero, Karl Popper. His arguments are so clear that to read him is to experience the thrill of the highest level of discourse available on this planet and to understand it' Peter Forbes, IndependentIn our search for truth, how far have we advanced? This uniquely human quest for good explanations has driven amazing improvements in everything from scientific understanding and technology to politics, moral values and human welfare. But will progress end, either in catastrophe or completion - or will it continue infinitely?In this profound and seminal book, David Deutsch explores the furthest reaches of our current understanding, taking in the Infinity Hotel, supernovae and the nature of optimism, to instill in all of us a wonder at what we have achieved - and the fact that this is only the beginning of humanity's infinite possibility.'This is Deutsch at his most ambitious, seeking to understand the implications of our scientific explanations of the world ... I enthusiastically recommend this rich, wide-ranging and elegantly written exposition of the unique insights of one of our most original intellectuals' Michael Berry, Times Higher Education Supplement 'Bold ... profound ... provocative and persuasive' Economist'David Deutsch may well go down in history as one of the great scientists of our age' Scotsman
War on Science
Renowned Scientists and Scholars Speak Out About Current Threats to Free Speech, Open Inquiry, and the Scientific Process
AvLawrence Krauss,Richard Dawkinsm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
168 kr
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An unparalleled group of prominent scholars from wide-ranging disciplines detail ongoing efforts to impose ideological restrictions on science and scholarship throughout western society.From assaults on merit-based hiring to the policing of language and replacing well-established, disciplinary scholarship by ideological mantras, current science and scholarship is under threat throughout western institutions. As detailed by this group of prominent scholars – who range across many different disciplines and political leanings – the very future of free inquiry and scientific progress is at risk.Many who have spoken up against this threat have lost their positions, and a climate of fear has arisen that strikes at the heart of modern education and research. Banding together to finally speak out, this brave and unprecedented group of scholars issues a clarion call for change.Contributors: Richard Dawkins; Alan Sokal; Niall Ferguson; Gad Saad; Anna Krylov; Jay Tanzman; John Armstrong; Jerry Coyne; Luana Maroja; Sally Satel; Geoff Horsman; Alessandro Strumia; Roger Cohen; Amy Wax; Alex Byrne; Moti Gorin; Judith Suissa; Alice Sullivan; Dorian Abbot; Steven Pinker; Nicholas Christakis; Richard E. Redding.

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