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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
How Your Brain Works
Inside the most complicated object in the known universe
Häftad, 2021
155 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 not …
The Quantum World
The disturbing theory at the heart of reality
Häftad, 2021
155 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. …
Why the Universe Exists
How particle physics unlocks the secrets of everything
Häftad, 2022
133 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 …
Your Conscious Mind
Unravelling the greatest mystery of the human brain
Häftad, 2022
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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
Häftad, 2022
133 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 …
How Evolution Explains Everything About Life
From Darwin's brilliant idea to today's epic theory
Häftad, 2022
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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 …
Journey Through The Universe
A traveler's guide from the centre of the sun to the edge of the unknown
Häftad, 2022
160 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 …
This is Planet Earth
Your ultimate guide to the world we call home
Häftad, 2022
155 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 …
